Shire of Narembeen

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name =Shire of Narembeen
state =wa
postcode =


imagesize= 180
caption = Location in Western Australia
region =Wheatbelt
area =3832.9
seat =Narembeen
pop =906 (2006 census)
logo =
logosize =
url =http://www.narembeen.wa.gov.au
mayor =Stephen Padfield
fedgov =O'Connor
stategov =Central Wheatbelt
near-nw = Bruce Rock
near-n = Merredin
near-ne = Yilgarn
near-w = Bruce Rock
near-e = Yilgarn
near-sw = Corrigin
near-s = Kondinin
near-se = Kondinin

The Shire of Narembeen is a Local Government Area in the Eastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, about convert|300|km|mi|0 east of the state capital, Perth, and between the shires of Merredin to the north, and Kondinin to the south. The Shire has a land area of convert|3833|km2|sqmi|0 and its seat of government is the town of Narembeen.

History

In 1924, the Narembeen Road Board was gazetted and on 1 July 1961, it became a Shire Council following changes to the Local Government Act. [WA Electoral Commission, "Municipality Boundary Amendments Register" (release 2.0), 31 May 2003.]

Wards

The shire has been divided into 2 wards.

* Rural Ward (5 councillors)
* Town Ward (4 councillors)

Towns/Localities

* Narembeen
* Emu Hill
* Mount Walker
* Wogarl

References

External links

* [http://www.narembeen.wa.gov.au/ Shire of Narembeen]