Shire of Quairading

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name =Shire of Quairading
state =wa
region =Wheatbelt


imagesize = 180
caption = Location in Western Australia
est =1913
area =2017.8
seat =Quairading
pop =1,022 (2006 census)
logo =
logosize =
url =http://www.quairading.wa.gov.au
mayor =Darryl Richards
fedgov =O'Connor
stategov =Central Wheatbelt
near-nw = Cunderdin
near-n = Tammin
near-ne = Kellerberrin
near-w = York
Beverley
near-e = Bruce Rock
near-sw = Brookton
near-s = Corrigin
near-se = Corrigin

The Shire of Quairading is a Local Government Area in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, about convert|170|km|mi|0 east of the state capital, Perth. The Shire covers an area of convert|2018|km2|sqmi|0, and its seat of government is the town of Quairading.

History

Quairading was initially constituted as the Greenhills Road Board in 1892, covering a large area east of York. In 1913, Greenhills was broken up to form Avon, East Avon (Bruce Rock) and Kunjinn (Corrigin). In 1922 the Avon Road Board was renamed to Quairading, 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 is no longer divided into wards and the 9 councillors sit at large. Prior to the 2003 elections, there were 11 councillors representing five wards: Town (3), Southwest, Southeast, Northwest and Northeast (2 each).

Towns/Localities

* Quairading
* Balkuling
* Dangin
* Doodenanning
* Pantapin
* Yoting
* Wamenusking
* South Caroling

References

External links

* [http://www.quairading.wa.gov.au/ Shire of Quairading]