Shire of Broomehill

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


imagesize= 180
caption = Location in Western Australia
pop = 451
density =
area = 1172.8
est = 1892
seat = Broomehill
region = Great Southern

near-nw = Katanning
near-n = Katanning
near-ne = Kent
near-w = Kojonup
near-e = Gnowangerup
near-sw = Kojonup
near-s = Tambellup
near-se = Gnowangerup

The Shire of Broomehill was a Local Government Area in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, about convert|20|km|mi|0 south of Katanning and about convert|310|km|mi|0 south-southeast of the state capital, Perth. The Shire covered an area of convert|1173|km2|sqmi|0, and its seat of government was the town of Broomehill.

The Broomehill Road Board was gazetted in 1892. 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.] On 1 July 2008, after 10 months of planning and preparation, it merged with the neighbouring Shire of Broomehill to form the Shire of Broomehill-Tambellup.

Wards

The shire was originally divided into wards, but as at 2007, it was a single electorate with 8 representative councillors.

Towns/Localities

* Broomehill
* Peringillup

References