Shire of Carnarvon

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


imagesize= 180
caption = Location in Western Australia
pop = 5,681 (2006 census)
area = 46663.5
est = 1890s
seat = Carnarvon
mayor = Dudley Maslen
region = Gascoyne

url = http://www.carnarvon.wa.gov.au
stategov = North West
fedgov = Kalgoorlie
near-nw = "Indian Ocean"
near-n = Exmouth
near-ne = Ashburton
near-e = Upper Gascoyne
near-se = Shark Bay
near-s = Shark Bay
near-sw = "Indian Ocean"
near-w = "Indian Ocean"

The Shire of Carnarvon is a Local Government Area in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia, located about convert|900|km|mi|0 north of the state capital, Perth. The Shire covers an area of convert|46664|km2|sqmi|0, and its seat of government is the town of Carnarvon. The major industries in the area are wool, agriculture (especially bananas and tomatoes) and, more recently, tourism.

History

Carnarvon started as three entities - the Carnarvon Municipal District, which governed the town of Carnarvon and was constituted in 1891; the Lower Gascoyne Road Board (1887) and the Minilya Road Board (1893). In 1911, the two Road Boards merged to form the Gascoyne-Minilya Road Board. On 1 July 1961, Carnarvon became a Town and Gascoyne-Minilya a Shire following changes to the Local Government Act. On 1 March 1965, the two entities merged to form the Shire of Carnarvon. [WA Electoral Commission, "Municipality Boundary Amendments Register" (release 2.0), 31 May 2003.]

Wards

The shire is divided into 4 wards, most of which have one councillor. The Shire President is directly elected.

* Town Ward (6 councillors)
* Plantation Ward
* Gascoyne/Minilya North
* Gascoyne/Minilya South

Towns/Localities

* Carnarvon
* Babbage Island
* Brockman
* Coral Bay
* Kennedy Range
* Lyndon
* Macleod
* Wooramel

References

External links

* [http://www.carnarvon.wa.gov.au/ Shire of Carnarvon]