Shire of West Arthur

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


imagesize= 180
caption = Location in Western Australia
pop = 855 (2006 census)
area = 2834.2
est = 1896
seat = Darkan
mayor = Ian Woodruff
region = Wheatbelt

url = http://www.westarthur.wa.gov.au
stategov = Wagin
fedgov = O'Connor
near-nw = Collie
near-n = Williams
near-ne = Narrogin
near-w = Collie
near-e = Wagin
near-sw = Boyup Brook
near-s = Kojonup
near-se = Woodanilling

The Shire of West Arthur is a Local Government Area in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, generally to the west of Albany Highway about convert|200|km|mi|0 south-east of Perth, the state capital. The Shire covers an area of convert|2834|km2|sqmi|0 and its seat of government is the town of Darkan. Industries within the Shire, worth approximately $45 million per year to the State's economy, [cite web|url=http://agspsrv34.agric.wa.gov.au/programs/srd/agplan/regionstats/WestArthur2.pdf|title=Agriculture Statistical Overview 96/97 - Shire of West Arthur|author=Agriculture WA|month=July | year=2000|accessdate=2006-11-15|format=PDF] are dominated by wool and sheep, and also include timber, grain, forestry, beef, pigs, cattle hide tanning, engineering and earthmoving.

History

In 1896, the West Arthur Road Board was gazetted. Its name is in relation to the former Arthur Road Board, renamed to Wagin in 1905. On 1 July 1961, it became the West Arthur 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 4 wards.

* North West (3 councillors)
* North East (2 councillors)
* South East (2 councillors)
* South West (2 councillors)

Towns

* Darkan
* Arthur River
* Boolading
* Bowelling
* Cordering
* Duranillin
* Moodiarrup
* Trigwell

References

External links

* [http://www.westarthur.wa.gov.au/ Shire of West Arthur]
* [http://www.albanygateway.com.au/town/darkan/ West Arthur Telecentre] includes community information.