Shire of Coolgardie

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


imagesize= 180
caption = Location in Western Australia
pop = 3,798 (2006 census)
area = 30400
est = 1890s
seat = Coolgardie
mayor = David Bergmeier
region = Goldfields-Esperance

url = http://www.coolgardie.wa.gov.au
stategov = Eyre
fedgov = Kalgoorlie
near-nw = Menzies
near-n = Menzies
near-ne = Kalgoorlie- Boulder
near-e = Kalgoorlie- Boulder
near-w = Yilgarn
near-sw = Yilgarn
near-s = Dundas
near-se = Dundas

The Shire of Coolgardie is a Local Government Area in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, lying roughly west and south of the city of Kalgoorlie. The Shire covers an area of convert|30400|km2|sqmi|0, and its seat of government is the town of Coolgardie, although the twin towns of Kambalda and Kambalda West contain two-thirds of the Shire's population.

History

The Shire began life as two entities - Coolgardie Municipal Council (1894), and Coolgardie Road Board (1896). As the gold rush waned in the area, the former was merged into the latter in 1921, and on 1 July 1961, it became the Shire Council following changes to the Local Government Act. [WA Electoral Commission, "Municipality Boundary Amendments Register" (release 2.0), 31 May 2003.]

Wards

The town has 8 councillors and 4 wards:

* Kambalda West (3 councillors)
* Kambalda (2 councillors)
* Coolgardie (2 councillors)
* Country (1 councillor)

Towns

* Coolgardie
* Bonnie Vale
* Bullabulling
* Kambalda
* Kambalda West
* Kintore
* Mount Burges
* Widgiemooltha

Photos

References

External links

* [http://www.coolgardie.wa.gov.au Shire of Coolgardie website]