Shire of Beverley

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name =Shire of Beverley
state =wa
region =Wheatbelt
area =2372.2
est =1871
seat =Beverley
pop =1,562 (2006 census)


imagesize = 180
caption = Location in Western Australia
logo =Beverley logo.png logosize =152
url =http://www.beverley.wa.gov.au
mayor =J D Alexander
fedgov =Pearce
stategov =Central Wheatbelt
near-nw =Kalamunda
near-n =York
near-ne =Quairading
near-w =Armadale
near-e =Quairading
near-sw =Wandering
near-s =Brookton
near-se =Brookton

The Shire of Beverley is a Local Government Area located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, and is about convert|130|km|mi|-1 southeast of Perth, the state capital. The Shire covers an area of convert|2372|km2|sqmi|0, starting convert|20|km|mi|0 outside Armadale in the Darling Scarp and extending eastwards beyond the scarp into agricultural lands which support broad acre activities such as livestock and cropping. Its seat of government is the town of Beverley, which accommodates just over half of the Shire's population.

History

In 1871, the Beverley Road Board (later Shire Council) was created to manage a territory with immense boundaries, taking in land all the way east to Eucla on the South Australian border. Its scope was so broad that from 1892 to 1913, the town of Beverley had its own municipal council operating separately from the Road Board. However, over the years, each of the major towns were granted their own road boards, and by 1923 the present boundaries were established. In 1961, the Road Board was renamed to the Beverley Shire Council. [cite web|url=http://www.beverley.wa.gov.au/our_council/history.html|title=Council History|author=Shire of Beverley|accessdate=2006-10-16]

Wards

The shire has been divided into 3 wards.

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

Towns

* Beverley
* Flint
* Mount Kokeby
* Mount Dale
* Talbot West
* West Dale

References

External links

* [http://www.beverley.wa.gov.au/ Shire of Beverley]