Shire of Menzies

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name =Shire of Menzies
state = wa
region = Goldfields-Esperance
area = 124635
seat = Menzies
pop = 216 (2006 census)
density =


imagesize = 180
caption = Location in Western Australia
logo =
logosize =
url = http://www.menzies.wa.gov.au
mayor = Stephen Tonkin
fedgov = Kalgoorlie
stategov = Kalgoorlie
near-nw = Leonora
near-n = Laverton
near-ne = Outback Areas (SA)
near-e = Outback Areas (SA)
near-se = Outback Areas (SA)
near-s = Kalgoorlie-Boulder
near-sw = Coolgardie
near-w = Sandstone

The Shire of Menzies is a Local Government Area in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia located to the north of Kalgoorlie. The Shire covers an area of convert|124635|km2|sqmi|0, and its seat of government is the town of Menzies.

History

The Menzies Municipal Council was gazetted in 1895. It was dissolved and included in the North Coolgardie Road Board in 1912, which was itself dissolved the same year to form the Menzies, Kookynie and Mt Malcolm Road Boards. In 1918, Kookynie was merged into Menzies, which on 1 July 1961 became a 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 is divided into 3 wards:

* Menzies Ward (3 councillors)
* Kookynie Ward (3 councillors)
* Ularring Ward (1 councillor)

Towns/Localities

* Menzies
* Goongarrie
* Kookynie
* Ularring

References

External links

* [http://www.menzies.wa.gov.au/ Shire of Menzies]