Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley
state = wa


imagesize=180
pop = 6,596 (2006 census)
area = 117514
est =
seat = Kununurra
mayor = Michele Pucci
region = Kimberley

url = http://www.thelastfrontier.com.au/
stategov = Kimberley
fedgov = Kalgoorlie
near-nw = "Cocos"
near-n = "Christmas Island"
near-ne = "Timor Sea"
near-e = "Victoria River-Daly (proposed)"
near-se = "Victoria River-Daly (Proposed)"
near-s = Halls Creek
near-sw = Derby-West Kimberley
near-w = Derby-West Kimberley

The Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley is one of the four Local Government Area in the Kimberley Region of northern Western Australia, covering an area of convert|117514|km2|sqmi|0 at Western Australia's northeastern corner. The Shire's seat of government is the town of Kununurra, which is home to over half of the Shire's permanent population of 8,300 (ABS 2001), while a council office is located at Wyndham.

El Questro Wilderness Park, Drysdale River National Park, Lake Argyle, the Argyle diamond mine and about half of Gibb River Road are located within the Shire's boundaries.

History

In 1887, the East Kimberley Road Board was gazetted. In 1896, its name was changed to the Wyndham Road District. On 1 July 1961, it became the Wyndham-East Kimberley Shire Council following changes to the Local Government Act. [WA Electoral Commission, "Municipality Boundary Amendments Register" (release 2.0), 31 May 2003.]

Wards

All nine councillors represent the whole of the Shire. [Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley website. Accessed 2006-10-27]

Towns

* Kalumburu
* Kununurra
* Oombulgurri
* Wyndham

External links

* [http://www.thelastfrontier.com.au/ Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley]

References