Shire of Kojonup

Shire of Kojonup

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name =Shire of Kojonup
state =wa
region =Great Southern
area =2932.2
est =1871
seat =Kojonup
pop =2,152 (2006 census)


imagesize= 180
caption = Location in Western Australia
logo =
logosize =
url =http://www.kojonup.wa.gov.au
mayor =Jill Mathwin
fedgov =O'Connor
stategov =Wagin
near-nw = West Arthur
near-n = Woodanilling
near-ne = Katanning
near-w = Boyup Brook
near-e = Broomehill-Tambellup
near-sw = Manjimup
near-s = Cranbrook
near-se = Broomehill-Tambellup

The Shire of Kojonup is a Local Government Area in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, about convert|250|km|mi|0 southeast of the state capital, Perth, along Albany Highway. The Shire covers an area of convert|2932|km2|sqmi|0 and its seat of government is the town of Kojonup.

History

In 1871, the Kojonup Road Board was gazetted. On 1 July 1961, it became the Shire of Kojonup following changes to the Local Government Act. [WA Electoral Commission, "Municipality Boundary Amendments Register" (release 2.0), 31 May 2003.]

Wards

The shire has no wards, and all councillors serve 4-year terms. Previously, it was divided into 5 wards:

* Kojonup Ward (3 councillors)
* Balgarup Ward (2 councillors)
* Muradup Ward (2 councillors)
* Ongerup Ward (2 councillors)
* Namarillup Ward (2 councillors)

(Note: The town of Ongerup, unrelated to the ward, is located within the Shire of Gnowangerup.)

Towns/Localities

* Kojonup
* Boscabel
* Jingalup
* Muradup
* Mobrup
* Qualeup

References

External links

* [http://www.kojonup.wa.gov.au Shire of Kojonup website]


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