Shire of Carnamah

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of Carnamah
state = wa
region = Mid West


imagesize= 180
caption = Location in Western Australia
pop = 749 (2006 census)
area = 2876.4
est = 1923
seat = Carnamah

url = http://www.carnamah.wa.gov.au/
mayor = Merle Isbister
fedgov = O'Connor
stategov = Moore
near-nw = Irwin
near-n = Three Springs
near-ne = Perenjori
near-e = Perenjori
near-se = Coorow
near-s = Coorow
near-sw = "Indian Ocean"
near-w = "Indian Ocean"

The Shire of Carnamah is a Local Government Area located in the Mid West region of Western Australia, about convert|310|km|mi|0 north of Perth, the state capital, and about convert|115|km|mi|0 south of the city of Geraldton. The Shire covers an area of convert|2876|km2|sqmi|0 and its seat of government is the town of Carnamah.

History

The Carnamah Road Board was formed out of land previously managed by the Irwin and Mingenew Road Boards in 1923. On 1 July 1961, it became a Shire Council following changes to the Local Government Act. On 19 April 1962, it lost three-fifths of its area when the Shire of Coorow was created. [WA Electoral Commission, "Municipality Boundary Amendments Register" (release 2.0), 31 May 2003.]

Wards

The Shire has been divided into 4 wards.

* Carnamah Ward (2 councillors)
* Eneabba Ward (2 councillors)
* Yarra Ward (2 councillors)
* Indoon Ward (1 councillor)

Towns

* Carnamah
* Eneabba

References

External links

* [http://www.carnamah.wa.gov.au/ Shire of Carnamah]
* [http://www.rootsweb.com/~auschs/index.html Carnamah Historical Society]
* [http://www.rootsweb.com/~auschs/ca1.html The Carnamah-Winchester Database - past residents of the Shire of Carnamah]