Shire of Collie

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of Collie
state = wa


imagesize= 180
caption = Location in Western Australia
pop = 8,614 (2006 census)
area = 1710.9
est = 1900
seat = Collie
mayor = Wayne Sanford
region = South West

url = http://www.collie.wa.gov.au
stategov = Collie-Preston
fedgov = Forrest
near-nw = Harvey
near-n = Boddington
near-ne = Williams
near-e = West Arthur
near-se = Boyup Brook
near-s = Donnybrook-Balingup
near-sw = Dardanup
near-w = Harvey

The Shire of Collie is a Local Government Area in the South West region of Western Australia, about convert|60|km|mi|0 east of Bunbury and about convert|200|km|mi|0 south of the state capital, Perth. The Shire covers an area of convert|1711|km2|sqmi|0, and its seat of government is the town of Collie.

History

The Collie Road Board was gazetted in 1900, and a separate Municipal District to manage the affairs of the town of Collie was gazetted a year later. On 2 March 1951, they amalgamated to form the Collie Coalfields Road Board. On 1 July 1961, they it became the Collie 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 no longer divided into wards and the 11 councillors sit at large.

Towns

*Collie
*Allanson
* Buckingham
* Harris River
* Muja
* Shotts
* Worsley

References

External links

* [http://www.collie.wa.gov.au/ Shire of Collie website]