Shire of Northampton

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name =Shire of Northampton
state =wa
region =Mid West
area =13737.8
seat =Northampton
pop =3,204 (2006 census)
density =


imagesize = 180
caption = Location in Western Australia
logo =
logosize =
url =http://www.northampton.wa.gov.au
mayor =George Parker
fedgov =Kalgoorlie
stategov =Moore, North West
near-nw = Shark Bay
near-n = Shark Bay
near-ne = Murchison
near-e = Mullewa
near-se = Chapman Valley
near-s = Chapman Valley
near-sw = "Indian Ocean"
near-w = "Indian Ocean"

The Shire of Northampton is a Local Government Area in the Mid West region of Western Australia, about convert|50|km|mi|0 north of Geraldton and about convert|460|km|mi|0 north of the state capital, Perth. The Shire covers an area of convert|13738|km2|sqmi|0, and its seat of government is the town of Northampton.

The Principality of Hutt River, a micronation which is not recognised by the Australian or Western Australian governments, is located within the Shire.

History

The Northampton Road Board was gazetted in 1887. On 1 July 1961, it 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 6 wards, most of which have 1 councillor each:

* Kalbarri Ward (4 councillors)
* Central Ward (3 councillors)
* Coastal Ward
* North East Ward
* South East Ward
* West Ward

Prior to May 2003, the Coastal Ward was known as the Horrocks Ward, the Kalbarri Ward had 3 councillors and all the others had two councillors. [cite web|url=http://www.northampton.wa.gov.au/council|title=Council|author=Shire of Northampton|date=31 August 2004|accessdate=2007-05-08]

Towns/Localities

* Northampton
* Ajana
* Alma
* Binnu
* Gregory
* Horrocks
* Houtman Abrolhos
* Isseka
* Kalbarri
* Kalbarri National Park
* Lynton
* Sandy Gully

References

External links

* [http://www.northampton.wa.gov.au/ Shire of Northampton]