Shire of Broomehill
| Shire of Broomehill Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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.jpg) Broomehill Shire Hall (in 2018) | |||||||||||||||
 Location in Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
| Population | 478 (2006)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.4076/km2 (1.0556/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1892 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 1,172.8 km2 (452.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Broomehill | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Great Southern | ||||||||||||||
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The Shire of Broomehill was a local government area in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of Katanning and about 310 kilometres (193 mi) south-southeast of the state capital, Perth. The Shire covered an area of 1,173 square kilometres (453 sq mi), and its seat of government was the town of Broomehill.
History
The Broomehill Road District was gazetted on 19 May 1892. On 1 July 1961, it became a shire following changes to the Local Government Act which reformed all remaining road boards into shires.[2] On 1 July 2008, after ten months of planning and preparation, it merged with the neighbouring Shire of Tambellup to form the Shire of Broomehill-Tambellup.
Wards
The shire was originally divided into wards, but as at 2007, it was a single electorate with eight representative councillors.
Towns and localities
- Broomehill
- Peringillup
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Broomehill (S) (Local Government Area)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
- ^ "Municipality Boundary Amendments Register" (PDF). Western Australian Electoral Distribution Commission. Retrieved 11 January 2020.