Shire_of_Katanning
Shire of Katanning
Local government area in Western Australia
This article is about a local government area. For the town, see Katanning, Western Australia.
The Shire of Katanning is a local government area in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, about 170 kilometres (106 mi) north of Albany and about 290 kilometres (180 mi) southeast of the state capital, Perth. The Shire covers an area of 1,518 square kilometres (586 sq mi), and its seat of government is the town of Katanning.
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| Shire of Katanning Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Katanning shire offices, 2018 | |||||||||||||||
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| Population | 4,057 (LGA 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1892 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 1,518.5 km2 (586.3 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| President | Kristy D'Aprile | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Katanning | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Great Southern | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Roe | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | O'Connor | ||||||||||||||
| Website | Shire of Katanning | ||||||||||||||
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The Katanning Road District was gazetted on 18 May 1892. On 1 July 1961, it became a Shire following the passage of the Local Government Act 1960, which reformed all remaining road districts into shires.[2]
The towns and localities of the Shire of Katanning with population and size figures based on the most recent Australian census:[3][4]
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| Locality | Population | Area | Map |
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| Badgebup | 37 (SAL 2016)[5][6] | 207.6 km2 (80.2 sq mi) | |
| Carrolup | 49 (SAL 2016)[7][8] | 167.1 km2 (64.5 sq mi) | |
| Coblinine | 49 (SAL 2021)[9] | 214.5 km2 (82.8 sq mi) | |
| Coyrecup | 31 (SAL 2021)[10] | 220.1 km2 (85.0 sq mi) | |
| Ewlyamartup | 21 (SAL 2021)[11] | 146.4 km2 (56.5 sq mi) | |
| Katanning | 3,637 (SAL 2021)[12] | 136.3 km2 (52.6 sq mi) | |
| Marracoonda | 17 (SAL 2021)[13] | 57.8 km2 (22.3 sq mi) | |
| Moojebing | 63 (SAL 2021)[14] | 102.8 km2 (39.7 sq mi) | |
| Murdong | 24 (SAL 2021)[15] | 78 km2 (30 sq mi) | |
| Pinwernying | 97 (SAL 2021)[16] | 5.4 km2 (2.1 sq mi) | |
| South Datatine | 20 (SAL 2016)[17][18] | 89.7 km2 (34.6 sq mi) | |
| South Glencoe | 10 (SAL 2021)[19] | 91.8 km2 (35.4 sq mi) |
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- Frederick Piesse, Katanning Road Board member 1889–1896; later a state MP
- Wesley Maley, Katanning Road Board chairman 1898; later a state MP
- Arnold Piesse, Katanning Road Board chairman for 11 years; later a state MP
- Alec Thomson, Katanning Road Board member 1911–1915, chairman 1913; later a state MP
As of 2023, 122 places are heritage-listed in the Shire of Katanning,[20] of which 19 are on the State Register of Heritage Places.[21]
Notes
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Katanning (Local Government Area)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- "Municipality Boundary Amendments Register" (PDF). Western Australian Electoral Distribution Commission. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- "SLIP Map". maps.slip.wa.gov.au. Landgate. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
- "NationalMap". nationalmap.gov.au. Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Badgebup (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016.
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Badgebup (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Carrolup (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016.
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Carrolup (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Coblinine (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Coyrecup (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Ewlyamartup (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Katanning (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Marracoonda (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Moojebing (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Murdong (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Pinwernying (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "South Datatine (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016.
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "South Datatine (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "South Glencoe (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- "Shire of Katanning Heritage Places". inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au. Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
- "Shire of Katanning State Register of Heritage Places". inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au. Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
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Bibliography
- Bignell, Merle (1981). A Place to Meet: a History of the Shire of Katanning Western Australia. Nedlands, WA: University of Western Australia Press for the Shire of Katanning. ISBN 0855642025.