The Shire of Cranbrook is a local government area in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, about 92 kilometres (57 mi) north of Albany and about 320 kilometres (200 mi) south-southeast of the state capital, Perth. The Shire covers an area of 3,277 square kilometres (1,265 sq mi), and its seat of government is the town of Cranbrook.
| Shire of Cranbrook Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Cranbrook shire offices, 2018 | |||||||||||||||
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| Population | 1,100 (LGA 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1926 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 3,276.8 km2 (1,265.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Shire President | Phil Horrocks | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Cranbrook | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Great Southern | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Roe | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | O'Connor | ||||||||||||||
| Website | Shire of Cranbrook | ||||||||||||||
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The Cranbrook Road District was gazetted on 14 May 1926 out of parts of the Plantagenet and Tambellup road districts. On 1 July 1961, it became a Shire following changes to the Local Government Act, which reformed all remaining road boards into shires.[2]
The shire is divided into 3 wards, each with 3 councillors:
As of 2021, 35 places are heritage-listed in the Shire of Cranbrook,[3] of which one is on the State Register of Heritage Places, the Tenterden Agricultural Hall, a building destroyed by bush fire on 27 December 2003.[4]
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