The Shire of Dundas is a local government area in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. The shire covers an area of 93,179 square kilometres (35,977 sq mi) and its seat of government is the town of Norseman. Its territory lies between Norseman and the border with South Australia (including much of the Eyre Highway), and is between 700 and 1,500 kilometres (430 and 930 mi) east of the state capital, Perth.
Shire of Dundas Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Population | 677 (LGA 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Established | 1895 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 93,179 km2 (35,976.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Shire President | Laurene Bonza | ||||||||||||||
Council seat | Norseman | ||||||||||||||
Region | Goldfields-Esperance | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Eyre | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | O'Connor | ||||||||||||||
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Website | Shire of Dundas | ||||||||||||||
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The shire was first established as the second Dundas Road District on 21 June 1929, when the Norseman Road District was abolished and replaced by a re-established Dundas board. (An earlier Dundas Road District had existed from 1895 to 1918 before amalgamating to form the Norseman district.)[2]
It was declared a shire and named the Shire of Dundas with effect from 1 July 1961 following the passage of the Local Government Act 1960, which reformed all remaining road districts into shires.[2]
As of 2021, 77 places are heritage-listed in the Shire of Dundas,[3] of which seven are on the State Register of Heritage Places.[4]
Named locations on the Nullarbor Plain, Australia | |
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Western Australia (along Eyre Highway) |
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South Australia (along Eyre Highway) | |
Western Australia (along Trans-Australian Railway) | |
South Australia (along Trans-Australian Railway ) |
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Perth |
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Gascoyne |
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Goldfields–Esperance |
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Great Southern |
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Kimberley |
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Mid West |
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Peel |
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Pilbara | |||||||
South West |
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Wheatbelt |
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Indian Ocean Territories |
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