Shire of Harvey explained

Type:	lga
Shire of Harvey
State:	wa
Image2 Upright:	0.81
Local Map:	yes
Zoom:	8
Area:	1728.3
Est:	1894
Seat:	Harvey
Mayor:	Michelle Campbell^[1]
Mayortitle:	Shire President
Region:	South West, Outer Bunbury
Url:	http://www.harvey.wa.gov.au
Stategov:	Murray-Wellington
Fedgov:	Forrest
Near-Nw:	Indian Ocean
Near-N:	Waroona
Near-Ne:	Boddington
Near-E:	Collie
Near-Se:	Collie
Near-S:	Dardanup
Near-Sw:	Bunbury
Near-W:	Indian Ocean

The Shire of Harvey is a local government area of Western Australia. Harvey is located in the state's South West region, approximately 140 km south of Perth, and includes some of Bunbury's northern suburbs. The shire covers an area of 1,728 km² and had a population of approximately 26,500 as at the 2016 Census. Around 12% of the population are of Southern or Eastern European origin.

It contains three large towns, Harvey, Australind and Brunswick Junction and a number of smaller towns. The shire office is located on Uduc Road, Harvey, and an administration centre is open at Mulgara Street, Australind.

History

It was established as the Brunswick Road District on 14 December 1894, when it separated from the larger Wellington Road District.^[2] The first election was held on 11 February 1895.

It was renamed the Harvey Road District on 10 December 1909. It was made a shire with effect from 1 July 1961 following the passage of the Local Government Act 1960, which reformed all remaining road districts into shires.

Wards

The shire does not have Wards, although is represented by Councillors from all around the Shire.

Towns and localities

The towns and localities of the Shire of Harvey with population and size figures based on the most recent Australian census:^{[3] [4]}

Locality	data-sort-type=number	Population	data-sort-type=number	Area	Map
			Id: Q765181 Zoom: 12 Mapframe: yes Wikidata: yes
			Id: Q50407514 Zoom: 12 Mapframe: yes Wikidata: yes
			Id: Q4887734 Zoom: 11 Mapframe: yes Wikidata: yes
			Id: Q643110 Zoom: 11 Mapframe: yes Wikidata: yes
			Id: Q994166 Zoom: 10 Mapframe: yes Wikidata: yes
			Id: Q130211 Zoom: 11 Mapframe: yes Wikidata: yes
			Id: Q130624 Zoom: 11 Mapframe: yes Wikidata: yes
			Id: Q55448672 Zoom: 9 Mapframe: yes Wikidata: yes
			Id: Q6530293 Zoom: 11 Mapframe: yes Wikidata: yes
			Id: Q48797190 Zoom: 10 Mapframe: yes Wikidata: yes
			Id: Q6946726 Zoom: 10 Mapframe: yes Wikidata: yes
			Id: Q55807680 Zoom: 12 Mapframe: yes Wikidata: yes
			Id: Q3390482 Zoom: 10 Mapframe: yes Wikidata: yes
			Id: Q7877321 Zoom: 11 Mapframe: yes Wikidata: yes
			Id: Q55448671 Zoom: 12 Mapframe: yes Wikidata: yes
			Id: Q55521569 Zoom: 11 Mapframe: yes Wikidata: yes
			Id: Q21880960 Zoom: 11 Mapframe: yes Wikidata: yes
			Id: Q2027077 Zoom: 10 Mapframe: yes Wikidata: yes

Population

The ABS provides a breakdown for the Australind suburban area (Part A) and the remainder of the Shire (Part B):

Year	Part A	Part B
1991	5,816	6,551
1996	7,570	7,144
2001	9,574	7,650
2006	11,537	8,019
2011	14,779	8,455

Heritage-listed places

See main article: List of State Register of Heritage Places in the Shire of Harvey. As of 2023, 282 places are heritage-listed in the Shire of Harvey,^[5] of which nine are on the State Register of Heritage Places, among them the Yarloop Workshops which were destroyed in a 2016 bush fire.^[6]

See also

• Camp Doogs

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2023 Ordinary Election - Harvey . 2023 . www.elections.wa.gov.au . . 5 November 2023 .
2. Web site: Municipality Boundary Amendments Register . Western Australian Electoral Distribution Commission . 11 January 2020.
3. Web site: SLIP Map . . maps.slip.wa.gov.au . . 4 February 2023 .
4. Web site: NationalMap . . nationalmap.gov.au . . 4 February 2023 .
5. Web site: Shire of Harvey Heritage Places. . inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au . Heritage Council of Western Australia . 25 February 2023.
6. Web site: Shire of Harvey State Register of Heritage Places. . inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au . Heritage Council of Western Australia . 25 February 2023.