City of Karratha explained

Type:	lga
City of Karratha
State:	wa
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Area:	15235.8
Est:	1910
Seat:	Karratha
Mayortitle:	Mayor
Mayor:	Daniel Scott^[1]
Region:	Pilbara
Url:	http://www.karratha.wa.gov.au/
Stategov:	Pilbara
Fedgov:	Durack
Near-Nw:	Indian Ocean
Near-N:	Indian Ocean
Near-Ne:	Port Hedland
Near-E:	Port Hedland
Near-Se:	Port Hedland
Near-S:	Ashburton
Near-Sw:	Ashburton
Near-W:	Indian Ocean

The City of Karratha is one of the four local government areas in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. It covers an area of 15882km2 and had a population of about 21,500 as at the 2016 Census, most of which is located in its seat of government, the city of Karratha, and the major towns. It was formerly known as the Shire of Roebourne but was renamed and granted city status on 1 July 2014.^[2] ^[3]

History

The City of Karratha originated as the Roebourne Road District, which was established on 6 January 1887. The towns of Roebourne and Cossack were both excised as their own municipalities on 1 December 1887, forming the Municipality of Roebourne and Municipality of Cossack. As the region's population declined, both the Roebourne and Cossack municipalities merged back into the road district in 1910, Roebourne on 11 March and then Cossack on 13 August.^[4]

On 1 July 1961, it became the Shire of Roebourne under the Local Government Act 1960. On 1 July 2014 it was granted city status and renamed the City of Karratha.

Wards

The city is divided into eleven wards:^[5]

Karratha (eight councillors)
Dampier (one councillors)
Wickham-Point Samson-Roebourne-Cossack-Pastoral (two councillors)

Towns, suburbs and localities

The towns, suburbs and localities of the City of Karratha with population and size figures based on the most recent Australian census:^[6] ^[7]

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Heritage-listed places

See main article: List of State Register of Heritage Places in the City of Karratha. As of 2023, 122 places are heritage-listed in the City of Karratha,^[8] of which 30 are on the State Register of Heritage Places. Of those, 18 are located in Cossack and ten are in Roebourne; with the only two outside those two locations being the Cooya Pooya Station and the De Grey - Mullewa Stock Route.^[9]

External links

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Notes and References

Web site: 2023 Ordinary Election - Karratha . 2023 . www.elections.wa.gov.au . . 5 November 2023 .
News: City of Karratha born as Shire of Roebourne in WA's Pilbara officially changes status . Australian Broadcasting Corporation . 1 July 2014 . 1 July 2014.
Web site: Local Government (Roebourne - Change of Designation and Name of District) Order 2014 . State Law Publisher . Government Gazette of Western Australia . 3 June 2014 . 1 July 2014.
Web site: Municipality Boundary Amendments Register . Western Australian Electoral Distribution Commission . 11 January 2020.
Web site: Wards and boundaries . City of Karratha . 19 April 2023.
Web site: SLIP Map . . maps.slip.wa.gov.au . . 8 January 2023 .
Web site: NationalMap . . nationalmap.gov.au . . 8 January 2023 .
Web site: City of Karratha Heritage Places. . inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au . Heritage Council of Western Australia . 24 February 2023 .
Web site: City of Karratha State Register of Heritage Places. . inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au . Heritage Council of Western Australia . 24 February 2023 .