Shire of Dundas explained

Type:	lga
Shire of Dundas
State:	wa
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Area:	93179
Est:	1895
Seat:	Norseman
Mayortitle:	Shire President
Mayor:	Laurene Bonza
Region:	Goldfields-Esperance
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Url:	http://www.dundas.wa.gov.au
Stategov:	Kalgoorlie
Fedgov:	O'Connor
Near-Nw:	Coolgardie, Yilgarn
Near-N:	Kalgoorlie-Boulder
Near-Ne:	Maralinga (SA)
Near-E:	Outback Areas (SA)
Near-W:	Kondinin
Near-Sw:	Ravensthorpe
Near-S:	Esperance
Near-Se:	Great Australian Bight

The Shire of Dundas is a local government area in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. The shire covers an area of 93179km2 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 NaNkm (-2,147,483,648miles) east of the state capital, Perth.

History

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.)^[1]

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.

Towns and localities

The towns and localities of the Shire of Dundas with population and size figures based on the most recent Australian census:^[2] ^[3]

Suburb

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Population

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Area

Map

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Id:	Q1025841
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Id:	Q5314750
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Id:	Q548172
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Id:	Q47853293
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Id:	Q1883531
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Id:	Q943280
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Id:	Q1016823
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Notable councillors

Emil Nulsen, Dundas Roads Board chairman 1929–1931; later a state MP

Heritage-listed places

See main article: List of State Register of Heritage Places in the Shire of Dundas. As of 2023, 78 places are heritage-listed in the Shire of Dundas,^[4] of which seven are on the State Register of Heritage Places.^[5]

External links

-32.196°N 121.778°W

Notes and References

Web site: Municipality Boundary Amendments Register . Western Australian Electoral Distribution Commission . 11 January 2020.
Web site: SLIP Map . . maps.slip.wa.gov.au . . 31 December 2022 .
Web site: NationalMap . . nationalmap.gov.au . . 31 December 2022 .
Web site: Shire of Dundas Heritage Places. . inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au . Heritage Council of Western Australia . 20 February 2023.
Web site: Shire of Dundas State Register of Heritage Places. . inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au . Heritage Council of Western Australia . 20 February 2023.