Town of Port Hedland explained

Type:	lga
Town of Port Hedland
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State:	wa
Region:	Pilbara
Area:	10587
Seat:	Port Hedland
Url:	http://www.porthedland.wa.gov.au/
Mayor:	Peter Carter
Fedgov:	Durack
Stategov:	Pilbara
Near-Nw:	Indian Ocean
Near-N:	Indian Ocean
Near-Ne:	East Pilbara
Near-E:	East Pilbara
Near-Se:	East Pilbara
Near-S:	Ashburton
Near-Sw:	Karratha
Near-W:	Indian Ocean

The Town of Port Hedland is a local government area in the Pilbara region of Western Australia containing the twin settlements of Port Hedland and South Hedland and the industrial precinct of Wedgefield. It had a population of approximately 14,500 as at the 2016 Census of which only a few hundred live outside the settlement boundaries.

History

The Pilbara Road District was gazetted on 22 June 1894. It lost some territory to the new Nullagine Road District on 8 July 1898. It was renamed the Port Hedland Road District on 18 March 1904.^[1]

It became the Shire of Port Hedland on 1 July 1961 under the Local Government Act 1960, which reformed all remaining road districts into shires. It underwent substantial boundary changes on 28 April 1972, losing approximately 5,669 square kilometres to the Shire of Marble Bar and gaining approximately 18.3 square kilometres from the Shire of Roebourne.^[2] It assumed its current name when it gained town status on 18 March 1989.

In June 2019 the Council was suspended by the state government and replaced with a commissioner.^[3]

In October 2019, the government of Western Australia announced that there would be no further residential development of the West End of Port Hedland to protect sensitive population groups from health effects caused by dust generated by Port activities.

Wards

The town has eight councillors and no wards.

Towns and localities

The towns and localities of the Port Hedland with population and size figures based on the most recent Australian census:^[4] ^[5]

Locality

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Population

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Area

Map

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Marble Bar *

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Id:	Q550465
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Id:	Q55807722
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Id:	Q7567447
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(* indicates locality is only partially located within this shire)

Former towns

Condon (a.k.a. Shellborough)

Heritage-listed places

See main article: List of State Register of Heritage Places in the Town of Port Hedland.

As of 2023, 81 places are heritage-listed in the Town of Port Hedland,^[6] of which seven are on the State Register of Heritage Places.^[7]

Notes and References

Web site: Municipality Boundary Amendments Register . Western Australian Electoral Distribution Commission . 11 January 2020.
Web site: Friday, 28th April 1972 . Government Gazette of Western Australia . 25 January 2020.
News: McNeill. Heather. 9 July 2019. Entire Town of Port Hedland Council suspended over ongoing complaints. WA Today.
Web site: SLIP Map . . maps.slip.wa.gov.au . . 9 January 2023 .
Web site: NationalMap . . nationalmap.gov.au . . 9 January 2023 .
Web site: Town of Port Hedland Heritage Places. . inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au . Heritage Council of Western Australia . 24 February 2023 .
Web site: Town of Port Hedland State Register of Heritage Places. . inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au . Heritage Council of Western Australia . 24 February 2023 .