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Shire of Dundas
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| Shire of Dundas Western Australia |
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| Population: • Density: |
1,646 (2001 census) 0.017/km² |
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| Area: | 93,179 km² | ||||||||||||
| Mayor: | Mark Thompson | ||||||||||||
| Council Seat: | Norseman | ||||||||||||
| Region: | Goldfields-Esperance | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Murchison-Eyre | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Kalgoorlie | ||||||||||||
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The Shire of Dundas is a Local Government Area of Western Australia based in the town of Norseman ( ; post code: 6443). It covers an area of about 93,000 km² in the Goldfields-Esperance region between Norseman and the South Australian border generally along the Eyre Highway, between 700 and 1,500 km east of the capital, Perth. It has a population of 1,646 (ABS 2001).
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In 1895, the Dundas Road Board was gazetted. It merged with part of Esperance to become the Norseman Road Board in 1918, but reestablished as Dundas in 1929. On 1 July 1961, it became the Shire Council following changes to the Local Government Act.[1]
The town has 8 councillors and 4 wards:
- Kambalda West (3 councillors)
- Kambalda (2 councillors)
- Coolgardie (2 councillors)
- Country (1 councillor)
- ^ WA Electoral Commission, Municipality Boundary Amendments Register (release 2.0), 31 May 2003.
| Towns on the Nullarbor Plain, Australia | |
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Western Australia: Norseman | Balladonia | Caiguna | Cocklebiddy | Madura | Mundrabilla | Eucla | |
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South Australia: Border Village | Nullarbor | Yalata | Nundroo | Penong | Ceduna | |
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Coolgardie · Dundas · Esperance · Kalgoorlie-Boulder · Laverton · Leonora · Menzies · Ngaanyatjarraku · Ravensthorpe