Shire of Beverley

The Shire of Beverley is a local government area in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia about 130 kilometres (80 mi) southeast of Perth, the state capital. The Shire covers an area of 2,372 square kilometres (916 sq mi), starting 20 kilometres (12 mi) outside Armadale in the Darling Scarp and extending eastwards beyond the scarp into agricultural lands which support broad acre activities such as livestock and cropping. Its seat of government is the town of Beverley, which accommodates just over half of the Shire's population.

History

In 1871, the Beverley Road District was established with immense boundaries, taking in land all the way east to Eucla on the South Australian border. Its scope was so broad that from 1892 to 1913, the town of Beverley had its own municipal council operating separately from the Road Board. However, over the years, each of the major towns were granted their own road boards, and by 1923 the present boundaries were established. In 1961, the Road District was renamed the Shire of Beverley.^[2]^[3]

Wards

The Shire is divided into three wards, which became effective on 2 May 1987.^[4]

North Ward (three councillors)
West Ward (three councillors)
South Ward (three councillors)

Prior to 1986, the Shire was represented by eight councillors across four wards which had existed in some form since the amalgamation of the Municipal District in 1913:^[3]

Kokeby Ward
North East Ward
Central Ward
Dale Ward

Towns

Beverley
Flint
Mount Kokeby
Mount Dale
Talbot West
West Dale

Population

Year	Population
1921	1,882
1933	1,992
1947	1,629
1954	1,968
1961	1,899
1966	1,773
1971	1,628
1976	1,577
1981	1,554
1986	1,502
1991	1,433
1996	1,399
2001	1,461
2006	1,562

Notable councillors

Henry Lukin, Beverley Road Board member 1876; later a state MP
Edmund Smith, Beverley Road Board member 1894–1896, chairman 1896; later a state MP
Frank Broun, Beverley Road Board member 1902–1904, 1906–1914, 1917–1919, chairman 1908–1909, 1911–1914, 1917–1919; also a state MP

References

↑ "3218.0 Regional Population Growth, Australia. Table 5. Estimated Resident Population, Local Government Areas, Western Australia". 3 April 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
↑ Shire of Beverley. "Council History". Retrieved 2006-10-16.
1 2 WA Electoral Commission, Municipality Boundary Amendments Register (release 3.0), 31 July 2007.
↑ "Local Government Act 1960 - Shire of Beverley (Ward Boundaries and Representation) Order No.1 1986". Western Australia Government Gazette. 7 November 1986. p. 1986:4164–4165.

External links

Official website

Local government areas of Western Australia

Perth Metropolitan

Cities	Armadale^* Bayswater^* Belmont^* Canning^* Cockburn^* Fremantle^* Gosnells^* Joondalup^* Kwinana^* Melville^* Nedlands^* Perth^* Rockingham^* South Perth^* Stirling^* Subiaco^* Swan^* Vincent^* Wanneroo^*

Towns	Bassendean^† Cambridge^† Claremont^† Cottesloe^† East Fremantle^† Mosman Park^† Victoria Park^†

Shires	Kalamunda Mundaring Peppermint Grove

Gascoyne

Goldfields-Esperance

Great Southern

Kimberley

Mid West

Peel

Pilbara

South West

Wheatbelt

Indian Ocean territories

^* This LGA holds city status under the Local Government Act 1995, ^† This LGA holds town status under the Local Government Act 1995

Coordinates: 32°06′32″S 116°55′34″E / 32.109°S 116.926°E / -32.109; 116.926

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