Shire of Halls Creek

LGAs around Shire of Halls Creek:
Derby-West Kimberley	Wyndham-East Kimberley	Victoria Daly (NT)
Derby-West Kimberley	Shire of Halls Creek	Victoria Daly (NT)
East Pilbara	East Pilbara	Central Desert (NT)

The Shire of Halls Creek is one of the four local government areas in the Kimberley Region of northern Western Australia, covering an area of 143,030 square kilometres (55,224 sq mi), most of which is sparsely populated. The Shire's seat of government is the town of Halls Creek. Many Aboriginal communities are located within the shire.

The Purnululu National Park, home to part of the Bungle Bungle Range, and Gregory Lake are within the Shire, as is the Wolfe Creek Meteorite Crater National Park.

History

The Shire of Halls Creek originated as the Kimberley Goldfields Road District in 1887; in 1915 it was renamed Halls Creek. On 1 July 1961, it became a shire under the Local Government Act 1960.

The area is home to many large cattle stations including Bedford Downs Station which was established some time prior to 1906 by the Buchanan and Gordon Brothers, the property experienced many difficulties including the spearing of cattle and isolation of the area. In two years nearly a dozen men had also been murdered by the traditional owners.^[2]

Other properties in the area include Alice Downs, Louisa Downs, Moola Bulla, Springvale and Ruby Plains Station.

Wards

The Shire is divided into three wards.

Town Ward (four councillors)
South Ward (three councillors)
North Ward (one councillor)

A review of wards and representation was carried out in late 2008 and, at its December 2008 meeting, the Council resolved to recommend to the Local Government Advisory Board that the wards be abolished.

Towns

Balgo
Halls Creek
Warmun (formerly Turkey Creek)

References

↑ "3218.0 Regional Population Growth, Australia. Table 5. Estimated Resident Population, Local Government Areas, Western Australia". 3 April 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
↑ "The Kimberley Cattle Industry". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 22 November 1907. p. 7. Retrieved 2 December 2013.

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: 18°13′37″S 127°40′05″E / 18.227°S 127.668°E / -18.227; 127.668

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