The Shire of Carnarvon is a Local Government Area

Local Government Areas of Western Australia

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 in the Gascoyne

Gascoyne

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 region of Western Australia

Western Australia

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, located about 900 kilometres (559 mi) north of the state capital, Perth

Perth, Western Australia

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. The Shire covers an area of 46664 square kilometres (18,017 sq mi), and its seat of government is the town of Carnarvon

Carnarvon, Western Australia

Carnarvon is a coastal town situated approximately 900 kilometres north of Perth, Western Australia. It lies at the mouth of the Gascoyne River on the Indian Ocean. The popular Shark Bay world heritage area lies to the south of the town and the Ningaloo Reef lies to the north...

. The major industries in the area are wool, agriculture (especially banana

Banana

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s and tomato

Tomato

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es) and, more recently, tourism.

History

Carnarvon started as three entities

1. the Carnarvon Municipality, which governed the town of Carnarvon and was constituted in 1891;
2. the Lower Gascoyne Road District (1887)
3. the Minilya Road District (1893).

In 1911, the two Road Districts merged to form the Gascoyne-Minilya Road District.
On 1 July 1961, Carnarvon became a Town and Gascoyne-Minilya a Shire under the Local Government Act 1960.
On 1 March 1965, the two entities merged to form the Shire of Carnarvon.

Wards

The shire is divided into 4 wards, most of which have one councillor. The Shire President is directly elected.

• Town Ward (6 councillors)
• Plantation Ward
• Gascoyne/Minilya North
• Gascoyne/Minilya South

Towns and localities

• Carnarvon
  Carnarvon, Western Australia
  Carnarvon is a coastal town situated approximately 900 kilometres north of Perth, Western Australia. It lies at the mouth of the Gascoyne River on the Indian Ocean. The popular Shark Bay world heritage area lies to the south of the town and the Ningaloo Reef lies to the north...
  
  
• Babbage Island
• Brockman
• Coral Bay
  Coral Bay, Western Australia
  Coral Bay is a small town on the coast of Western Australia, 1,200 km north of Perth. It exists primarily for tourism, with a side industry of fishing...
  
  
• Gnaraloo
  Gnaraloo
  Gnaraloo is a working pastoral station and wilderness tourism business adjacent to the Ningaloo Marine Park, 150 kilometres north of Carnarvon, in Western Australia.The Station comprises a 90,000 hectare area, with approximately 65 kilometres of coastline...
  
  
• Kennedy Range
• Lyndon
• Macleod
• Wooramel

External links

• Shire of Carnarvon