The Shire of Dowerin is a Local Government Area

Local Government Areas of Western Australia

The Australian state of Western Australia is divided into 141 local government areas...

 in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia

Western Australia

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, about 160 kilometres (99 mi) northeast of Perth

Perth, Western Australia

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, the state capital. The Shire covers an area of 1847 square kilometres (713 sq mi) and its seat of government is the town of Dowerin

Dowerin, Western Australia

Dowerin is a town and shire located north-east of Perth in the central Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.-History:In 1906 the government extended the railway from Goomalling to the developing Dowerin Agricultural Area and decided to develop a townsite at the terminus...

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History

On 3 November 1911, the Dowerin Road District was gazetted. On 1 July 1961, it became a Shire following enactment of the Local Government Act 1960.

Wards

As of 3 May 2003, the shire has been divided into 3 wards.

• Town Ward (4 councillors)
• Rural North Ward (2 councillors)
• Rural South Ward (2 councillors)

Previously, Town Ward had 2 councillors and six wards had one councillor each: Daren, Hindmarsh, Koombekine, Manmanning, Minnivale and Ucarty.

Towns and localities

• Dowerin
  Dowerin, Western Australia
  Dowerin is a town and shire located north-east of Perth in the central Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.-History:In 1906 the government extended the railway from Goomalling to the developing Dowerin Agricultural Area and decided to develop a townsite at the terminus...
  
  
• Amery
  Amery, Western Australia
  Amery is a rail siding and townsite located northeast of Dowerin in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.-History:Amery was first known as "Ejanding" in 1910. Its name was changed to Amery in 1928, apparently because another railway siding approximately 26 km further north was to be...
  
  
• Ejanding
  Ejanding, Western Australia
  Ejanding is a townsite in the central Wheatbelt, located about north-northeast of Dowerin. It was originally a siding on the Ejanding Northward railway, a line built between the town now known as Amery, and Kalannie, around 1927. Amery was originally named Ejanding in 1910, but was changed to...
  
  
• Koomberkine
• Manmanning
  Manmanning, Western Australia
  Manmanning is a small Wheatbelt town in Western Australia.The name of the town is an Indigenous Australian word of unknown meaning. The word first appeared on charts drawn in 1907 and was the Indigenous Australian name of a soak located close to the townsite....
  
  
• Minnivale
• Ucarty

Population

Year	Population
1921	1,063
1933	1,475
1947	1,152
1954	1,311
1961	1,392
1966	1,300
1971	1,071
1976	1,070
1981	998
1986	961
1991	881
1996	817
2001	782
2006	702

External links

• Shire of Dowerin