The Shire of Laverton 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 Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia

Western Australia

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, about 370 kilometres (230 mi) northeast of the city of Kalgoorlie

Kalgoorlie, Western Australia

Kalgoorlie, known as Kalgoorlie-Boulder, is a town in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, and is located east-northeast of state capital Perth at the end of the Great Eastern Highway...

 and about 950 kilometres (590 mi) east-northeast of the state capital, Perth

Perth, Western Australia

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. The Shire covers an area of 179798 square kilometres (69,420 sq mi), and its seat of government is the town of Laverton.

History

The Mount Margaret Road District was gazetted in 1906. It absorbed the Mount Morgans municipality in 1913, and in 1925 received some land from neighbouring road districts, most notably Lawlers. On 20 January 1950 it was renamed Laverton, and on 1 July 1961, it became a Shire Council following changes to the Local Government Act.

Wards

The shire is divided into two wards:

• Town Ward (5 councillors)
• Country Ward (4 councillors)

Towns and localities

• Laverton
• Bandya
• Beadell
• Beria
  Beria, Western Australia
  Beria is a abandoned town in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, located north of the Laverton on the Great Central Road.Initially the name of the town was gazetted in 1905 but later in 1936 a townsite was gazetted in the immediate area...
  
  
• Burtville
  Burtville, Western Australia
  Burtville is a abandoned town in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, located south west of the Leonora.In 1897, Gold was discovered in the area by two prospectors, B. Frost and J. Trugurtha. The surveyor, J. Rowe, planned the town lots in accordance with the Goldfields Act in 1901...
  
  
• Cosmo Newbery
  Cosmo Newbery, Western Australia
  Cosmo Newbery or Yilka is a small Indigenous Australian community in Western Australia located east of Perth between Laverton and Warburton in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia...
  
  
• Duketon
  Duketon, Western Australia
  Duketon is a abandoned town in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, located north of Leonora. The town boomed during the early 1900s as a result of gold being discovered in the area. One of the larger mines in the area The Golden Spinifex built a five head stamp mill in 1902-1903...
  
  
• Euro
  Euro, Western Australia
  Euro is an abandoned town in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, located between Laverton and Mount Margaret.The town is named after a species of kangaroo, the Eastern Wallaroo. The town was gazetted in 1902 and took the name of a nearby gold mine. The mine had been established by...
  
  
• Mount Margaret
  Mount Margaret, Western Australia
  Mount Margaret also once known as Craiggiemore is an abandoned town in Western Australia located east of Perth situated North of Lake Carey and south West of Laverton in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia....
  
  
• Mount Morgans
  Mount Morgans, Western Australia
  Mount Morgans is an abandoned town in Western Australia located east of Perth situated along the Old Laverton Road in between Leonora and Laverton in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia....
  
  

External links

• Shire of Laverton