The Shire of York 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

Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

, covering an area of 2133 square kilometres (824 sq mi) just beyond the eastern fringe of Perth

Perth, Western Australia

Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....

's metropolitan area. The Shire's seat of government is the town of York

York, Western Australia

York is the oldest inland town in Western Australia, situated 97 km east of Perth in the Avon Valley near Northam, and is the seat of the Shire of York...

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History

In 1871, the York Road District and the Municipality of York were gazetted as two separate entities. On 1 July 1961, they became respectively the Shire of York and the Town of York under the Local Government Act 1960. The two entities merged on 15 March 1965.

Wards

The council was previously split into three wards - Town (4 councillors), West (2 councillors) and East (3 councillors) - but these were abolished and an election for 6 councillors for the entire Shire was held on 6 May 2006.

Towns and localities

• Badgin
• Balladong
• Cold Harbour
• Greenhills
• Gwambygine
  Gwambygine, Western Australia
  Gwambygine is a small town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. It is situated between the towns of York and Beverley and is on the banks on the Avon River....
  
  
• Inkpen
• Mount Hardey
• Mount Observation
• Talbot
• York
  York, Western Australia
  York is the oldest inland town in Western Australia, situated 97 km east of Perth in the Avon Valley near Northam, and is the seat of the Shire of York...
  
  

External links

• Shire of York