SHIRE OF MOUNT MARSHALL

The 'Shire of Mount Marshall' is a Local Government Area in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, about north-northwest of Merredin and about northeast of the state capital, Perth. The Shire covers an area of , and its seat of government is the town of Bencubbin.

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History

Wards

Towns/Localities

References

External links

History

The area was first discovered by Surveyor General John Septimus Roe, Mt Marshall and Lake McDermott were named after Captain Marshall McDermont, an early settler to the Swan River Colony. The area was first settled by Sandalwooders and Graziers in 1868. Sandalwood was removed from this area from the 1880s until the 1920s. Permanent settlement and the development and clearing of the land for farms commenced around 1910.
In 1923, the Mount Marshall Road Board was gazetted out of areas formerly managed by Ninghan (Trayning) and Nungarin, and on 1 July 1961, it became a Shire Council following changes to the Local Government Act.^[1]

Wards

The shire has been divided into 7 wards, each with one councillor.

★ Beacon Ward

★ Cleary Ward

★ Gabbin Ward

★ North Bencubbin Ward

★ South Bencubbin Ward

★ Welbungin Ward

★ Wialki Ward

Towns/Localities

★ Beacon

★ Bencubbin

★ Gabbin

★ Welbungin

★ Wialki

References

1. WA Electoral Commission, ''Municipality Boundary Amendments Register'' (release 2.0), 31 May 2003.

External links

★ Shire of Mount Marshall