| Shire of Corrigin Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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.jpg) Thestate heritage listed Corrigin Town Hall, 2018 | |||||||||||||||
 Location inWestern Australia | |||||||||||||||
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| Population | 1,007 (LGA2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1913 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 3,095 km2 (1,195.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Shire President | Des Hickey | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Corrigin | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Wheatbelt | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Central Wheatbelt | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | O'Connor | ||||||||||||||
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| Website | Shire of Corrigin | ||||||||||||||
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TheShire of Corrigin is alocal government area in theWheatbelt region ofWestern Australia, about 230 kilometres (143 mi) east of the state capital,Perth. Its seat of government is the town ofCorrigin. The shire covers an area of 3,095 square kilometres (1,195 sq mi) and the economy, worth approximately $50 million per year to the state economy, is based on agriculture - predominantly cereal grains and sheep,[2] with some supporting industries including a flour mill.
From 1891 until 1913, different parts of the area was managed by Morambine (Pingelly), Greenhills andBrookton Road Boards. On 14 February 1913, after the announcement of aproposed railway fromBrookton on theGreat Southern Railway to terminate in the town ofKunjin, theKunjinn Road District was gazetted. The first Road Board members held their meetings in a small timber and iron building with their first ever purchase being a billy, tea and sugar. After only three meetings, it was decided to shift the meeting venue to the new townsite ofCorrigin as Kunjin was no longer under consideration as the major rail junction. Accordingly, in 1914, the district was renamed theCorrigin Road District. On 1 July 1961, it became a Shire under theLocal Government Act 1960, which reformed all remaining road districts into shires.[3]
The first ward system, established in 1914, divided the road district into the Wogerlin, Kurren-Kutten, Bullaring, Central, Dondakin and Kunjinn Wards.[4] The first two of these were abolished in 1988 and replaced with the Bilbarin Ward, and the Central Ward gradually increased in importance, reaching a peak of 5 of the 11 councillors then in place between 1992 and 1999.[3]
From 1 May 1999 until 19 October 2007, the Shire was divided into three wards, each electing three councillors:[5]
As of 20 October 2007, the council is undivided and all nine councillors represent the entire Shire.[6]
The towns and localities of the Shire of Corrigin with population and size figures based on themost recentAustralian census:[7][8]
| Locality | Population | Area | Map |
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| Adamsvale | 41 (SAL2021)[9] | 246.5 km2 (95.2 sq mi) |  |
| Bilbarin | 18 (SAL2021)[10] | 182.3 km2 (70.4 sq mi) |  |
| Bullaring | 82 (SAL2021)[11] | 559.1 km2 (215.9 sq mi) |  |
| Bulyee | 48 (SAL2021)[12] | 414 km2 (160 sq mi) |  |
| Corrigin | 701 (SAL2021)[13] | 393.6 km2 (152.0 sq mi) |  |
| Gorge Rock | 33 (SAL2016)[14][15] | 248.6 km2 (96.0 sq mi) |  |
| Kunjin | 48 (SAL2021)[16] | 326.8 km2 (126.2 sq mi) |  |
| Kurrenkutten | 33 (SAL2021)[17] | 310.3 km2 (119.8 sq mi) |  |
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As of 2023, 197 places are heritage-listed in the Shire of Corrigin,[18] of which four are on theState Register of Heritage Places.[19]
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