| Shire of Lake Grace Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 Location inWestern Australia | |||||||||||||||
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| Population | 1,265 (LGA2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1922 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 10,379.2 km2 (4,007.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Shire President | Leonard William Armstrong | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Lake Grace | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Wheatbelt | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Roe | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | O'Connor | ||||||||||||||
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| Website | Shire of Lake Grace | ||||||||||||||
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TheShire of Lake Grace is alocal government area in the easternWheatbelt region ofWestern Australia, about 350 kilometres (217 mi)ESE of the state capital,Perth. The Shire has a land area of 10,379 square kilometres (4,007 sq mi) and its seat of government is the town ofLake Grace.
The Lake Grace Road District was gazetted on 22 December 1922. On 1 July 1961, it became a Shire under theLocal Government Act 1960, which reformed all remaining road districts into shires.[2]
The towns and localities of the Shire of Lake Grace with population and size figures based on themost recentAustralian census:[3][4]
| Locality | Population | Area | Map |
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| Beenong | 41 (SAL2021)[5] | 265.1 km2 (102.4 sq mi) |  |
| Buniche | 26 (SAL2021)[6] | 328.7 km2 (126.9 sq mi) |  |
| Dunn Rock | 11 (SAL2016)[7][8] | 566.1 km2 (218.6 sq mi) |  |
| East Newdegate | 17 (SAL2021)[9] | 505.7 km2 (195.3 sq mi) |  |
| Hatter Hill | 0 (SAL2016)[10][11] | 1,595.1 km2 (615.9 sq mi) |  |
| Kuender | 41 (SAL2016)[12][13] | 439.5 km2 (169.7 sq mi) |  |
| Lake Biddy | 59 (SAL2021)[14] | 575 km2 (222 sq mi) |  |
| Lake Camm | 23 (SAL2021)[15] | 344.3 km2 (132.9 sq mi) |  |
| Lake Grace | 523 (SAL2021)[16] | 96.2 km2 (37.1 sq mi) |  |
| Lake King | 84 (SAL2021)[17] | 1,373.6 km2 (530.3 sq mi) |  |
| Magenta | 22 (SAL2021)[18] | 822.9 km2 (317.7 sq mi) |  |
| Mallee Hill | 30 (SAL2021)[19] | 663.8 km2 (256.3 sq mi) |  |
| Mount Madden | 30 (SAL2021)[20] | 593.2 km2 (229.0 sq mi) |  |
| Mount Sheridan | 23 (SAL2021)[21] | 830.2 km2 (320.5 sq mi) |  |
| Neendaling | 19 (SAL2021)[22] | 242.3 km2 (93.6 sq mi) |  |
| Newdegate | 159 (SAL2021)[23] | 297.6 km2 (114.9 sq mi) |  |
| North Burngup | 20 (SAL2021)[24] | 379 km2 (146 sq mi) |  |
| North Lake Grace | 23 (SAL2021)[25] | 269.6 km2 (104.1 sq mi) |  |
| South Newdegate | 43 (SAL2021)[26] | 586.3 km2 (226.4 sq mi) |  |
| Varley | 44 (SAL2021)[27] | 712.4 km2 (275.1 sq mi) |  |
As of 2023, 231 places are heritage-listed in the Shire of Lake Grace,[28] of which five are on theState Register of Heritage Places.[29]
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