| Shire of Meekatharra Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 Location inWestern Australia | |||||||||||||||
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| Population | 1,200 (LGA2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 100,789 km2 (38,914.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Shire President | Harvey Nichols | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Meekatharra | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Mid West | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | North West | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Durack | ||||||||||||||
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| Website | Shire of Meekatharra | ||||||||||||||
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TheShire of Meekatharra is alocal government area in theMid West region ofWestern Australia, about halfway between the town ofPort Hedland and the state capital,Perth, Western Australia. The Shire covers an area of 100,789 square kilometres (38,915 sq mi), and its seat of government is the town ofMeekatharra.
The Meekatharra Road District was established on 31 October 1909 out of the abolished Peak Hill Road District andNannine Road District. It lost much of its territory to a reconstituted Nannine Road District on 7 December 1913, but regained much of that when the Nannine district was abolished for a second and final time on 24 January 1930. It became a shire on 1 July 1961 following the passage of theLocal Government Act 1960, which reformed all remaining road districts into shires.[2]
The shire is divided into three wards:
The towns and localities of the Shire of Meekatharra with population and size figures based on themost recentAustralian census:[3][4]
| Locality | Population | Area | Map |
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| Angelo River | 3 (SAL2021)[5] | 13,971.6 km2 (5,394.5 sq mi) |  |
| Capricorn | 79 (SAL2021)[6] | 16,772.3 km2 (6,475.8 sq mi) |  |
| Karalundi Community | 65 (SAL2021)[7] | 234.3 km2 (90.5 sq mi) |  |
| Kumarina | 91 (SAL2021)[8] | 16,361.5 km2 (6,317.2 sq mi) |  |
| Meekatharra | 849 (SAL2021)[9] | 26,588.7 km2 (10,266.0 sq mi) |  |
| Peak Hill | 121 (SAL2021)[10] | 26,524.1 km2 (10,241.0 sq mi) |  |
Ghost towns in the Shire of Meekatharra:
As of 2023, 102 places are heritage-listed in the Shire of Meekatharra,[11] of which three are on theState Register of Heritage Places.[12]
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