Shire of Yilgarn
Local government area
Yilgarn Shire Office,Southern Cross, 2017
Interactive map of Shire of Yilgarn
Country	Australia
State	Western Australia
Region	EasternWheatbelt
Established	1891
Council seat	Southern Cross
Government
• Shire President	Wayne Della Bosca
• State electorate	Central Wheatbelt
• Federal division	O'Connor
Area
• Total	30,720 km2 (11,860 sq mi)
Population
• Total	1,173 (LGA2021)[2]
Website	Shire of Yilgarn
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TheShire of Yilgarn is alocal government area in the easternWheatbelt region ofWestern Australia about 400 kilometres (250 mi) east ofPerth, the state capital. The Shire covers an area of 30,720 square kilometres (11,860 sq mi) and its seat of government is the town ofSouthern Cross. The main industries within the Shire are mining and farming.

TheYilgarn Road District was established on 24 December 1891. The town ofSouthern Cross separated as theMunicipality of Southern Cross on 16 June 1892, but was re-absorbed into the road district on 8 February 1918.^[3]

On 1 July 1961, it became a shire under theLocal Government Act 1960, which reformed all remaining road districts into shires.^[3]

The Shire of Yilgarn has nowards.It has 7councillors.

The towns and localities of the Shire of Yilgarn with population and size figures based on themost recentAustralian census:^[4][5]

Locality	Population	Area	Map
Bodallin	40 (SAL2021)[6]	744.3 km2 (287.4 sq mi)
Bullfinch	29 (SAL2021)[7]	1,191.5 km2 (460.0 sq mi)
Corinthia	9 (SAL2021)[8]	415 km2 (160 sq mi)
Dulyalbin	27 (SAL2021)[9]	338.9 km2 (130.9 sq mi)
Ennuin	0 (SAL2016)[10][11]	1,182 km2 (456 sq mi)
Ghooli	17 (SAL2021)[12]	972.1 km2 (375.3 sq mi)
Holleton	4 (SAL2021)[13]	392.8 km2 (151.7 sq mi)
Koolyanobbing	93 (SAL2021)[14]	527.6 km2 (203.7 sq mi)
Lake Deborah	0 (SAL2021)[15]	5,869.3 km2 (2,266.1 sq mi)
Marvel Loch	120 (SAL2021)[16]	845.5 km2 (326.4 sq mi)
Moorine Rock	61 (SAL2021)[17]	691.7 km2 (267.1 sq mi)
Mount Hampton	24 (SAL2021)[18]	901.8 km2 (348.2 sq mi)
Mount Holland	9 (SAL2021)[19]	1,470.6 km2 (567.8 sq mi)
Mount Jackson	124 (SAL2021)[20]	6,328.8 km2 (2,443.6 sq mi)
Mount Palmer	0 (SAL2016)[21][22]	1,662.9 km2 (642.0 sq mi)
North Bodallin	17 (SAL2021)[23]	429.6 km2 (165.9 sq mi)
Parker Range	0 (SAL2016)[24][25]	1,393.9 km2 (538.2 sq mi)
Skeleton Rock	0 (SAL2016)[26][27]	1,025 km2 (396 sq mi)
South Bodallin	20 (SAL2021)[28]	449.4 km2 (173.5 sq mi)
South Yilgarn	15 (SAL2021)[29]	737.1 km2 (284.6 sq mi)
Southern Cross	572 (SAL2021)[30]	555.2 km2 (214.4 sq mi)
Turkey Hill	9 (SAL2021)[31]	540.9 km2 (208.8 sq mi)
Yellowdine	0 (SAL2021)[32]	1,767 km2 (682 sq mi)

• Noongar

• William Oats, Southern Cross Municipality mayor 1895–1896; later a state MP
• Harold Seddon, Southern Cross Municipality councillor late 1910s; later a state MP
• Lionel Kelly, Yilgarn Road Board member 1929–1932, 1932–1943; later a state MP
• John Panizza, Shire of Yilgarn councillor 1975–1987, president 1982–1987; later a senator

As of 2023, 116 places are heritage-listed in the Shire of Yilgarn,^[33] of which 15 are on theState Register of Heritage Places.^[34]

• Official website

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• Populated places established in 1891
• 1891 establishments in Australia
• Shire of Yilgarn
• Local government areas of the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia

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