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Yilgarn, Western Australia

Shire of Yilgarn
Western Australia
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Location in Western Australia
Population 1,698 (2013 est)
 • Density 0.055273/km2 (0.14316/sq mi)
Established 1891
Area 30,720 km2 (11,861.1 sq mi)
Mayor Onida Truran
Council seat Southern Cross
Region Eastern Wheatbelt
State electorate(s) Eyre
Federal Division(s) Kalgoorlie
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Website Shire of Yilgarn
LGAs around Shire of Yilgarn:
Sandstone
Mount Marshall
Menzies Menzies
Westonia
Merredin
Shire of Yilgarn Coolgardie
Narembeen Kondinin Dundas

The Shire of Yilgarn is a local government area in the Eastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia about 400 kilometres (250 mi) east of Perth, 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 of Southern Cross. The main industries within the Shire are mining and farming.

In 1891, the Yilgarn Road District was gazetted. In 1918, it merged with the Municipality of Southern Cross (gazetted 1892). On 1 July 1961, it became a shire under the Local Government Act 1960.

The shire is divided into three wards.

Many of the following are ghost towns associated with short-lived mineral booms between the 1890s and the 1940s.

Coordinates: 31°15′14″S 119°20′38″E / 31.254°S 119.344°E / -31.254; 119.344


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