Shire of Dundas
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| Shire of Dundas Western Australia |
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Location in Western Australia
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| Population | 1,182 (2013 est)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.012685/km2 (0.032855/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1895 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 93,179 km2 (35,976.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Shire President | Jacquie Best | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Norseman | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Goldfields-Esperance | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Eyre | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | O'Connor | ||||||||||||||
| Website | Shire of Dundas | ||||||||||||||
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The Shire of Dundas is a local government area in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, between Norseman and the South Australian border generally along the Eyre Highway, between 700 and 1,500 kilometres (430-930 mi) east of the state capital, Perth. The Shire covers an area of 93,179 square kilometres (35,977 sq mi) and its seat of government is the town of Norseman.
History
In 1895, the Dundas Road Board was gazetted. It merged with part of Esperance to become the Norseman Road Board in 1918, but reestablished as Dundas in 1929. On 1 July 1961, it became the Shire Council following changes to the Local Government Act.[2]
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