| Shire of Lake Grace Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Location in Western Australia
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| Population | 1,265 (LGA 2021)[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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The Shire of Lake Grace is a local government area in the eastern Wheatbelt region of Western 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 of Lake Grace.
The Lake Grace Road District was gazetted on 22 December 1922. On 1 July 1961, it became a Shire under the Local 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 the most recent Australian census:[3][4]
| Locality | Population | Area | Map |
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| Beenong | 41 (SAL 2021)[5] | 265.1 km2 (102.4 sq mi) | 
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| Buniche | 26 (SAL 2021)[6] | 328.7 km2 (126.9 sq mi) | 
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| Dunn Rock | 11 (SAL 2016)[7][8] | 566.1 km2 (218.6 sq mi) | 
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| East Newdegate | 17 (SAL 2021)[9] | 505.7 km2 (195.3 sq mi) | 
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| Hatter Hill | 0 (SAL 2016)[10][11] | 1,595.1 km2 (615.9 sq mi) | 
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| Kuender | 41 (SAL 2016)[12][13] | 439.5 km2 (169.7 sq mi) | 
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| Lake Biddy | 59 (SAL 2021)[14] | 575 km2 (222 sq mi) | 
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| Lake Camm | 23 (SAL 2021)[15] | 344.3 km2 (132.9 sq mi) | 
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| Lake Grace | 523 (SAL 2021)[16] | 96.2 km2 (37.1 sq mi) | 
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| Lake King | 84 (SAL 2021)[17] | 1,373.6 km2 (530.3 sq mi) | 
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| Magenta | 22 (SAL 2021)[18] | 822.9 km2 (317.7 sq mi) | 
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| Mallee Hill | 30 (SAL 2021)[19] | 663.8 km2 (256.3 sq mi) | 
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| Mount Madden | 30 (SAL 2021)[20] | 593.2 km2 (229.0 sq mi) | 
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| Mount Sheridan | 23 (SAL 2021)[21] | 830.2 km2 (320.5 sq mi) | 
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| Neendaling | 19 (SAL 2021)[22] | 242.3 km2 (93.6 sq mi) | 
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| Newdegate | 159 (SAL 2021)[23] | 297.6 km2 (114.9 sq mi) | 
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| North Burngup | 20 (SAL 2021)[24] | 379 km2 (146 sq mi) | 
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| North Lake Grace | 23 (SAL 2021)[25] | 269.6 km2 (104.1 sq mi) | 
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| South Newdegate | 43 (SAL 2021)[26] | 586.3 km2 (226.4 sq mi) | 
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| Varley | 44 (SAL 2021)[27] | 712.4 km2 (275.1 sq mi) | 
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As of 2023, 231 places are heritage-listed in the Shire of Lake Grace,[28] of which five are on the State Register of Heritage Places.[29]
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| Perth |
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| Gascoyne |
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| Goldfields–Esperance |
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| Great Southern |
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| Kimberley |
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| Peel |
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| Pilbara |
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| Wheatbelt |
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| Indian Ocean Territories |
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^* This LGA holds city status under the Local Government Act 1995, ^† This LGA holds town status under the Local Government Act 1995, ^# Western Australian law applies to the Indian Ocean Territories under the Territories Law Reform Act 1992 | |||||||
33°06′00″S 118°27′40″E / 33.100°S 118.461°E / -33.100; 118.461
