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Local government area in Western Australia
The Shire of Shark Bay is a local government area of Western Australia in the Gascoyne region. It has an area of 25,423 km 2 Shark Bay , located at the westernmost point of Australia . There is one town in the Shire of Shark Bay, Denham , which is the administrative centre for the Shire. There are also a number of small communities; they are Useless Loop (a now-closed mining site), Monkey Mia (a popular resort where dolphins come in), Nanga and Hamelin Pool . The Overlander and The Billabong are roadhouses .
History [ edit ]
The Shark Bay Road District was gazetted on 13 May 1904. In 1951 the then current officials were dismissed.[2] Local Government Act 1960 , which reformed all remaining road districts into shires.[3]
The Shire is divided into three wards:
Denham Ward (five councillors)
Pastoral Ward (one councillor)
Useless Loop Ward (one councillor)
Towns and localities [ edit ]
The towns and localities of the Shire of Shark Bay with population and size figures based on the most recent Australian census :[4] [5]
Suburb
Population
Area
Map
Carbla 0 (SAL 2016 )[6] [7]
952.6 km 2 mi )
Carrarang 807.4 km 2 mi )
Coburn 0 (SAL 2016 )[8] [9]
1,004.7 km 2 mi )
Denham 849 (SAL 2021 )[10]
53.2 km 2 mi )
Dirk Hartog Island 9 (SAL 2021 )[11]
630.4 km 2 mi )
Gilroyd 0 (SAL 2016 )[12] [13]
809.8 km 2 mi )
Hamelin Pool 23 (SAL 2021 )[14]
2,054.7 km 2 mi )
Meadow 3 (SAL 2021 )[15]
833.9 km 2 mi )
Nanga 4 (SAL 2021 )[16]
1,786.8 km 2 mi )
Nerren Nerren 6 (SAL 2021 )[17]
2,336.9 km 2 mi )
Shark Bay 0 (SAL 2016 )[18] [19]
8,202.4 km 2 mi )
Talisker 0 (SAL 2021 )[20]
2,875.3 km 2 mi )
Tamala 5 (SAL 2021 )[21]
1,386.4 km 2 mi )
Toolonga 0 (SAL 2016 )[22] [23]
4,142.5 km 2 mi )
Woodleigh 0 (SAL 2021 )[24]
2,327.9 km 2 mi )
Yalardy 0 (SAL 2016 )[25] [26]
1,011.9 km 2 mi )
Economy [ edit ]
Major employers include the salt works at Useless Loop along with the fishing industry and the various retail outlets meeting the needs of the tourist industry. There are some 30 personnel employed by the Department of Environment and Conservation and twenty by the Shire. There is a primary school and a Distance Education structured secondary school. Numbers of school aged children fluctuate around the 100 mark. The police station is staffed by 3 officers.
Local industries include tourism , fishing , salt , pearl marine culturing , mining of shell grit and various pastoral activities.
Tourism [ edit ]
The creation of the Shark Bay World Heritage Site has created significant impact[clarification needed on the community within the shire area.
The Shire council produced a community newsletter title the Inscription Post from 1989 until January 2011 when it was produced by the Shark Bay Community Resource Centre.[27]
Climate [ edit ]
The Shire of Shark Bay has a mild arid tropical climate , with mean daily maximum temperatures ranging from 22 °C (72 °F) in July to 32 °C (90 °F) in February. On 18 February 2024, Shark Bay recorded a temperature of 49.8 °C (121.6 °F).[28] [29]
Population [ edit ]
Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1911 226 — 1921 231 +0.22% 1933 257 +0.89% 1947 183 −2.40% 1954 233 +3.51% 1961 387 +7.52% 1966 387 +0.00% 1971 687 +12.16% 1976 696 +0.26%
Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1981 629 −2.00% 1986 1,081 +11.44% 1991 1,570 +7.75% 1996 1,840 +3.22% 2001 2,025 +1.93% 2006 1,841 −1.89% 2011 857 −14.18% 2016 946 +2.00% 2021 1,031 +1.74%
Heritage-listed places [ edit ]
Cape Inscription lighthouse, Dirk Hartog Island,c.1910
As of 2024[update] [30] State Register of Heritage Places , all on Dirk Hartog Island .[31]
References [ edit ]
^ "Shark Bay Road Board Officials Dismissed" . Northern Times 1 . Retrieved 19 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Municipality Boundary Amendments Register" (PDF) . Western Australian Electoral Distribution Commission. Retrieved 11 January 2020 .
^ "SLIP Map" . maps.slip.wa.gov.au . Landgate . Retrieved 26 December 2022 .
^ "NationalMap" . nationalmap.gov.au . Geoscience Australia . Retrieved 26 December 2022 .
^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Carbla (suburb and locality)" . Australian Census 2016 .
^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Carbla (suburb and locality)" . Australian Census 2016 QuickStats . Retrieved 28 June 2022 .
^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Coburn (suburb and locality)" . Australian Census 2016 .
^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Coburn (suburb and locality)" . Australian Census 2016 QuickStats . Retrieved 28 June 2022 .
^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Denham (suburb and locality)" . Australian Census 2021 QuickStats . Retrieved 28 June 2022 .
^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Dirk Hartog Island (suburb and locality)" . Australian Census 2021 QuickStats . Retrieved 28 June 2022 .
^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Gilroyd (suburb and locality)" . Australian Census 2016 .
^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Gilroyd (suburb and locality)" . Australian Census 2016 QuickStats . Retrieved 28 June 2022 .
^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Hamelin Pool (suburb and locality)" . Australian Census 2021 QuickStats . Retrieved 28 June 2022 .
^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Meadow (suburb and locality)" . Australian Census 2021 QuickStats . Retrieved 28 June 2022 .
^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Nanga (suburb and locality)" . Australian Census 2021 QuickStats . Retrieved 28 June 2022 .
^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Nerren Nerren (suburb and locality)" . Australian Census 2021 QuickStats . Retrieved 28 June 2022 .
^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Shark Bay (suburb and locality)" . Australian Census 2016 .
^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Shark Bay (suburb and locality)" . Australian Census 2016 QuickStats . Retrieved 28 June 2022 .
^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Talisker (suburb and locality)" . Australian Census 2021 QuickStats . Retrieved 28 June 2022 .
^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Tamala (suburb and locality)" . Australian Census 2021 QuickStats . Retrieved 28 June 2022 .
^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Toolonga (suburb and locality)" . Australian Census 2016 .
^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Toolonga (suburb and locality)" . Australian Census 2016 QuickStats . Retrieved 28 June 2022 .
^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Woodleigh (WA ) (suburb and locality)" . Australian Census 2021 QuickStats . Retrieved 28 June 2022 .
^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Yalardy (suburb and locality)" . Australian Census 2016 .
^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Yalardy (suburb and locality)" . Australian Census 2016 QuickStats . Retrieved 28 June 2022 .
^ http://henrietta.liswa.wa.gov.au/record=b1584263~S2 - being a play on the Hartog Plate as being an 'Inscription Post'
^ "Daily Extremes" . Bureau of Meteorology . Retrieved 19 February 2024 .
^ "95402: Shark Bay Airport (Australia)" . ogimet.com . OGIMET. 18 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024 .
^ "Shire of Shark Bay Heritage Places" . inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au . Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 2 March 2024 .
^ "Shire of Shark Bay State Register of Heritage Places" . inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au . Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 2 March 2024 .
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