Shire of Coolgardie

The Shire of Coolgardie is a local government area in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, lying roughly west and south of the city of Kalgoorlie. The Shire covers an area of 30400km2, and its seat of government is the town of Coolgardie, although the twin towns of Kambalda and Kambalda West contain two-thirds of the Shire's population.HistoryThe Shire began life as two entities - Coolgardie Municipality, and Coolgardie Road District . As the gold rush waned in the area, the former was merged into the latter in 1921, and on 1 July 1961, it became a shire under the Local Government Act 1960.WardsIn 2007, the ward system was abolished. Prior to this, the Shire had eight councillors and four wards: Kambalda West (three councillors) Kambalda (two councillors) Coolgardie (two councillors) Country (one councillor)