Shire of East Pilbara

The Shire of East Pilbara is one of the four local government areas in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, and with an area close to 380000km2, is the third largest municipality in the world, after two new municipalities in Greenland (Qaasuitsup and Sermersooq, with each around 650,000 km2). The municipality is bigger than many countries, for example Finland and is comparable to Japan. The Shire's seat of government, and home to slightly over half the Shire's population, is the town of Newman in the shire's south-west.HistoryThe Shire has its origin in two early road districts: Bamboo, established in 1896 and renamed Marble Bar in 1904; and Nullagine, established in 1898. On 1 July 1961, both became shires under the Local Government Act 1960.On 27 May 1972 the two merged to form the Shire of East Pilbara.WardsThe Shire is divided into six wards, most with one councillor: South Ward (five councillors) North North West Central Lower Central EastTowns Newman Bamboo Goldsworthy (former town) Jigalong (Aboriginal community) Marble Bar Nullagine Shay Gap (former town) Telfer