Town of Port Hedland
| Town of Port Hedland Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 Location in Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
| Population | 14,469 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 1.36668/km2 (3.53967/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 10,587 km2 (4,087.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Mayor | Commissioner Fred Riebling | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Port Hedland | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Pilbara | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Pilbara | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Durack | ||||||||||||||
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| Website | Town of Port Hedland | ||||||||||||||
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The Town of Port Hedland is a local government area in the Pilbara region of Western Australia containing the twin settlements of Port Hedland and South Hedland and the industrial precinct of Wedgefield. It had a population of approximately 14,500 as at the 2016 Census of which only a few hundred live outside the settlement boundaries.[2]
History
The Pilbara Road District was gazetted on 22 June 1894. It lost some territory to the new Nullagine Road District on 8 July 1898. It was renamed the Port Hedland Road District on 18 March 1904.[3]
It became the Shire of Port Hedland on 1 July 1961 under the Local Government Act 1960, which reformed all remaining road districts into shires.[3] It underwent substantial boundary changes on 28 April 1972, losing approximately 5,669 square kilometres to the Shire of Marble Bar and gaining approximately 18.3 square kilometres from the Shire of Roebourne.[4] It assumed its current name when it gained town status on 18 March 1989.[3]
In June 2019 the Council was suspended by the state government and replaced with a commissioner.[5]
In October 2019, the government of Western Australia announced that there would be no further residential development of the West End of Port Hedland to protect sensitive population groups from health effects caused by dust generated by Port activities.
Wards
The town has 8 councillors and no wards.
Towns
Heritage-listed places
As of 2020, 81 places are heritage-listed in the Town of Port Hedland,[6] of which three are on the State Register of Heritage Places.[7]
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Port Hedland (T)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Port Hedland (Urban Centre/Locality)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ a b c "Municipality Boundary Amendments Register" (PDF). Western Australian Electoral Distribution Commission. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ "Friday, 28th April 1972" (PDF). Government Gazette of Western Australia. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- ^ McNeill, Heather (9 July 2019). "Entire Town of Port Hedland Council suspended over ongoing complaints". WA Today.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Town of Port Hedland Heritage Places". inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au. Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
- ^ "Town of Port Hedland State Register of Heritage Places". inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au. Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
