The Shire of Ravensthorpe is a
local government area
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in the southern
Goldfields-Esperance region of
Western Australia
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, about halfway between the city of
Albany and the town of
Esperance and about southeast of the state capital,
Perth
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. The Shire covers an area of , and its seat of government is the town of
Ravensthorpe.
History
The Phillips River Road District was gazetted on 9 November 1900. On 1 July 1961, it became the Shire of Ravensthorpe under the ''Local Government Act 1960'', which reformed all remaining road districts into shires.
Indigenous people
The Shire of Ravensthorpe is located on the traditional land of the
Wudjari people of the
Noongar
The Noongar (, also spelt Noongah, Nyungar , Nyoongar, Nyoongah, Nyungah, Nyugah, and Yunga ) are Aboriginal Australian people who live in the South West, Western Australia, south-west corner of Western Australia, from Geraldton, Western Aus ...
nation.
Wards
As of the 2003 election, the Shire is divided into three wards:
* Ravensthorpe Ward (two councillors)
* Hopetoun Ward (two councillors)
* Rural Ward (three councillors)
Towns and localities
The towns and localities of the Shire of Ravensthorpe with population and size figures based on the
most recent Australian census
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:
*
( * indicates suburb partially located within City)
*
( ‡ indicates boundaries of national park and locality are not identical)
Heritage-listed places
As of 2023, 122 places are heritage-listed in the Shire of Ravensthorpe, of which one is on the
State Register of Heritage Places
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History
In the 1970s, following its establishment of the N ...
, the Metropolitan Hotel in Hopetoun.
Sex Scandal
In September 2021, Shire of Ravensthorpe chief executive Gavin Pollock was sacked after being accused of spending almost $55,000 of shire money on a sex worker.
A report tabled in the Western Australian State Parliament on 22 September 2021 alleges that Mr Pollock was a client of a sex worker named "Ms E", for whom he issued multiple fake invoices and purchase orders on his office computer totalling $54,850. Two further invoices totalling a combined $13,350 were prepared but not paid as a result of the commission investigation.
References
External links
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Ravensthorpe