Shire of Ravensthorpe
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The Shire of Ravensthorpe is a local government area in the southern Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, about halfway between the city of Albany and the town of Esperance and about Script error: No such module "convert". southeast of the state capital, Perth. The Shire covers an area of Script error: No such module "convert"., 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.[1]
Indigenous people
The Shire of Ravensthorpe is located on the traditional land of the Wudjari people of the Noongar nation.[2][3]
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:[4][5]
| Locality | Population | Area | Map |
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| Fitzgerald River National Park * ‡ | Script error: No such module "PopulationFromWikidata". | Template:Cvt | Template:Infobox mapframe |
| Hopetoun | Script error: No such module "PopulationFromWikidata". | Template:Cvt | Template:Infobox mapframe |
| Jerdacuttup | Script error: No such module "PopulationFromWikidata". | Template:Cvt | Template:Infobox mapframe |
| Munglinup | Script error: No such module "PopulationFromWikidata". | Template:Cvt | Template:Infobox mapframe |
| Ravensthorpe | Script error: No such module "PopulationFromWikidata". | Template:Cvt | Template:Infobox mapframe |
| West River | Script error: No such module "PopulationFromWikidata". | Template:Cvt | Template:Infobox mapframe |
- ( * indicates suburb partially located within City)
- ( ‡ indicates boundaries of national park and locality are not identical)
Heritage-listed places
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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.[8] 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
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External links
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