The Shire of Cranbrook is a local government area in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, about 92 kilometres (57 mi) north of Albany and about 320 kilometres (200 mi) south-southeast of the state capital, Perth. The Shire covers an area of 3,277 square kilometres (1,265 sq mi), and its seat of government is the town of Cranbrook.
History
The Cranbrook Road District was gazetted on 14 May 1926 out of parts of the Plantagenet and Tambellup road districts.[2]
On 1 July 1961, it became a Shire following changes to the Local Government Act, which reformed all remaining road boards into shires.[3]
Indigenous people
The majority of the Shire of Cranbrook is located on the traditional land of the Kaniyang people of the Noongar nation.[4] The far eastern part of the shire, east of Cranbrook itself, is located on the traditional lands of the Koreng people, also of the Noongar nation.[5][6]
Wards
The shire is divided into 3 wards, each with 3 councillors:
As of 2023, 35 places are heritage-listed in the Shire of Cranbrook,[13] of which one is on the State Register of Heritage Places, the Tenterden Agricultural Hall, a building destroyed by bush fire on 27 December 2003.[14]
^* This LGA holds city status under the Local Government Act 1995, ^† This LGA holds town status under the Local Government Act 1995, ^# Western Australian law applies to the Indian Ocean Territories under the Territories Law Reform Act 1992
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