Shire of Capel

Capel was initially constituted as the first Bunbury Road District on 15 June 1894 (as distinguished from the Bunbury Municipal District). On 26 July 1907, it was renamed to the Capel Road District, and on 1 July 1961, it became a shire under the Local Government Act 1960.WA Electoral Commission, Municipality Boundary Amendments Register (release 2.0), 31 May 2003.

The Shire of Capel is located on the traditional land of the Wardandi (also spelled Wadandi) people of the Noongar nation.{{cite web |url=https://www.capel.wa.gov.au/ |title=Shire of Capel: Home |author= |website=www.capel.wa.gov.au |publisher=Shire of Capel |quote=We wish to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land we are meeting on, the Wadandi people. |access-date=18 September 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://www.boodjar.sis.uwa.edu.au/language-region-wardandi |title=Wardandi |author= |website=www.boodjar.sis.uwa.edu.au |publisher=University of Western Australia |access-date=18 September 2023}}

The Shire is no longer divided into wards and the nine councillors sit at large.

The towns and localities of the Shire of Capel with population and size figures based on the most recent Australian census:{{cite web |url=https://maps.slip.wa.gov.au/landgate/locate/ |title=SLIP Map |author= |date= |website=maps.slip.wa.gov.au |publisher=Landgate |access-date=2 February 2023 |quote=}}{{cite web |url=https://nationalmap.gov.au/ |title=NationalMap |author= |date= |website=nationalmap.gov.au |publisher=Geoscience Australia |access-date=2 February 2023 |quote=}}

• (* indicates locality is only partially located within this shire)

{{main|List of State Register of Heritage Places in the Shire of Capel}}

As of 2023, 189 places are heritage-listed in the Shire of Capel,{{cite web |url=http://inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/Public/Search/Results?newSearch=True&placeNameContains=&streetNameContains=&suburbOrTownContains=&lgaContains=Capel&isCurrentlyStateRegistered=false|title=Shire of Capel Heritage Places|author= |date= |website=inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au |publisher=Heritage Council of Western Australia |access-date=25 February 2023|quote=}} of which eleven are on the State Register of Heritage Places.{{cite web |url=http://inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/Public/Search/Results?newSearch=True&placeNameContains=&streetNameContains=&suburbOrTownContains=&lgaContains=Capel&isCurrentlyStateRegistered=true&isCurrentlyStateRegistered=false|title=Shire of Capel State Register of Heritage Places|author= |date= |website=inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au |publisher=Heritage Council of Western Australia |access-date=25 February 2023|quote=}}

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Capel