Shire of Gnowangerup

Gnowangerup was initially gazetted as the Gnowangerup Road District on 26 January 1912, taking in territory that had been part of the Broomehill and Tambellup road districts. On 23 June 1961, it became a shire following the passage of the Local Government Act 1960, which reformed all remaining road districts into shires. On 4 June 1982, the eastern half of the Gnowangerup shire was excised to form the Shire of Jerramungup.{{cite web |url=http://www.boundaries.wa.gov.au/Documents/pdf/Final_MBAR_Publication.pdf |title=Municipality Index |work=Municipality Boundary Amendments Register |publisher=WA Electoral Commission |date=31 May 2003 |access-date=12 June 2014 }}

The Shire of Gnowangerup is located on the traditional land of the Koreng people of the Noongar nation.{{cite web |url=https://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/collection/archives/language_groups/koreng |title=Koreng (WA) |author= |website=www.samuseum.sa.gov.au |publisher=South Australian Museum |access-date=14 October 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://aiatsis.gov.au/explore/map-indigenous-australia |title=Map of Indigenous Australia |author= |website=aiatsis.gov.au |publisher=Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies |access-date=14 October 2024}}

In 1999 the Shire was divided into four wards:

• Borden Ward (two councillors)
• Gnowangerup Ward (three councillors)
• Ongerup Ward (two councillors)
• Rural Ward (two councillors)

Since 2007, when the ward system was discontinued, all councillors have been elected at large from the Gnowangerup district.{{cite web |url=http://www.slp.wa.gov.au/gazette/gg.nsf/SearchAll/0154A50C3AD52DDBC82572B300157744?openDocument |title=Shire of Gnowangerup (Discontinuation of Ward System) Order 2007 |author=Ljiljanna Ravlich, Minister for Local Government |work=Government Gazette |publisher=Government of Western Australia State Law Publisher |date=5 April 2007 |access-date=12 June 2014 }}

The Shire President is chosen from amongst the councillors.

The towns and localities of the Shire of Gnowangerup 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=6 January 2023 |quote=}}{{cite web |url=https://nationalmap.gov.au/ |title=NationalMap |author= |date= |website=nationalmap.gov.au |publisher=Geoscience Australia |access-date=6 January 2023 |quote=}}

• ( * indicates locality is only partially located within this shire)
• ( ‡ indicates boundaries of national park and locality are not identical)

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

As of 2023, 115 places are heritage-listed in the Shire of Gnowangerup,{{cite web |url=http://inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/Public/Search/Results?newSearch=True&placeNameContains=&streetNameContains=&suburbOrTownContains=&lgaContains=Gnowangerup&isCurrentlyStateRegistered=false|title=Shire of Gnowangerup Heritage Listed Places|author= |date= |website=inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au |publisher=Heritage Council of Western Australia |access-date=20 February 2023|quote=}} of which two are on the State Register of Heritage Places, the Telyarup Homestead and the Gnowangerup Noongar Centre, both located in the town of Gnowangerup.{{cite web |url=http://inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/Public/Search/Results?newSearch=True&placeNameContains=&streetNameContains=&suburbOrTownContains=&lgaContains=Gnowangerup&isCurrentlyStateRegistered=true&isCurrentlyStateRegistered=false|title=Shire of Gnowangerup State Register of Heritage Places|author= |date= |website=inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au |publisher=Heritage Council of Western Australia |access-date=20 February 2023|quote=}}

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