Shire of Kojonup

The Kojonup Road District was created on 5 December 1871. On 1 July 1961, it became the Shire of Kojonup following the passage of the Local Government Act 1960, which reformed all remaining road districts into shires.{{cite web | url=http://www.boundaries.wa.gov.au/sites/default/files/content/documents//2003_municipal_boundary_amendments_register.pdf | title=Municipality Boundary Amendments Register | publisher=Western Australian Electoral Distribution Commission | accessdate=11 January 2020}}

The Shire of Kojonup is located on the traditional land of the Kaniyang people of the Noongar nation.{{cite web |url=https://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/collection/archives/language_groups/kaneang |title=Kaneang (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}}{{cite web |url=https://www.kojonup.wa.gov.au/ |title=Shire of Kojonup |quote=The Shire of Kojonup acknowledges the Keneang people as the Traditional custodians of this land where the Shire is situated |author= |website=www.kojonup.wa.gov.au |publisher=Shire of Kojonup |access-date=14 October 2024}}

The shire has no wards, and all councillors serve 4-year terms. Previously, it was divided into 5 wards:

• Kojonup Ward (3 councillors)
• Balgarup Ward (2 councillors)
• Muradup Ward (2 councillors)
• Ongerup Ward (2 councillors)
• Namarillup Ward (2 councillors)

(Note: The town of Ongerup, unrelated to the ward, is located within the Shire of Gnowangerup.)

The towns and localities of the Shire of Kojonup 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=}}

File:Kojonup railway station, 2018 (01).jpg

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

As of 2023, 91 places are heritage-listed in the Shire of Kojonup,{{cite web |url=http://inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/Public/Search/Results?newSearch=True&placeNameContains=&streetNameContains=&suburbOrTownContains=&lgaContains=Kojonup&isCurrentlyStateRegistered=false|title=Shire of Kojonup Heritage Places|author= |date= |website=inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au |publisher=Heritage Council of Western Australia |access-date=20 February 2023|quote=}} of which three are on the State Register of Heritage Places, one of three being the Carrolup Native Settlement.{{cite web |url=http://inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/Public/Search/Results?newSearch=True&placeNameContains=&streetNameContains=&suburbOrTownContains=&lgaContains=Kojonup&isCurrentlyStateRegistered=true&isCurrentlyStateRegistered=false|title=Shire of Kojonup 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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