Shire of Wandering

The Wandering Road District was gazetted on 6 October 1874 out of land previously part of the Williams Road District.{{cite web | url=https://www.legislation.wa.gov.au/legislation/prod/gazettestore.nsf/FileURL/gg1874_041.pdf/$FILE/Gg1874_041.pdf?OpenElement | title=Tuesday, 6th October, 1874 | publisher=Government Gazette of Western Australia | access-date=26 January 2020}}

On 1 July 1961, it became a shire following the enactment 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 | access-date=11 January 2020}}

The Shire is undivided and is represented by seven councillors.

From 1941 until the 2009 elections, it was divided into four wards as follows:

• North Ward (two councillors)
• North East Ward (two councillors)
• South Ward (two councillors)
• Town Ward (one councillor)

The towns and localities of the Shire of Wandering 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=13 February 2023 |quote=}}{{cite web |url=https://nationalmap.gov.au/ |title=NationalMap |author= |date= |website=nationalmap.gov.au |publisher=Geoscience Australia |access-date=13 February 2023 |quote=}}

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

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• {{note|A1|[1]}} Locality was accessed as part of North Bannister in the 2021 Australian census, no separate population data available.

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• Gleneagle
• Mooterdine

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| 1911 | 441

| 1921 | 564

| 1933 | 450

| 1947 | 419

| 1954 | 557

| 1961 | 661

| 1966 | 611

| 1971 | 500

| 1976 | 470

| 1981 | 487

| 1986 | 402

| 1991 | 414

| 1996 | 370

| 2001 | 318

| 2006 | 355

| 2011 | 438

| 2016 | 444

| 2021 | 535

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As of 2023, 32 places are heritage-listed in the Shire of Wandering,{{cite web |url=http://inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/Public/Search/Results?newSearch=True&placeNameContains=&streetNameContains=&suburbOrTownContains=&lgaContains=Wandering&isCurrentlyStateRegistered=false|title=Shire of Wandering Heritage Places|author= |date= |website=inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au |publisher=Heritage Council of Western Australia |access-date=25 February 2023|quote=}} of which none 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=Wandering&isCurrentlyStateRegistered=true&isCurrentlyStateRegistered=false|title=Shire of Wandering 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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