Shire of Wiluna

The Wiluna Road District was gazetted on 29 October 1909, largely formed out of part of the abolished Nannine Road District. On 1 July 1961, it became a shire following the passage of the Local Government Act 1960, which reformed all road districts into shires. On 1 July 1993, the eastern half of the Shire abutting the State's border with the Northern Territory was incorporated as the Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku.{{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}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article202940328 |title=General News |newspaper=Meekatharra Miner |location=Western Australia |date=25 September 1909 |access-date=21 January 2020 |page=2 |via=Trove }}

The shire is predominantly mining and pastoral land. There are 27 pastoral leases within the shire; 15 of which are owned by families or pastoral companies, ten of which are owned by mining companies, two are owned by the Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC). Both of the stations that are owned by the DEC are destocked and run as nature reserves; many of the leases owned by mining companies have also been destocked.{{cite book|url=http://press.anu.edu.au/caepr_series/no_29/mobile_devices/ch12.html|title=Incorporating cattle: governance and an Aboriginal pastoral enterprise |author=Christina Lange|editor-first1=Janet |editor-first2=Diane |editor-first3=Stephanie |editor-first4=Will |editor-last1=Hunt |editor-last2=Smith |editor-last3=Garling |editor-last4=Sanders |year=2009|accessdate=17 May 2014|publisher=Australian National University|doi=10.22459/CAEPR29.08.2008 |doi-access=free |isbn=978-1-921536-04-5 }}

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

The towns and localities of the Shire of Wiluna 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=27 January 2023 |quote=}}{{cite web |url=https://nationalmap.gov.au/ |title=NationalMap |author= |date= |website=nationalmap.gov.au |publisher=Geoscience Australia |access-date=27 January 2023 |quote=}}

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

As of 2023, 38 places are heritage-listed in the Shire of Wiluna,{{cite web |url=http://inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/Public/Search/Results?newSearch=True&placeNameContains=&streetNameContains=&suburbOrTownContains=&lgaContains=wiluna&isCurrentlyStateRegistered=false|title=Shire of Wiluna Heritage Places|author= |date= |website=inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au |publisher=Heritage Council of Western Australia |access-date=23 February 2023 |quote=}} of which two 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=wiluna&isCurrentlyStateRegistered=true&isCurrentlyStateRegistered=false|title=Shire of Wiluna State Register of Heritage Places|author= |date= |website=inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au |publisher=Heritage Council of Western Australia |access-date=23 February 2023|quote=}}

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