Shire of East Pilbara
The Shire of East Pilbara is one of the four local government areas in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, and with an area close to, is the third largest municipality in the world, after two new municipalities in Greenland. The municipality is bigger than many countries, for example Finland and is comparable to Japan. The Shire's seat of government, and home to nearly half the Shire's population, is the town of Newman in the shire's south-west.History
The Shire of East Pilbara was established on 27 May 1972 with the amalgamation of the Shire of Marble Bar and the Shire of Nullagine.Wards
The Shire is divided into six wards, most with one councillor:
As of 2020, 97 places are heritage-listed in the Shire of East Pilbara, of which seven are on the State Register of Heritage Places, among them Corunna Downs Station, Corunna Downs Airfield and the Ironclad Hotel.
