Shire of Halls Creek
Shire of Halls Creek | |||||||||||||
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Location in Western Australia | |||||||||||||
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Interactive map of Shire of Halls Creek | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Western Australia | ||||||||||||
| Region | Kimberley | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1887 | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Halls Creek | ||||||||||||
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| • President | Malcolm Edwards | ||||||||||||
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| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 143,030 km2 (55,220 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 3,574 (LGA 2021) | ||||||||||||
| Website | Shire of Halls Creek | ||||||||||||
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The Shire of Halls Creek is one of the four local government areas in the Kimberley region of northern Western Australia, covering an area of 143,030 square kilometres (55,224 sq mi), most of which is sparsely populated. The Shire's seat of government is the town of Halls Creek. Many Aboriginal communities are located within the shire.
The Purnululu National Park, home to part of the Bungle Bungle Range, and Gregory Lake are within the Shire, as is the Wolfe Creek Meteorite Crater National Park.