Shire of Murchison
Shire of Murchison | |||||||||||||
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The Murchison Shire offices | |||||||||||||
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Interactive map of Shire of Murchison | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Western Australia | ||||||||||||
| Region | Mid West | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1875 | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Murchison Settlement | ||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||
| • Shire President | Ross Foulkes-Taylor | ||||||||||||
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| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 49,500 km2 (19,100 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 101 (LGA 2021) | ||||||||||||
| Mean max temp | 30.5 °C (86.9 °F) | ||||||||||||
| Mean min temp | 13.6 °C (56.5 °F) | ||||||||||||
| Annual rainfall | 230 mm (9.1 in) | ||||||||||||
| Website | Shire of Murchison | ||||||||||||
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The Shire of Murchison is a 49,500 km² local government area (LGA), within the Murchison sub-region, in the Mid West region of Western Australia. Encompassing most of the Murchison and East Murchison goldfields, the shire is named after the Murchison River. It is Australia's least-populated LGA and the only one without an official town. Five sparsely populated rural localities, with a collective population of 101 (as of 2021), comprise the entire shire. The shire offices, located 300 kilometres (186 mi) northeast of Geraldton, are the focal point of Murchison Settlement, a small part of the Murchison locality.