Shire of Wandering
Shire of Wandering | |||||||||||||
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The Wandering Shire offices | |||||||||||||
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Interactive map of Shire of Wandering | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Western Australia | ||||||||||||
| Region | Wheatbelt | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Wandering | ||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||
| • Shire President | Sheryl ‘Little | ||||||||||||
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| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 1,900.8 km2 (733.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 535 (LGA 2021) | ||||||||||||
| Website | Shire of Wandering | ||||||||||||
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The Shire of Wandering is a local government area in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, and, with a population of 444 as at the 2016 census, is one of the nation's smallest. It covers an area of 1,901 square kilometres (734 sq mi) generally to the east of Albany Highway about 120 kilometres (75 mi) south-east of Perth, the state capital. The Shire's seat of government is the town of Wandering.