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Welcome to the Shire of Wongan-Ballidu
The Shire is located in the centre of the Western Australian Wheatbelt and covers an area of 3,368 square kilometres. The localities within the Shire are Ballidu, East Ballidu, West Ballidu, Burakin, Cadoux, Kondut, Lake Hinds, Lake Ninan, Mocardy and Wongan Hills. The Shire consists of undulating land with various soil types and granite outcrops.
Surveyor General John Septimus Roe discovered the district in 1836, seven years after the founding of the Swan River colony. The Wongan Hills name originates from the Aboriginal name 'Wongan Katta', which translates to 'Talking Hills', referring to the wind whispering through the hills.
The region offers all the services of a city area while residents can enjoy the advantages of country living including clean air, lack of traffic, low crime and vandalism and a caring community. The community is well serviced with sporting facilities and well-presented, clean streets. Indeed the Wongan Hills townsite offers one of the most livable communities in regional Western Australia. The service industries in the area provide high quality, reasonably priced services and are backed up by competent peripheral industries. Including a hospital, medical centre, dentist and pharmacist.
The Strengths of the region include:
the fact that the whole of shire has not been declared drought affected in its entire history
the relative reliability, financial strength and business diversity of the area
quality of life including lawfulness and geographical advantages
reasonable access to city
the potential for diversification of the industry base
stability and quality of the agricultural industry and agricultural products of the region
quality health and medical facilities including a hospital, medical centre, dentist and pharmacist
STRATEGIC COMMUNITY PLAN
In accordance with Section 5.56 of the Local Government Act 1995, Council has developed a Strategic Community Plan (SCP) which sets out the visions for the future for a period of at least the next ten years.
Members of the public are invited to lodge submissions in relation to the Strategic Community Plan. This document may be inspected at the Administration Offices, Shire of Wongan-Ballidu, Cnr Quinlan Street and Elphin Crescent, Wongan Hills between the hours of 9.00am and 4.30pm Monday to Friday.
All submissions are to be received by the Chief Executive Officer on or before 8th June 2013
Chief Executive Officer Shire of Wongan-Ballidu PO Box 84 Wongan Hills 6603 Tel: 9671 1011 Fax: 9671 1230 Email: shire@wongan.wa.gov.au
