Shire of Cranbrook

This article is about a local government area. For the town, see Cranbrook, Western Australia.

The Shire of Cranbrook is a local government area in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, about 92 kilometres (57 mi) north of Albany and about 320 kilometres (200 mi) south-southeast of the state capital, Perth. The Shire covers an area of 3,277 square kilometres (1,265 sq mi), and its seat of government is the town of Cranbrook.

Shire of Cranbrook Western Australia
Cranbrook shire offices, 2018
Location in Western Australia
Population	1,100 (LGA 2021)[1]
Established	1926
Area	3,276.8 km2 (1,265.2 sq mi)
Shire President	George Pollard
Council seat	Cranbrook
Region	Great Southern
State electorate(s)	Roe
Federal division(s)	O'Connor
Website	Shire of Cranbrook
LGAs around Shire of Cranbrook: Boyup Brook Kojonup Broomehill-Tambellup Manjimup Shire of Cranbrook Gnowangerup Manjimup Plantagenet Plantagenet

History

The Cranbrook Road District was gazetted on 14 May 1926 out of parts of the Plantagenet and Tambellup road districts.^[2]

On 1 July 1961, it became a Shire following changes to the Local Government Act, which reformed all remaining road boards into shires.^[3]

Indigenous people

The majority of the Shire of Cranbrook is located on the traditional land of the Kaniyang people of the Noongar nation.^[4] The far eastern part of the shire, east of Cranbrook itself, is located on the traditional lands of the Koreng people, also of the Noongar nation.^[5][6]

Wards

The shire is divided into 3 wards, each with 3 councillors:

• East Ward
• Central Ward
• West Ward

Towns and localities

The towns and localities of the Shire of Cranbrook with population and size figures based on the most recent Australian census:^[7][8]

Locality	Population	Area	Map
Cranbrook	505 (SAL 2021)[9]	1,206.7 km2 (465.9 sq mi)
Frankland River	353 (SAL 2021)[10]	1,391.9 km2 (537.4 sq mi)
Stirling Range National Park * ‡	0 (SAL 2021)[11]	1,121 km2 (433 sq mi)
Tenterden	240 (SAL 2021)[12]	414.5 km2 (160.0 sq mi)

• ( * indicates locality is only partially located within this shire)
• ( ‡ indicates boundaries of national park and locality are not identical)

Heritage-listed places

Main article: List of heritage places in the Shire of Cranbrook

As of 2023, 35 places are heritage-listed in the Shire of Cranbrook,^[13] of which one is on the State Register of Heritage Places, the Tenterden Agricultural Hall, a building destroyed by bush fire on 27 December 2003.^[14]