Welcome to the Shire of Victoria Plains
Welcome to Victoria Plains
The Victoria Plains Road Board was one of the first of nineteen road boards established in Western Australia in 1871 to build and maintain roads and bridges throughout the state. In the early days, Victoria Plains stretched from the Indian Ocean to the South Australian border and from Carnamah in the North, to Bolgart in the South.
Today, our total area lies across 256,973 hectares with a population of 1000. The area is renowned for its prosperous agricultural activities, beautiful wildflowers, longstanding heritage and of course, the home of the Benedictine Community at New Norcia.
Mission Statement
The Shire of Victoria Plains endeavours at all times to provide quality services in developing and maintaining the lifestyle for residents and visitors and ensuring that the Shire is a safe and desirable place to live, work and visit.
Municipal Inventory
The Shire of Victoria Plains compiled a Municipal Inventory in 1997 with the assistance of a Heritage Consultant. The Heritage Act 1990 requires every Shire in the State to have this document in order to record places of heritage and cultural significant.
Local Government Elections 2009
Local Government Elections will take place on Saturday 17th October 2009.
Any person who is an Australian Citizen over the age of 18 years who is an elector of the district and is not disqualified under the Local Government Act 1995 may nominate for council. It is not a requirement that a candidate lives or owns property in the ward for which they nominate.
If you are passionate about your community, enjoy working with people and want to make a real difference, you can stand for local government election.
CHECK IN AGAIN ON THE 22ND AUGUST 2009 REGARDING HOW TO NOMINATE AND HOW MANY VACANCIES WILL BE AVAILABLE