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  2. Shire of Upper Gascoyne - Wikipedia

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    The Shire of Upper Gascoyne is a local government area in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia, inland from Carnarvon and about 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) north of the state capital, Perth. The Shire has an area of 57,939 square kilometres (22,370 sq mi), much of which is uninhabited land or sparsely vegetated sheep station country, and its ...

  3. Gascoyne Junction, Western Australia - Wikipedia

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    The Upper Gascoyne Road Board Office in 2020. The town is named for its position at the junction of the Gascoyne and Lyons Rivers. The Gascoyne River was named by the explorer Lieutenant George Grey in 1839 after his friend, Captain J. Gascoyne (RN). A police station was built in about 1897, and settlers asked the Government to declare a townsite.

  4. List of heritage places in the Shire of Upper Gascoyne

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    Upper Gascoyne Road Board Office (former) 15408: Scott Street Gascoyne Junction ... Cobra-Mt Augustus Road: Bangemall via Gascoyne Junction: Mount Augustus Station ...

  5. Major roads in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia

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    Shark Bay Road is a main road in the Gascoyne, providing access to the Shark Bay area. From the Overlander Roadhouse on North West Coastal Highway in Hamelin Pool, it travels west and then north-west up the Peron Peninsula to Denham. [2] Shark Bay Road is part of the Shark Bay Tourist Way, and was previously named Denham Hamelin Road. [6]: 34

  6. File:Upper Gascoyne Road Board Office, July 2020 04.jpg

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    English: The heritage-listed Upper Gascoyne Road Board Office, Gascoyne Junction, Western Australia. Date: 11 July 2020, 14:31:13 ... Gascoyne Junction, Western ...

  7. Local government areas of Western Australia - Wikipedia

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    Women were permitted to be elected to Road Boards from 1911 and to Municipal Corporations from 1919. [8] The influence of town clerk W.E. Bold and the Greater Perth Movement around this time led to the amalgamation of inner city local governments to create a greatly expanded City of Perth until 1993, when the City was broken up once again.

  8. Gascoyne - Wikipedia

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    It is located in the northwest of Western Australia, and consists of the local government areas of Carnarvon, Exmouth, Shark Bay and Upper Gascoyne. The Gascoyne has about 600 km (370 mi) of Indian Ocean coastline; extends inland about 500 km (310 mi); and has an area of 135,073.8 km 2 (52,152.3 sq mi), [1] including islands.

  9. Lionel Kelly - Wikipedia

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    He attended Christian Brothers' College, Perth, and after leaving school went to the Gascoyne, managing a station near Gascoyne Junction. He served on the Upper Gascoyne Road Board from 1927 to 1928. Kelly later moved to Bullfinch, a small town in the eastern Wheatbelt, where he ran a store.