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The Shire of Carnarvon is a local government area in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia, located about 900km north of the state capital, Perth. The Shire covers an area of 46664km2, and its seat of government is the town of Carnarvon. The major industries in the area are wool, agriculture (especially bananas and tomatoes) and, more recently, tourism.HistoryCarnarvon started as three entities the Carnarvon Municipality, which governed the town of Carnarvon and was constituted in 1891; the Lower Gascoyne Road District the Minilya Road District . In 1911, the two road districts merged to form the Gascoyne-Minilya Road District. On 1 July 1961, Carnarvon became a town and Gascoyne-Minilya a shire under the Local Government Act 1960. On 1 March 1965, the two entities merged to form the Shire of Carnarvon.WardsThe Shire is divided into 4 wards, most of which have one councillor. The Shire President is directly elected. Town Ward (6 councillors) Plantation Ward Gascoyne/Minilya North Gascoyne/Minilya SouthTowns and localities Carnarvon Babbage Island Brockman Coral Bay Gnaraloo Kennedy Range Lyndon Macleod Wooramel