Welcome to the Shire of Woodanilling
Welcome to the Shire of Woodanilling’s website. We invite you to explore our exciting new site and hope that it will provide you with an insight to the many stimulating things to see and do in Woodanilling.
The townsite of Woodanilling situated on the Great Southern Highway, 252 kms from Perth. It can be reached by road from Perth via the Albany Highway and is a comfortable 2.5 hour drive from the city centre.
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Our Statistics
This website contains vital information about our Council, the services and facilities we provide and key information on our Community and area. We hope you’ll visit our website often, and that you find it a quick and easy way to follow what’s going on throughout the Shire.
| Area in km2 | 1126 |
| Distance from Perth | 252km |
| Total Revenue | $1,022,871 |
| Population | 432 |
| Number of Rate Ass. | 329 |
| Number of Dwellings | 160 |
| Roads - sealed - unsealed | 107.6km 413.6km |
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Contact Us
Shire of Woodanilling
3316 Robinson Road
(PO Box 99)
WOODANILLING WA 6316
P: (08) 9823 1506
F: (08) 9823 1526
E: shire@woodanilling.wa.gov.au
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Our Historical Focus
Woodanilling was named after a spring in the Boyerine Creek one kilometre south of town. This spring, situated among the Casuarinas and Flooded Gums, used to flow into a beautiful pool which became a gathering place for the district's new settlers and became known as Round Pool.
The Woodanilling district was first explored by Europeans in 1830-31, the first expedition was led by Captain Thomas Bannister. The construction of the Perth-Albany Road (currently the Albany Highway) in the early 1850s bought the fine grazing lands in the region to the attention of many pastoralists, who took up leases while retaining their permanent settlement in places like York.
By the 1870s large leases were also being taken up to the east of where Woodanilling is today. Woodanilling was one of the many districts to benefit from the opening of the Great Southern Railway in 1889. Settlers were attracted here because of its close proximity to the railway and in 1892 the Woodanilling Townsite was gazetted.
In 1906 the Woodanilling Road Board was formed, and during the most properous years of 1905 to 1920 the districts population averaged close to 800.
For more information on Woodanilling's history or to veiw our collection of photos and please come into the Shire office.
Council is keen to expand our collection of historical photographs and heritage items, if you can add to our collection please contact us.