The name of the Shire was changed from “Shire of West Pilbara” to “Shire of Ashburton” on December 18 1987 one hundred years after the establishment of the former Ashburton Road Board. The name was changed to provide more identity to our particular region and to discriminate from the Karratha region which is also referred to as the “West Pilbara”. The Ashburton River runs through the lower portion of the region and the Shire includes four established townsites: Tom Price Paraburdoo Onslow and Pannawonica.
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