page_title: Shire of Murchison
section_title: Murchison Settlement
hierarchical_section_title: Shire of Murchison / Murchison Settlement
caption_attribution_description: English: The Murchison Museum, Murchison Settlement, Western Australia.
context_page_description: The Shire of Murchison covers a large area of the Murchison sub-region of the central part of Western Australia, 300 kilometres northeast of Geraldton. The shire and the older 'Murchison' region and goldfield are now part of the designated Mid West region. It is Australia's second least populated local government area and the only one without a town.
context_section_description: In 1966, a new shire office, including a residence for the shire clerk was built, approximately 200 km north of Mullewa on the Carnarvon to Mullewa Road. In 1985, a roadhouse was built nearby and additional shire buildings, including a museum. The area surrounding the shire complex was gazetted as Murchison Settlement in 1988. It has come to include a few other houses and an Australia Post Community Postal Agent (CPA). 
  Murchison Shire Airport (ICAO airport code: YMSS), which adjoins the townsite, has a 1,448 metre all-weather runway.
caption: The Murchison Museum in 2020
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