ure ▁in ▁Id aho ▁▁ ▁Category : W ine ▁regions ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁by ▁state <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁Sh ire ▁of ▁Ash bur ton ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁four ▁local ▁government ▁areas ▁in ▁the ▁Pil bara ▁region ▁of ▁Western ▁Australia , ▁covering ▁an ▁area ▁of ▁. ▁It ▁is ▁named ▁after ▁the ▁Ash bur ton ▁River . ▁ ▁The ▁sh ire ' s ▁administration ▁centre ▁is ▁in ▁the ▁town ▁of ▁Tom ▁Price . ▁It ▁had ▁a ▁population ▁of ▁about ▁ 1 3 , 0 0 0 ▁as ▁at ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁Census , ▁most ▁of ▁whom ▁live ▁in ▁the ▁min ing ▁towns ▁or ▁in ▁nearby ▁min ing ▁cam ps . ▁Most ▁of ▁the ▁land ▁is ▁taken ▁up ▁by ▁past oral ▁le ases ▁or ▁protected ▁areas ▁( including ▁the ▁Kar ij ini ▁National ▁Park ). ▁Other ▁than ▁agricult ure , ▁indust ries ▁important ▁to ▁Ash bur ton ▁include ▁min ing , ▁oil , ▁natural ▁gas , ▁fish ing , ▁and ▁tour ism . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁established ▁on ▁ 2 7 ▁May ▁ 1 9 7 2 ▁as ▁the ▁Sh ire ▁of ▁West ▁Pil bara , ▁formed ▁by ▁the ▁am alg am ation ▁of ▁the ▁original ▁Sh ire ▁of ▁Ash bur ton ▁and ▁the ▁Sh ire ▁of ▁Table land . ▁The ▁new ▁sh ire ▁was ▁described ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁as ▁" the ▁largest ▁work able ▁sh ire ▁in ▁Australia ". ▁It ▁was ▁originally ▁based ▁at ▁On slow , ▁with ▁a ▁second ▁office ▁at ▁W itten oom . ▁ ▁It