 In that year, it faced pressure to relocate the board seat to Mukinbudin as a more central location; however, instead, the Nungarin Road District was split into two and the Mukinbudin Road District formed on 1 September 1933, resulting in the Nungarin district losing over three quarters of its land area.On 1 July 1961, it became the Shire of Nungarin under the "Local Government Act 1960", which reformed all remaining road districts into shires.The Shire has been divided into 3 wards.