It was established on 13 November 1896, separating the Bulong township from the North-East Coolgardie Road District.
[1][2] The gazetting of a municipality followed lobbying from the Bulong Progress Committee, which passed on a sum of £217 to the new council upon its establishment.
[11] In later years, the cessation or removal of public services to the struggling township were a recurring issue for the council.
[12][13] The municipality ceased to exist on 10 December 1909, when amidst "decreasing population and dying mines", it merged into the surrounding Bulong Road District, with which it had co-existed since 1899.
[1][10][14] In 1948, the old municipality's seal was found in the bush and handed to the Eastern Goldfields branch of the Western Australian Historical Society and then to the State Archives.