The Shire of Upper Gascoyne is a local government area in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia, inland from Carnarvon and about 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) north of the state capital, Perth.

The Shire has an area of 57,939 square kilometres (22,370 sq mi), much of which is uninhabited land or sparsely vegetated sheep station country, and its seat of government is the small town of Gascoyne Junction.

The Upper Gascoyne Road District was gazetted on 10 February 1887.

[2] The original Road Board office is now a heritage-listed site.

[3] The shire is divided into 3 wards, each with two councillors: The towns and localities of the Shire of Upper Gascoyne with population and size figures based on the most recent Australian census:[4][5] As of 2024[update], 19 places are heritage-listed in the Shire of Upper Gascoyne,[10] of which one is on the State Register of Heritage Places, the Upper Gascoyne Road Board Office in Gascoyne Junction.