Imlay Shire was a local government area in the

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region of

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, Australia. Imlay Shire was proclaimed on 7 March 1906, one of 134 shires created after the passing of the ''

Local Government (Shires) Act 1905 Local Government (Shires) Act 1905 was a landmark New South Wales statute notable for the compulsory incorporation of local government areas for around 40% of the area of New South Wales. The Act created 134 rural shires, many surrounding a sma ...

''. The shire office was in

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. Other towns and villages in the shire include Candelo,

Merimbula Merimbula is a town on the Merimbula Lake, located on the Far South Coast or Sapphire Coast of New South Wales, Australia. At the , the population was 3,544. The population within 10 km of the Merimbula Post office is over 18,000 people. ...

Pambula Pambula is a town in Bega Valley Shire on the far south coast of New South Wales, Australia south of Sydney via the Princes Highway. At the , Pambula had a population of 970 people. History The area was populated by the Thaua Aboriginal peo ...

and Tathra. In 1961 Imlay Shire had a population of 528

Imlay Shire was amalgamated with Mumbulla Shire and the

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on 1 January 1981 to create

Bega Valley Shire The Bega Valley Shire is a local government area located adjacent to the south-eastern coastline of New South Wales, Australia. The Shire was formed in 1981 with the amalgamation of the Municipality of Bega, Imlay Shire and Mumbulla Shire, wi ...

per the ''

Local Government Areas Amalgamation Act 1980 The Local Government Areas Amalgamation Act 1980 (NSW) was an Act of the Parliament of New South Wales, which amended the ''Local Government Act 1919'', with the purpose of amalgamating a series of local government areas in New South Wales. The ...

''. Schedule 1.

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