Cooma-Monaro Shire was a local government area located in the Monaro region of southern

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, Australia. The area was named after the former

Cooma Cooma is a town in the south of New South Wales, Australia. It is located south of the national capital, Canberra, via the Monaro Highway. It is also on the Snowy Mountains Highway, connecting Bega with the Riverina. At the , Cooma had a ...

Municipality and the former Monaro Shire, that were amalgamated to create it. The Municipality of Cooma was established in 1879, and the Monaro Shire was one of several shires established in 1906. The Monaro Shire and Cooma Municipal Council amalgamated in 1981. On 11 February 2004, Cooma-Monaro Shire absorbed a small part of the former Yarrowlumla Shire, near Michelago. A 2015 review of local government boundaries recommended that the Cooma-Monaro Shire merge with the

Bombala Bombala is a town in the Monaro region of south-eastern New South Wales, Australia, in Snowy Monaro Regional Council. It is approximately south of the state capital, Sydney, and south of the town of Cooma. The name derives from an Aborigina ...

and

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shires to form a new council with an area of and support a population of approximately . On 12 May 2016, the Cooma-Monaro Shire merged with Bombala and Snowy River shires to form the

Snowy Monaro Regional Council The Snowy Monaro Regional Council is a local government area located in the Snowy Mountains and Monaro regions of New South Wales, Australia. The council was formed on 12 May 2016 through a merger of the Bombala, Cooma-Monaro and Snowy River s ...

. The last

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of the Cooma-Monaro Shire Council was Dean Lynch, an

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politician. Lynch was appointed as the Administrator of the merged Snowy Monaro Regional Council.

Towns and localities

The Shire developed from the village of Cooma, which was first surveyed in March 1849. It also included the small towns of Nimmitabel,

Numeralla Numeralla is a village in Snowy Monaro Region of New South Wales, Australia. In 2016, the population of the village and its surrounding area was 258. The village was known as Umaralla until 1972. Location It is 400 km from Sydney and 23km east ...

, Bredbo and Michelago. Other populated areas included the villages and surrounding districts of Adaminaby, Anglers Reach, Shannons Flat, Yaouk, Old Adaminaby, Peak View, Countegany,

Jerangle Jerangle is a locality in New South Wales, Australia. The locality is in the Snowy Monaro Regional Council local government area, south of the state capital, Sydney and south east of the national capital, Canberra. At the , Jerangle had a popu ...

and Rock Flat.

Council

Composition and election method

At the time of dissolution Cooma-Monaro Shire Council was composed of nine

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s elected proportionally as one entire

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. All councillors were elected for a fixed four-year term of office. The mayor was elected by the councillors at the first meeting of the council. The last election was held on 8 September 2012, and the makeup of the council was as follows: The last Council, elected in 2012 and dissolved in 2016, in order of election, was:

References

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