County Council (New South Wales)

	County Council (New South Wales) A county council in New South Wales, Australia, is a special purpose local government body to which a group of local government councils delegate the provision of certain services. Under the ''Local Government Act 1993'', a county council can exist only for a specific purpose or purposes identified by the proclamation of the Governor which establishes it. County councils were established under the ''Local Government Act 1919'' (NSW). The first county council was St George County Council, formed on 4 December 1920. The area served by a county council is composed of the area of its member local government areas or parts thereof. The councillors of a county council are not directly elected by residents and property owners but are delegates of the member local governments. County councils were once widespread. They formerly played a major role in electricity distribution, particularly in metropolitan areas but the electricity county councils were taken over by the NSW government w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	New South Wales New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South Australia to the west. Its coast borders the Coral Sea, Coral and Tasman Seas to the east. The Australian Capital Territory and Jervis Bay Territory are Enclave and exclave, enclaves within the state. New South Wales' state capital is Sydney, which is also Australia's most populous city. , the population of New South Wales was over 8.3 million, making it Australia's most populous state. Almost two-thirds of the state's population, 5.3 million, live in the Greater Sydney area. The Colony of New South Wales was founded as a British penal colony in 1788. It originally comprised more than half of the Australian mainland with its Western Australia border, western boundary set at 129th meridian east in 1825. The colony then also includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Upper Hunter County Council Upper may refer to: * Shoe upper or ''vamp'', the part of a shoe on the top of the foot * Stimulant, drugs which induce temporary improvements in either mental or physical function or both * ''Upper'', the original film title for the 2013 found footage film ''The Upper Footage'' * Dmitri Upper (born 1978), Kazakhstani ice hockey player See also * Uppers (video game) is a Japanese video game developer and publisher, and anime producer. The company was founded in 1997 but formed in its current state in October 2011 by the merger of the original Marvelous Entertainment with AQ Interactive, and Liveware. Hi ... , a video game by Marvelous {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Lachlan Valley County Council Lachlan may refer to: People * Lachlan (name), masculine name. Places * Several places in New South Wales, Australia, named for Lachlan Macquarie. For a more complete list, see Places named after Macquarie Electoral district of Lachlan, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in New South Wales, Australia Electoral district of Lachlan and Lower Darling, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in New South Wales, Australia Lachlan River, a river in central New South Wales, Australia Lachlan Shire, a local government area in the central west of New South Wales, Australia Lachlan Valley Railway, a rail preservation society based at Cowra, New South Wales, Australia Lachlan Valley Way, a state highway in New South Wales, Australia ** Upper Lachlan Shire, a local government area in the state of New South Wales, Australia * Lachlan, Tasmania, a locality * Lachlan Fold Belt The Lachlan Fold Belt (LFB) or Lachlan Orogen is a geological subdivision o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Illawarra County Council The Illawarra is a coastal region in the southeast of the Australian state of New South Wales. It is situated immediately south of Sydney and north of the South Coast region. It encompasses the two cities of Wollongong, Shellharbour and the coastal town of Kiama. Wollongong is the largest city within the Illawarra with a population of 240,000, followed by Shellharbour with a population of 70,000 and Kiama with a population of 10,000. These three cities have their own suburbs. Wollongong stretches from Helensburgh in the north to Windang in the south, with Maddens Plains and Cordeaux in the west. The Illawarra region is characterised by three distinct districts: the north-central district, which is a contiguous urban sprawl centred on Lake Illawarra, the western district defined by the Illawarra escarpment, which leads up to the fringe of Greater Metropolitan Sydney including the Macarthur in the northwest, and to the Southern Highlands region in the southwest, which is histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Gwydir Valley (Abattoir) County Council Gwydir may refer to: ;Australia Division of Gwydir, electoral division Gwydir by-election, 1989 Gwydir Highway, New South Wales Gwydir River, New South Wales Gwydir Shire, New South Wales Gwydir Wetlands, New South Wales ;United Kingdom Gwydir Castle, Conwy, Wales Gwydir Forest, Conwy, Wales * Gwydyr House, Whitehall, London * Gwydyr Mansions, Hove, East Sussex * Gwydir Street, a residential terraced street constructed in 1863 in Cambridge * Gwydir Cottage, a Grade II listed property in Sidmouth, Devon See also Baron Gwydyr Baron Gwydyr, of Gwydyr in the County of Carnarvon, was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created on 16 June 1796 for Sir Peter Burrell, 2nd Baronet, who had earlier represented Boston and Haslemere in the House of Commons. The B ... , an extinct title in the Peerage of Great Britain {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Far North Western Slopes County Council Far or FAR may refer to: Government * Federal Acquisition Regulation, US * Federal Aviation Regulations, US * Florida Administrative Register, US Military and paramilitary * Rebel Armed Forces (Spanish: '), a defunct guerilla organization in Guatemala * Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces (Spanish: ') * Royal Moroccan Armed Forces (French: ') * Rwandan Armed Forces (French: ') * Revolutionary Anarchist Front (Spanish: ') Music * Far (band), California, US * ''Far'' (album), by Regina Spektor * ''Far'', an EP by Tina Dico * "Far", a song by George Hrab * "Far", a song by Longpigs * "Far", a song by Gunna from the album '' Wunna'' * ''F.A.R.'' (album), by Japanese singer-songwriter Marie Ueda * "Far", by C418 from ''Minecraft - Volume Beta'', 2013 "Far", a song by SZA from ''SOS'' (2022) Places Far`, a village in Saudi Arabia * Far, Iran, a village in Markazi Province * Far, West Virginia, US * Far Mountain, a mountain in British Columbia, Canada * Fargo (Amtrak station), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Cudgegong (Abattoir) County Council Cudgegong (Abattoir) County Council was a county council in the Australian state of New South Wales, responsible for the operation of an abattoir In livestock agriculture and the meat industry, a slaughterhouse, also called an abattoir (), is a facility where livestock animals are slaughtered to provide food. Slaughterhouses supply meat, which then becomes the responsibility of a meat .... Its constituent councils were Mudgee Shire and Rylstone Shire. It was dissolved in 2003 due to bankruptcy, with debts exceeding 8 million. Its dissolution required the passage of special legislation, thLocal Government Amendment (Cudgegong (Abattoir) County Council Dissolution) Act 2003 No 56 In December 2003, the closed abattoir was purchased by a private firm which planned to reopen it. The closure of the abattoir resulted in several hundred job losses, which had a significant impact on the local council elections in the following year. ThLocal Government Amendment (Cudgegong Abatt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Central West County Council Central is an adjective usually referring to being in the center of some place or (mathematical) object. Central may also refer to: Directions and generalised locations * Central Africa, a region in the centre of Africa continent, also known as Middle Africa * Central America, a region in the centre of America continent * Central Asia, a region in the centre of Eurasian continent * Central Australia, a region of the Australian continent * Central Belt, an area in the centre of Scotland * Central Europe, a region of the European continent * Central London, the centre of London * Central Region (other) * Central United States, a region of the United States of America Specific locations Countries * Central African Republic, a country in Africa States and provinces * Blue Nile (state) or Central, a state in Sudan * Central Department, Paraguay * Central Province (Kenya) * Central Province (Papua New Guinea) * Central Province (Solomon Islands) * Central Province, Sri Lanka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Brisbane Water County Council Brisbane Water County Council (BWCC) was a county council in the Australian state of New South Wales, responsible for electricity distribution. Named after the Brisbane Water, it was established on 16 October 1942 by a proclamation of the Governor of New South Wales made under the Local Government Act 1919. Its members (constituent councils) were Erina Shire, Woy Woy Shire and the municipality of Gosford. On 1 January 1980 it was merged into Sydney County Council The Sydney County Council (SCC) was a County council (New South Wales), county council established in 1935 to produce electricity and operate the electricity network in a number of municipalities in metropolitan Sydney. SCC was established by t ... and hence ceased to exist. BWCC's headquarters, constructed in 1957, were at 50 Mann St, Gosford; after its abolition they became derelict and by 2017 had been occupied by squatters, delaying their planned demolition for redevelopment; an academic study cited the site a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]