Coonamble Shire is a

local government area A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a federated state, state, province, division (politica ...

in the Orana region of

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, Australia. The Shire is located adjacent to the

Castlereagh Highway Castlereagh Highway is a state highway located in New South Wales and Queensland, Australia. From north to south the highway traverses South West Queensland and the North West Slopes, Orana (New South Wales), Orana, and Central West (New South ...

and the

Castlereagh River The Castlereagh River is located in the central–western district of New South Wales, Australia. It is part of the Macquarie-Castlereagh catchment within the Murray–Darling basin and is an unregulated river, meaning no dams or storage have b ...

. Coonamble Shire includes the towns of

Coonamble Coonamble is a town on the central-western plains of New South Wales, Australia. It lies on the Castlereagh Highway north-west of Gilgandra. At the 2016 census, Coonamble had a population of 2,750. It is the regional hub for wheat growing and ...

Gulargambone Gulargambone is a small town in the central-west plains of New South Wales, Australia, on the banks of the Castlereagh River, in Coonamble Shire. It is 382 km (and 490 km by road) north-west of Sydney. At the 2016 census, Gulargambo ...

and

Quambone Quambone is a locality in New South Wales, Australia. Quambone is in the Coonamble Shire local government area, north west of the state capital, Sydney and west of Coonamble. The locality is centred at the junction of roads to Warren, Coonambl ...

. The mayor of Coonamble Shire Council is Cr. Daniel Keady.

History

Local government in the area was first established with the Municipal District of Coonamble formed on 3 May 1880. Wingadee Shire was formed later, one of 134 shires proclaimed on 7 March 1906 following 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 A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is ...

''. Coonamble Shire itself was formed on 1 May 1952 from the amalgamation of the Municipality of Coonamble with Wingadee Shire.

Demographics

Council

Current composition and election method

Coonamble Shire Council is composed of nine

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s elected proportionally as a single

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. All councillors are elected for a fixed four-year term of office. The mayor is elected by the councillors at the first meeting of the council. The most recent election was held on 14 September 2024, and the makeup of the council is as follows: The current Council, elected in 2024, in order of election, is:

Election results

2024

References

External links

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