Coreen Shire was 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

Riverina The Riverina () is an agricultural list of regions in Australia, region of south-western New South Wales, Australia. The Riverina is distinguished from other Australian regions by the combination of flat plains, a climate with significant seaso ...

region of

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, Australia. Coreen Shire was established in 1906 and its offices were based in the town of

Corowa Corowa is a town in the state of New South Wales in Australia. It is on the bank of the Murray River, the border between New South Wales and Victoria, opposite the Victorian town of Wahgunyah. It is the largest town in the Federation Counci ...

. Localities in the Shire included

Balldale Balldale is a village in the mid-southern part of the Riverina in New South Wales, Australia. It is about north-east of Corowa and about west of Brocklesby. Balldale was established when the large farm holding of the Quat Quatta Estate was su ...

Buraja Buraja ( ) is a town community in the central-south part of the Riverina. It is about east of Berrigan on the Riverina Highway. The Aboriginal name Buraja means ‘a swamp with young trees growing.’ When people settled in the Buraja distric ...

Coreen Coreen is a locality in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The locality is about south west of the state capital, Sydney and north of Melbourne Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Austr ...

Daysdale Daysdale is a locality in the central south part of the Riverina region of the Australian state of New South Wales. The locality is about south west of the state capital Sydney and north of Melbourne. At the 2021 census, Daysdale had a popula ...

, Lowesdale, Hopefield,

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, Savernake and Warragoon. In 1955 Coreen Shire was merged with the Municipality of Corowa to form

Corowa Shire Corowa Shire was a local government area in the Riverina region in southern New South Wales, Australia. The area was located adjacent to the Murray River and the Riverina Highway. The Shire included the towns of Corowa, Howlong, Balldale, Core ...

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Former local government areas of New South Wales 1906 establishments in Australia 1955 disestablishments in Australia {{Riverina-geo-stub