Corowa Shire was a

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in the

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region in southern

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, Australia. The area was located adjacent to the

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and the

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. The Shire included the towns 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 ...

Howlong Howlong is a town west of Albury, New South Wales, Albury, and is situated on the Murray River which separates the Australian states of New South Wales and Victoria (Australia), Victoria. The town is located on the Riverina Highway. There is a ...

, Balldale,

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 ...

and Daysdale,

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and

Mulwala Mulwala (locally , elsewhere also ) is a town in the Federation Council local government area in the Riverina district of New South Wales, Australia. Situated on Lake Mulwala, an artificial lake formed by the damming of the Murray River, it fo ...

. It was established in 1955 through a merger of the Corowa Municipality and Coreen Shire.

Amalgamation

A 2015 review of local government boundaries by the

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Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal recommended that the Corowa Shire merge with the Lockhart and

Urana Urana is a small town in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The town is in the Federation Council, New South Wales, Federation Council local government area. Urana is located between Lockhart, New South Wales, Lockhart and Jeril ...

shires to form a new council with an area of and support a population of approximately 16,000. The council was dissolved on 12 May 2016 and along with

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the area became part of the new

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Council

Composition and election method

At the time of dissolution, Corowa Shire Council was composed of nine

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s elected proportionally as a single

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. All councillors were elected for a fixed four-year term of office. The last election was due to be held on 8 September 2012. However, only nine candidates, being the below, nominated for election. There being no additional candidates, the election was uncontested.

References

1955 establishments in Australia 2016 disestablishments in Australia Former local government areas of New South Wales {{Riverina-geo-stub