The Local Government Areas Amalgamation Act 1980 (NSW) was an Act of the

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, which amended the ''Local Government Act 1919'', with the purpose of amalgamating a series of

local government areas 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 state, province, division, or territory. The ph ...

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. The amalgamations took effect from 1 January 1981.

The Act

Schedule 1 of the Act lists the areas to be amalgamated and the status of the new area (i.e. Shire or Municipality). The only area to be split by the Act was the Manning Shire, divided between the Shire of Great Lakes and the newly created Municipality of Greater Taree.

Councils amalgamated

Municipalities

Shires

Repeal

The Act was repealed by the ''Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011''.

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