Lyndhurst 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 Central West region of

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, Australia. Lyndhurst Shire was proclaimed on 7 March 1906, one of 134 shires created after the passing of the ''

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''. The shire absorbed the Municipality of Blayney and the Municipality of Carcoar on 12 November 1935. The shire offices were based in Blayney. Urban areas in the shire included Blayney,

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, South Carcoar,

Mandurama Mandurama is a village in the Blayney Shire, New South Wales, Australia. At the , Mandurama and the surrounding area had a population of 355 people. Geography Mandurama is situated west of Sydney, southwest of Bathurst, and northeast of Co ...

and Millthorpe and the villages of

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, Lyndhurst, Neville and Newbridge. The shire was abolished on 1 October 1977 with part amalgamated with Boree Shire and Molong Shire to form

Cabonne Shire Cabonne Council is a local government area in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia. The Shire is located adjacent to the Mitchell Highway and the Broken Hill railway line, partly surrounding the City of Orange. The administrat ...

and the balance reconstituted as

Blayney Shire Blayney Shire is a Local government in Australia, local government area in the Central West, New South Wales, Central West region of New South Wales, Australia. The Shire is located adjacent to the Mid-Western Highway and the Main Western railwa ...

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Former local government areas of New South Wales 1906 establishments in Australia 1977 disestablishments in Australia {{CentralWestNSW-geo-stub