Narrandera Shire is a

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in the

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region of south-western

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, Australia. The Shire is located adjacent to the Sturt and

Newell Highway Newell Highway is a National Highway (Australia), national highway in New South Wales (NSW), Australia. It provides the major road link between southeastern Queensland and Victoria (state), Victoria via central NSW and as such carries large amo ...

s. The present Narrandera Shire was formed on 1 January 1960 by an amalgamation of the previous Narrandera Municipality and Yanko Shire. The first Narrandera Municipality was incorporated on 18 March 1885. Narrandera Shire is a large shire in the geographical centre of the Riverina, with over of roads within its boundaries. The Shire includes the town of

Narrandera Narrandera ( ), until around 1949 also spelled "Narandera", is a town located in the central Riverina region of south-western New South Wales, Australia. The town lies on the junction of the Newell Highway, Newell and Sturt Highway, Sturt highwa ...

and the villages of

Grong Grong Grong Grong is a small town that is located in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The town is situated on the Newell Highway, east of Narrandera in the Narrandera Shire, Shire of Narrandera. The name ''Grong Grong'' is an Indi ...

, Binya and Barellan. The mayor of Narrandera Shire is Cr. Neville Kschenka, an

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Council

Current composition and election method

Narrandera 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.

Election results

2024

2016

Mayors

Mayors of Narrandera Council (1885–1959)

The list of mayors of Narrandera Council (1885–1959) appears below.Narrandera Shire Council honour boards

Mayors of Narrandera Shire (1960–present)

The list of mayors of Narrandera Shire Council (1960–present) appears below.

References

Local government areas of the Riverina Local government areas of New South Wales 1960 establishments in Australia Newell Highway {{Riverina-geo-stub