Tamarang Shire

Tamarang Shire is a former

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. Tamarang Shire included a long narrow strip of land stretching across the southern

Liverpool Plains The Liverpool Plains are an extensive agricultural area covering about of the north-western slopes of New South Wales in Australia. These plains are a region of prime agricultural land bounded to the east by the Great Dividing Range, to the s ...

, east and west of, but not including

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, which had a separate municipal local government area. There were several

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, but no significant towns, in the shire. It was merged with Quirindi Municipality in 1981 to form Quirindi Shire, which was subsequently merged with parts of several other shires to form

Liverpool Plains Shire Liverpool Plains Shire is a local government area located in the North West Slopes region of New South Wales, Australia. The Shire was formed on 17 March 2004 by the amalgamation of Quirindi Shire with parts of Parry, Murrurundi and Gunned ...

, in 2004. Former local government areas of New South Wales 1981 disestablishments in Australia {{NewSouthWales-geo-stub