Conargo Shire
| Shire of Conargo | |
 Location of the Conargo Shire in New South Wales |
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 Australia
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| State : |
 New South Wales
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| Administrative headquarters: | Conargo |
| Dates and numbers | |
| Area : | 8,751 km² |
| Residents : | 1,540 (2011) |
| Population density : | 0.2 inhabitants per km² |
| Wards : | 4th |
Coordinates: 35 ° 19 ' S , 145 ° 9' O Conargo Shire was a Local Government Area (LGA) in the Australian state of New South Wales . The area was 8,751 km² and had the third smallest population of all LGAs in the state with just over 1,500. In 2016 it went up in the newly created Edward River Council .
Conargo was located in the south of the state in the region around the border river Murray River about 500 km west of the Australian capital Canberra and 330 km north of Melbourne . The area included 45 hamlets and hamlets, including Blighty, Booroorban, Conargo, Mayrung, Pretty Pine, Wanganella and part of Deniliquin . Conargo was the only LGA in which the council was not based in the main town, but in the next larger town, in Deniliquin on the southern edge of the LGA. The village of Conargo, which was in the eastern part of the administrative area, has only about 123 inhabitants today.
administration
The Conargo Shire Council had eight members elected by the residents of the four wards (two each from Conargo, Blighty, Mayrung and Windouran Ward). These four districts were defined independently of the localities. The mayor of the council was also recruited from among the councilors.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics : Conargo (A) (Local Government Area) ( English ) In: 2011 Census QuickStats . March 28, 2013. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
- ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics : Conargo ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved May 2, 2020.