Gloucester Shire
| Shire of Gloucester | |
 Location of Gloucester Shire in New South Wales |
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 Australia
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| State : |
 New South Wales
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| Administrative headquarters: | Gloucester |
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| Area : | 2,952 km² |
| Residents : | 4,877 (2011) |
| Population density : | 1.7 inhabitants per km² |
Coordinates: 32 ° 0 ′ S , 151 ° 58 ′ E Gloucester Shire was a local government area (LGA) in the Australian state of New South Wales . The area was 2,952 km² and last had about 4,900 inhabitants.
Gloucester was in the north of the Hunter region near the east coast about 260 km north of the metropolis of Sydney . The area comprised 66 hamlets and hamlets, including Barrington, Cobark, Copeland, Gloucester, Rawdon Vale, Rookhurst, Stratford, Upper Bowman and parts of Bundook and Craven. The Shire Council was based in Gloucester, which now has a population of around 2,400.
administration
The Gloucester Shire Council had nine members who were elected by LGA residents. Gloucester was not subdivided into districts. The mayor of the council was also recruited from among the councilors.
Web links
- Official website of the Gloucester Shire Council
- Community Profiles . Archived from the original on August 31, 2007. Retrieved April 12, 2014.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Australian Bureau of Statistics : Gloucester (A) (Local Government Area) ( English ) In: 2011 Census QuickStats . March 28, 2013. Retrieved April 12, 2014.
- ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics : Gloucester ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved May 3, 2020.