Murray Shire (New South Wales)
| Shire of Murray | |
 Location of the Murray Shire in New South Wales |
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 Australia
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 New South Wales
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| Administrative headquarters: | Mathoura |
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| Area : | 4,345 km² |
| Residents : | 6,957 (2011) |
| Population density : | 1.6 inhabitants per km² |
Coordinates: 35 ° 39 ′ S , 144 ° 37 ′ E Murray Shire was a local government area (LGA) in the Australian state of New South Wales . The area was 4,345 km² and last had about 7,000 inhabitants. In 2016 it went up in the Murray River Council .
Murray was about halfway along the state's southern border north of the Murray River, about 570 km west of the Australian capital Canberra and 260 km north of the metropolis of Melbourne . The area comprised 33 hamlets and villages: Barmah, Barnes, Brassi, Bullatale, Bunnaloo, Caldwell, Calimo, Cornalla, Cummeragunja, Gulpa, Hill Plain, Maloga, Mathoura, Moama, Moira, Moonahcullah, Old Cobram, Peeroo, Perricoota, Picnic Point , Stevens Weir, Tantonan, Tarragon, tataila, Thyra, Tumudeery, Walliston, Warbreccan, Werai, Womboota and Yallakool as well as parts of Deniliquin and Thule. The seat of the Shire Council was on the eastern edge of the LGA in Mathoura, where around 660 people live today.
administration
The Murray Shire Council had nine members who were elected by LGA residents. Murray wasn't divided into districts. The mayor of the council was also recruited from among the councilors.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics : Murray (A) (Local Government Area) ( English ) In: 2011 Census QuickStats . March 28, 2013. Retrieved April 14, 2014.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics : Mathoura (L) ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved May 12, 2020.