Warringah Council

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Warringah Council
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Warringah Council location in Sydney
structure
State : Australia Australia
State : Flag of New South Wales.svg New South Wales
Administrative headquarters: Dee Why
Dates and numbers
Area : 150  km²
Residents : 140,741 (2011)
Population density : 938 inhabitants per km²

Coordinates: 33 ° 45 ′  S , 151 ° 17 ′  E Warringah Council was a local government area (LGA) in the Australian state of New South Wales . Warringah belongs to the metropolis of Sydney , the capital of New South Wales. The area was 150 km² and last had about 141,000 inhabitants. In 2016, the newly created Northern Beaches Council took over.

Warringah was in the northeast of Sydney on the Pacific coast and was about 10 to 25 km from the city center. The area included 53 districts:

  • Akuna Bay
  • Allambie
  • Allambie Heights
  • Beacon Hill
  • Belrose
  • Belrose West
  • Brookvale
  • Coal and Candle Creek
  • Collaroy
  • Collaroy Beach
  • Collaroy plateau
  • Collaroy Plateau West
  • Cottage Point
  • Cromer
  • Cromer Heights
  • Curl curl
  • Curl Curl North
  • Curl Curl South
  • Davidson
  • Dee Why
  • Dee Why Beach
  • Dee Why North
  • Dee Why West
  • Duffy Forest
  • Forestville
  • Frenchs Forest
  • North Seaforth
  • Frenchs Forst East
  • Freshwater
  • Harbord
  • Harbord West
  • Jamieson Square
  • Killarney Heights
  • Long Reef
  • Manly Vale
  • North Manly
  • Narraweena
  • Oxford Falls
  • Queenscliff
  • Sorlie Village
  • Terrey Hills
  • Warringah Mall
  • Wheeler Heights
  • Wingala
  • Winji Jimmi and parts of Balgowlah
  • North Balgowlah
  • Bantry Bay
  • Ingleside
  • Ingleside Heights
  • Narrabeen
  • Narrabeen Peninsula
  • North Narrabeen

The administrative headquarters of the council was in the district of Dee Why in the east of the LGA.

administration

The Warringah Council originally had nine members who were elected by LGA residents. Warringah was not divided into districts. The mayor of the council was also recruited from among the councilors.

Due to allegations of corruption and mismanagement, the council was dismissed by the state government in July 2003 and an administrator and a four-person executive were appointed to manage the business.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics : Warringah (A) (Local Government Area) ( English ) In: 2011 Census QuickStats . March 28, 2013. Retrieved April 17, 2014.