Walgett Shire Council
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| Walgett Shire | ||||||||||
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| Geography | ||||||||||
| State: | New South Wales | |||||||||
| Region: | Orana | |||||||||
| Area: | 22,336 km² | |||||||||
| Council seat: | Walgett (77 Fox Street} [1] | |||||||||
| Demographics | ||||||||||
| Population: | 8,279 [2] | |||||||||
| - Density: | 0.37 / km² | |||||||||
| Born in Australia: | 78.7 % | |||||||||
| Indigenous Australian origin: | 21.5 % | |||||||||
| Government | ||||||||||
| Walgett Shire Council http://www.walgett.nsw.gov.au [3] |
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| Federal electorates: | Gwydir [4] | |||||||||
| State electorates: | Barwon[5] | |||||||||
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Walgett Council is a local government area in the Orana region of New South Wales, Australia. Walgett is at the junction of the Barwon and Namoi rivers and the junction of the Kamilaroi and Castlereagh Highway.
The Shire is divided between the agricultural areas (producing wool, cattle, wheat and cotton), which are near the Barwon and Namoi or southeast of the Barwon, and the outback country northwest of the Barwon, including the black opal mining and fossicking town of Lightning Ridge. Prior to 1957, when Lightning Ridge was established (or re-established) as a significant settlement, the outback country was part of the Western Division.
The Council is currently controlled by an Administrator, Vic Smith,[6] appointed by the Minister for Local Government. The previous Walgett Council was split between factions representing Lightning Ridge and the rest of the Shire and apparently became unworkable as a result. This, among other things, was investigated by a Public Enquiry in 2004 [7] under the New South Wales Local Government Act 1993.[8] Other matters investigated included poor administration, failure to properly inform councilors in relation to some matters, apparently illegal walkouts by some councilors to frustrate votes and, in particular, events surrounding a failed project to build a community centre in Lightning Ridge.
Walgett Shire includes Walgett, Lightning Ridge, Collarenebri, Pokataroo, Rowena, Burren Junction, Cryon and Carinda.
[edit] References
- ^ Walgett Shire Council. Department of Local Government. Retrieved on 2006-11-10.
- ^ Walgett (A) (Local Government Area). Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved on 2006-11-10.
- ^ As of 15/11/06, this website was mainly a copy of a Department of Local Government template and effectively non-functional.
- ^ Gwydir. Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved on 2006-11-10.
- ^ Barwon Electoral District. State Electoral Office. Retrieved on 2006-11-10.
- ^ Local Government Directory. Department of Local Government (June 2004). Retrieved on 2006-11-14.
- ^ Bulford, Robert (June 2004). Walgett Shire Council Public Enquiry. Department of Local Government. Retrieved on 2006-11-14. (sectiion 3.2)
- ^ Local Government Act 1993. New South Wales Consolidated Acts. Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved on 2006-11-14.
