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Cobar Shire

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Population
  
4,975 (2015 est)

Website
  
Cobar Shire

Area
  
44,065 km²

Region
  
Orana

State electorate(s)
  
Barwon

Cobar Shire
  
Bogan

Council seat
  
Cobar

Federal division
  
Division of Parkes

Cobar Shire wwwcobarnswgovauimagesgeneraldocumentsCoba

Mayor
  
Lilliane Brady (Unaligned)

Points of interest
  
Mount Grenfell, Newey Reserve, Round Hill Nature Reserve

Cobar Shire is a local government area in the Orana region of New South Wales, Australia. The Shire is located in an outback area that is based on the mining town of Cobar. The Shire is traversed by the Barrier Highway and the Kidman Way. With a total area of 44,065 square kilometres (17,014 sq mi), about two- thirds the size of Tasmania. Cobar Shire is larger than Denmark and 99 other countries and self-governing territories.

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Map of Cobar, NSW, Australia

The Mayor of Cobar Shire Council is Cr. Lilliane Brady, who is unaligned with any political party.

Villages and localities

The shire also includes four very small outback towns; the twin villages of Euabalong and Euabalong West in the far south east of the shire, Mount Hope, and Nymagee.

Incomes

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics during 2003-04 there:

  • were 1,898 wage and salary earners (ranked 116th in New South Wales and 376th in Australia, less than 0.1% of both New South Wales's 2,558,415 and Australia's 7,831,856)
  • was a total income of $79 million (ranked 108th in New South Wales and 359th in Australia, less than 0.1% of both New South Wales's $107 billion and Australia's $304 billion)
  • was an estimated average income per wage and salary earner of $41,386 (ranked 27th in New South Wales and 85th in Australia, 100% of New South Wales's $41,407 and 107% of Australia's $38,820)
  • was an estimated median income per wage and salary earner of $36,856 (ranked 27th in New South Wales and 81st in Australia, 104% of New South Wales's $35,479 and 108% of Australia's $34,149).

    • Current composition and election method

    Cobar Shire Council is composed of twelve Councillors elected proportionally as a single ward. All Councillors are elected for a fixed four-year term of office. The Mayor is elected by the Councillors at the first meeting of the Council. The most recent election was held on 10 September 2016. However, only twelve candidates, being those below, nominated for election. There being no additional candidates, the election was uncontested. The makeup of the Council is as follows:

    The current Council, elected in 2016, in order of appointment, is:

    References

    Cobar Shire Wikipedia
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