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Cowra Shire

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Population
  
12,476 (2015 est)

Mayor
  
Bill West

Website
  
Cowra Shire

Founded
  
1980

Council seat
  
Cowra

Federal division
  
Division of Hume

Established
  
1980

State electorate(s)
  
Cootamundra

Cowra Shire
  
Bathurst

Area
  
2,810 kmĀ²

Region
  
Central West

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Points of interest
  
Cowra Japanese Garden a, Cowra Showground, Lachlan Valley Railway, Conimbla National Park, Japanese war cemetery

The Cowra Shire is a local government area in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia. The Shire is located adjacent to the Lachlan River, the Mid-Western Highway and the Lachlan Way.

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Map of Cowra, NSW, Australia

The largest town and council seat is Cowra. The municipality also has a number of small villages: Billimari, Darbys Falls, Gooloogong, Morongla, Noonbinna, Wattamondara, Woodstock, and Wyangala.

The Mayor of Cowra Shire Council is Bill West.

Council

Cowra Shire Council has nine 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 by-election was held on 23 February 2013, and the makeup of the Council is as follows:

The current Council is:

References

Cowra Shire Wikipedia