Coonamble Shire | |||||||||||||
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 Location inNew South Wales | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates:30°57′S148°24′E / 30.950°S 148.400°E /-30.950; 148.400 | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
| Region | Orana | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1 May 1952 (1952-05-01)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Coonamble | ||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||
| • Mayor | Daniel Keady (Independent) | ||||||||||||
| • State electorate | |||||||||||||
| • Federal division | |||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 9,926 km2 (3,832 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 3,732 (2021 census)[2] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.37598/km2 (0.97379/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Website | Coonamble Shire | ||||||||||||
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Coonamble Shire is alocal government area in theOrana region ofNew South Wales, Australia. The Shire is located adjacent to theCastlereagh Highway and theCastlereagh River.
Coonamble Shire includes the towns ofCoonamble,Gulargambone andQuambone.
The mayor of Coonamble Shire Council isCr. Daniel Keady.[3]
Local government in the area was first established with theMunicipal District of Coonamble formed on 3 May 1880.[4]Wingadee Shire was formed later, one of 134 shires proclaimed on 7 March 1906 following passing of theLocal Government (Shires) Act 1905.[5]
Coonamble Shire itself was formed on 1 May 1952 from the amalgamation of the Municipality of Coonamble with Wingadee Shire.[1]
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| Selected historical census data for Coonamble Shire local government area | ||||||
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| Census year | 2011[6] | 2016[2] | 2021 | |||
| Population | Estimated residents oncensus night | 4,030 |  3,918 | 3,732 | ||
| LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales | 118th |  116th | 116th | |||
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| Cultural and language diversity | ||||||
| Ancestry, top responses | English | |||||
| Australian | ||||||
| Italian | ||||||
| Chinese | ||||||
| Irish | ||||||
| Language, top responses (other thanEnglish) | Italian | |||||
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| Cantonese | ||||||
| Korean | ||||||
| Greek | ||||||
| Religious affiliation | ||||||
| Religious affiliation, top responses | Catholic | |||||
| No religion | ||||||
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| Eastern Orthodox | ||||||
| Buddhism | ||||||
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Coonamble Shire Council is composed of ninecouncillors electedproportionally as a singleward. 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 14 September 2024, and the makeup of the council is as follows:[7]
| Party | Councillors | |
|---|---|---|
| Independents and Unaligned | 9 | |
| Total | 9 | |
The current Council, elected in 2024, in order of election, is:[7]
| Councillor | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Keady | Independent | Mayor | |
| Pip Goldsmith | |||
| Paul Fisher | Independent | ||
| Ahmad (Al) Karanouh | |||
| Paul Wheelhouse | Independent | ||
| Adam Cohen | Independent | ||
| Karen Churchill | Independent | ||
| Steve Butler | Independent | Deputy Mayor | |
| Margaret Garnsey | Independent | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Daniel Keady (elected) | 330 | 16.2 | +16.2 | |
| Independent | Pip Goldsmith (elected) | 247 | 12.1 | +12.1 | |
| Independent | Paul Fisher (elected) | 227 | 11.1 | +11.1 | |
| Independent | Ahmad (Al) Karanouh (elected) | 205 | 10.1 | −2.6 | |
| Independent | Paul Wheelhouse (elected) | 186 | 9.1 | +9.1 | |
| Independent | Adam Cohen (elected) | 175 | 8.6 | +0.3 | |
| Independent | Karen Churchill (elected) | 156 | 7.7 | −1.1 | |
| Independent | Steve Butler (elected) | 156 | 7.7 | +7.7 | |
| Independent | Margaret Garnsey (elected) | 106 | 5.2 | +5.2 | |
| Independent | Steven Smith | 82 | 4.0 | −5.1 | |
| Independent | Donna Norris | 44 | 2.2 | +2.2 | |
| Independent | Neil Fester | 43 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
| Independent | William Landers | 41 | 2.0 | +2.0 | |
| Independent | Barbara Deans | 30 | 1.5 | −4.6 | |
| Independent | Melissa Skuthorp | 11 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
| Total formal votes | 2,039 | 95.2 | |||
| Informal votes | 102 | 4.8 | |||
| Turnout | 2,141 | 75.9 | |||
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