Coordinates: 32°30′07″S151°42′11″E / 32.502°S 151.703°E / -32.502; 151.703
Wallarobba Shire was a local government area in the Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia.
Wallarobba Shire was proclaimed on 7 March 1906, one of 134 shires created after the passing of the Local Government (Shires) Act 1905.[1]
The shire office was in Dungog.[2] Towns and villages in the shire included East Gresford, Gresford, Clarence Town, Vacy, Salisbury, Torryburn, Martins Creek and initially Booral.[3][4]
Wallarobba Shire amalgamated with Municipality of Dungog to form Dungog Shire on 1 July 1958.[5]
References
- ↑"Proclamation (121)". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 7 March 1906. p. 1593. Retrieved 9 January 2020– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑"Wallarobba Shire, Dungog (42)". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 23 March 1910. p. 1776. Retrieved 10 January 2020– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑"Wallarobba Shire". The Dungog Chronicle and Gloucester Advocate. New South Wales, Australia. 10 September 1915. p. 9. Retrieved 10 January 2020– via Trove.
- ↑"Wallarobba Shire". The Dungog Chronicle and Gloucester Advocate. New South Wales, Australia. 15 January 1915. p. 10. Retrieved 10 January 2020– via Trove.
- ↑"Local Government Act 1919. Proclamation (55)". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 30 May 1958. p. 1604. Retrieved 10 January 2020– via National Library of Australia.
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- Former local government areas of New South Wales
- 1906 establishments in Australia
- 1958 disestablishments in Australia
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