Kearsley Shire

Kearsley Shire
New South Wales
Established7 March 1906 (1906-03-07)
Abolished1 January 1957 (1957-01-01)
Council seatCessnock
RegionHunter

Kearsley Shire was a local government area in the Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia.

Kearsley Shire was proclaimed (as Cessnock Shire) on 7 March 1906, one of 134 shires created after the passing of the Local Government (Shires) Act 1905.[1]

The shire's name and boundaries were often changed. The Municipality of Cessnock was excised from the Shire on 1 November 1926.[2] The balance of the Shire was renamed Kearsley Shire [citation needed]. The shire absorbed the Municipality of Greta on 1 January 1934.[3] On 6 June 1944, part of the shire merged with Tarro Shire and Bolwarra Shire to form Lower Hunter Shire, part merged with the Municipality of East Maitland, Municipality of West Maitland and Municipality of Morpeth to form the Municipality of Maitland and the balance reconstituted as Kearsley Shire.[4]

The shire office was in Cessnock.[5] Other towns and villages in the shire included Branxton, Greta and Kearsley.[3][5][6]

Kearsley Shire amalgamated with the Municipality of Cessnock to form Municipality of Greater Cessnock on 1 January 1957.[7]

  1. ^ "Proclamation (121)". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 7 March 1906. p. 1593. Retrieved 5 February 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Local Government Act 1919. Proclamation (137)". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 22 October 1926. p. 4428. Retrieved 5 February 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ a b "Local Government Act 1919. Proclamation (211)". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 15 December 1933. p. 4377. Retrieved 5 February 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Local Government Act 1919. Proclamation (64)". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 30 June 1944. p. 1096. Retrieved 5 February 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ a b "Shire of Kearsley (102)". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 19 June 1936. p. 2488. Retrieved 5 February 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Shire of Kearsley: Town improvement districts (111)". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 17 September 1948. p. 2471. Retrieved 5 February 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "Local Government Act 1919. Proclamation (100)". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 14 September 1957. p. 2664. Retrieved 5 February 2020 – via National Library of Australia.