| Muswellbrook Shire New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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 Location in New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°16′S 150°54′E / 32.267°S 150.900°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population |
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| • Density | 5.05/km2 (13.1/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1 July 1979 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 3,405 km2 (1,314.7 sq mi)[3] | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | AEDT (UTC+11) | ||||||||||||||
| Mayor | Jeffrey Drayton | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Muswellbrook[4] | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Hunter[5] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Upper Hunter[6] | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Hunter[7] | ||||||||||||||
| Website | Muswellbrook Shire | ||||||||||||||
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Muswellbrook Shire is a local government area in the Upper Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia. The Shire is situated adjacent to the New England Highway and the Hunter railway line.
Muswellbrook Shire was established on 1 July 1979 from the amalgamation of the Municipality of Muswellbrook with the adjacent Denman Shire,[8] which had been called Muswellbrook Shire between 1907 and 1968.[9][10]
The mayor of the Muswellbrook Shire Council is Cr. Jeffrey Drayton.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Muswellbrook (A)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
- ^ "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017–18". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2019. Estimated resident population (ERP) at 30 June 2018.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Muswellbrook (Local Government Area)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- ^ "Muswellbrook Shire Council". New South Wales Division of Local Government. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- ^ "Suburb Search – Local Council Boundaries – Hunter (HT) – Muswellbrook Shire Council". New South Wales Division of Local Government. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- ^ "Upper Hunter". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ "Hunter". Australian Electoral Commission. 26 July 2012. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- ^ "Local Government Act 1919. Proclamation (79)". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 15 June 1979. p. 2887. Retrieved 14 February 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Local Government Act 1906. Proclamation (31)". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 6 March 1907. p. 1644. Retrieved 14 February 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "Local Government Act 1919. Proclamation (53)". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 19 April 1968. p. 1535. Retrieved 14 February 2020 – via Trove.
