Tintenbar Shire

Tintenbar Shire
New South Wales
Established7 March 1906 (1906-03-07)
Abolished1 January 1977 (1977-01-01)
Council seatAlstonville
RegionNorthern Rivers

Tintenbar Shire was a local government area in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia.

Tintenbar 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 offices were in Alstonville.[2] Other towns and villages in the shire included Lennox Head, Tintenbar and Wardell.[2]

Tintenbar Shire was amalgamated with the Municipality of Ballina to form Ballina Shire on 1 January 1977.[3]

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ a b "Shire of Tintenbar: Sale of land for overdue rates (117)". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 7 September 1973. p. 3945. Retrieved 15 January 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Local Government Act 1919. Proclamation (138)". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 22 October 1976. p. 4526. Retrieved 15 January 2020 – via National Library of Australia.