The Bombala Shire was a

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in the Monaro region of south-eastern

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. The Shire includes the town of

Bombala Bombala is a town in the Monaro region of south-eastern New South Wales, Australia, in Snowy Monaro Regional Council. It is approximately south of the state capital, Sydney, and south of the town of Cooma. The name derives from an Aboriginal ...

, the villages of

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Bibbenluke Bibbenluke is a village in the Snowy Monaro Regional Council in southern New South Wales, Australia. The village is located at a crossing point of the Monaro Highway and Bombala River. The name is derived from a local Aboriginal word either me ...

and the localities of Ando, Bungarby, Craigie, Mila, Rockton and Creewah. Bombala Shire was formed on 1 October 1977 by the amalgamation of the

Municipality of Bombala A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

and

Bibbenluke Shire Bibbenluke Shire was a local government area in the Monaro region of New South Wales, Australia. Bibbenluke Shire was proclaimed on 7 March 1906. The shire offices were based in Bombala. The shire was amalgamated with the Municipality of Bomb ...

. Prior to its abolition, Bombala was the fifth smallest rural shire in New South Wales, by area. A 2015 review of local government boundaries recommended that the Bombala Shire merge with the Cooma-Monaro and

Snowy River The Snowy River is a major river in south-eastern Australia. It originates on the slopes of Mount Kosciuszko, Australia's highest mainland peak, draining the eastern slopes of the Snowy Mountains in New South Wales, before flowing through the ...

shires to form a new council with an area of and support a population of approximately . On 12 May 2016, the Bombala Shire merged with the Cooma-Monaro and the Snowy River shires to form the

Snowy Monaro Regional Council The Snowy Monaro Regional Council is a local government area located in the Snowy Mountains and Monaro regions of New South Wales, Australia. The council was formed on 12 May 2016 through a merger of the Bombala, Cooma-Monaro and Snowy River sh ...

. The last

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of Bombala Shire Council was Cr. Bob Stewart, an unaligned politician.

Council

Current composition and election method

Prior to its dissolution, the Bombala Council was composed of seven

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s elected proportionally as one entire

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. All councillors were elected for a fixed four-year term of office. The

was elected by the councillors at the first meeting of the council. The most recent election was held on 8 September 2012, and the last makeup of the council was as follows: The last Council, elected in 2012 and dissolved in 2016, in order of election, was:

References

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