Brewarrina Shire is a local government area in the Orana region of

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, Australia. The Shire is located adjacent to the

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, which is known as the Barwon River upstream from Bourke; and located adjacent to the

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. The northern boundary of the Shire is located adjacent to the border between New South Wales and

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. The Shire is a wool and cotton growing area.

Towns and villages

Brewarrina Shire includes

Brewarrina Brewarrina (pronounced 'bree-warren-ah'; locally known as "Bre") is a town in north-west New South Wales, Australia on the banks of the Barwon River in Brewarrina Shire. The name Brewarrina is derived from 'burru waranha', a Weilwan name for a s ...

and the villages of Gongolgon,

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and Goodooga and the ghost town of Tarcoon.

Demographics

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics during 2003–04, there were 500 wage and salary earners (ranked 163rd in New South Wales and 528th in Australia, less than 0.1% of both New South Wales's 2,558,415 and Australia's 7,831,856) with a total income of $17 million (ranked 162nd in New South Wales and 527nd in Australia, less than 0.1% of both New South Wales's $107 billion and Australia's $304 billion). It was an estimated

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income per wage and salary earner of $33,530 (ranked 90th in New South Wales and 302nd in Australia, 81% of New South Wales's $41,407 and 86% of Australia's $38,820) and that median income per wage and salary earner of $32,230 (ranked 73rd in New South Wales and 245th in Australia, 91% of New South Wales's $35,479 and 94% of Australia's $34,149).

Council

Current composition and election method

Brewarrina Shire Council is composed of nine

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s elected proportionally as a single

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. All Councillors are elected for a fixed four-year term of office. The

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is elected by the Councillors at the first meeting of the council. The most recent election was held on 4 December 2021, and the makeup of the council is as follows: The current Council, elected in 2021, in order of election, is:

References

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Towns and villages

Demographics

Council

Current composition and election method

See also

References