The Cowra Shire is a

local government area A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a State (administrative division), state, province, divi ...

in the Central West region of

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. The Shire is located adjacent to the

Lachlan River The Lachlan River is an intermittent river that is part of the Murrumbidgee catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, located in the Southern Tablelands, Central West, and Riverina regions of New South Wales, Australia. The Lachlan River ...

, the

Mid-Western Highway Mid-Western Highway, sometimes Mid Western Highway, is a state highway located in the central western and northern Riverina regions of New South Wales, Australia. The highway services rural communities and links the Great Western, Mitchell, ...

and the

Lachlan Way Lachlan may refer to: People * Lachlan (name), masculine name. Places * Several places in New South Wales, Australia, named for Lachlan Macquarie. For a more complete list, see Places named after Macquarie ** Electoral district of Lachlan, an e ...

. The largest town and council seat is

Cowra Cowra is a small town in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia. It is the largest population centre and the council seat for the Cowra Shire, with a population of 9,863. Cowra is located approximately above sea level, on the ...

. The municipality also has a number of small villages:

Billimari Billimari is a town and locality in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia. The locality is in the Cowra Shire local government area, west of the state capital Sydney and approximately north of the regional centre of Cowra. Hi ...

, Darbys Falls, Gooloogong, Morongla, Noonbinna, Wattamondara,

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, and

Wyangala Wyangala is a small village in the Lachlan Valley, near the junction of the Abercrombie and Lachlan Rivers, just below the Wyangala Dam wall. It is in the South West Slopes of New South Wales, Australia, and about west of the state capital, ...

. The

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of Cowra Shire Council is Bill West.

Council

Cowra Shire Council has nine

councillor A councillor is an elected representative for a local government council in some countries. Canada Due to the control that the provinces have over their municipal governments, terms that councillors serve vary from province to province. Unl ...

s elected proportionally as a single

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

is elected by the councillors at the first meeting of the council. The most recent by-election was held on 23 February 2013, and the makeup of the council is as follows: The current Council is:

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