Weddin 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's major town is Grenfell and it also includes the small towns of

Caragabal Caragabal ( ) is a village and locality in New South Wales 413 kilometres west of Sydney. It is situated on flat country in the Weddin Shire, just beyond where the last slopes of the Great Dividing Range meet the plains of the Central West ...

Greenethorpe Greenethorpe is a town in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia. The town is located in the Weddin Shire local government area, west of the state capital, Sydney. At the , Greenethorpe and the surrounding area had a population ...

and

Quandialla Quandialla is a village in the Central West region of New South Wales Australia. The town is west of Sydney. It is situated on the plains of The Bland country at the western edge of the Weddin Shire. The town of Grenfell is to the north- ...

. The

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of Weddin Shire Council is Cr Craig Bembrick, who is unaligned with any political party.

Demographics

Council

Current composition and election method

Weddin 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 mayor is elected by the councillors at the first meeting of the council. The most recent election was held on 10 September 2016, and the makeup of the council is as follows: The current Council, elected in 2016, in order of election, is:

Heritage listings

Weddin Shire has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: * Iandra Road, Greenethorpe:

Iandra Castle Iandra (colloquially known as Iandra Castle) is a large heritage register, heritage-listed homestead south of Greenethorpe, New South Wales, Greenethorpe, in the Weddin Shire, New South Wales, Australia. The property was added to the New South ...

* Koorawatha-Grenfell railway, Grenfell:

Grenfell railway station The Grenfell railway station is a heritage-listed closed railway station located on the Koorawatha-Grenfell railway line in Grenfell in the Weddin Shire of New South Wales, Australia. The property was added to the New South Wales State Herita ...

References

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