Young Shire was a

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in the

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region of

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, Australia. The Shire was located adjacent to the

Olympic Highway Olympic Highway is a rural road in the central western and south-eastern Riverina regions of New South Wales, Australia. The highway services rural communities and links Hume Highway with Mid-Western Highway and provides part of an alterna ...

. Young Shire was created on 1 July 1980 from the amalgamation of the

Municipality of Young 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 ...

with the surrounding

Burrangong Shire Burrangong Shire was a local government area in the South West Slopes region of New South Wales, Australia. Burrangong Shire was proclaimed on 7 March 1906. The Council offices were located in Young, but the shire did not include Young. The sh ...

. The Shire included the town of

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and the small towns of Maimuru, Milvale, Thuddungra, Bribbaree, Monteagle, Wirrimah, Bendick Murrell,

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and Murringo. In 2016, Young Shire was amalgamated into

Hilltops Council Hilltops Council is a local government area in the South West Slopes region of New South Wales, Australia. This area was formed on 12 May 2016 from the merger of Boorowa Council, Harden Shire and Young Shire. The local government area covers muc ...

. The last Mayor of Young Shire Council was Cr. Brian Ingram, an

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politician.

Council

Composition and election method

At the time of dissolution, Young Shire Council was composed of nine

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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 Mayor was elected by the Councillors at the first meeting of the Council. The last election was held on 8 September 2012, and the makeup of the Council was as follows: The final Council, elected in 2012, in order of election, was:

Amalgamation

A 2015 review of local government boundaries recommended that Boorowa Council merge with adjoining councils. The

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considered two proposals. The first proposed a merger between the Young, Harden and

Boorowa Boorowa () is a farming village in the Hilltops Region in the south west slopes of New South Wales, Australia. It is located in a valley southwest of Sydney around above sea-level. The town is in Hilltops Council local government area. H ...

shires to form a new council with an area of and support a population of approximately . Following the lodging of an alternate proposal by Harden Shire on 28 February 2016 to amalgamate the Cootamundra,

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and Harden shires, the NSW Minister for Local Government proposed a merger between the Boorowa and Young shires. Young Shire was abolished on 12 May 2016 and along with Boorowa Council and Harden Shire, the area was included in a new

local government area.

References

External links

Young Shire Council

Young Visitor Information (official)

Young Shire Council business site
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