The Warrumbungle Shire is a

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in the central western region of

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. The Shire is traversed by the

Newell Highway Newell Highway is a national highway in New South Wales (NSW), Australia. It provides the major road link between southeastern Queensland and Victoria via central NSW and as such carries large amounts of freight. At in length, the Newell is th ...

. The Warrumbungle mountain range and

Warrumbungles National Park Warrumbungle National Park is a heritage listed national park located in the Orana region of New South Wales, Australia. The national park is located approximately northwest of Sydney and contained within . The park attracts approximately ...

are major tourist attractions for the Shire. Its capital is

Coonabarabran Coonabarabran is a town in Warrumbungle Shire that sits on the divide between the Central West and North West Slopes regions of New South Wales, Australia. At the 2016 census, the town had a population of 2,537, Material was copied from this s ...

, a city in the southwest. The

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of Warrumbungle Shire Council is Cr. Denis Todd, who is unaligned with any political party.

Main towns and villages

The Shire incorporates the towns of

Binnaway Binnaway is a small town located on the Castlereagh River in central western New South Wales near the larger centre of Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Coonabarabran, which is about 35 kilometres to the north. In 2016, the town had a population o ...

, Coolah,

Dunedoo Dunedoo ( ) is a village of 1,021 inhabitants situated within the Warrumbungle Shire of central western New South Wales, Australia. Dunedoo is well known to Australian travellers due to its distinctive name (''Dunny'' is a colloquial Australian ...

, Baradine and

Mendooran Mendooran (pronunciation: ''men-door-an'') is a small town adjacent to the Castlereagh River in the Warrumbungle Shire of central western New South Wales, Australia. The town lies at an altitude of 271 metres above sea level, 348 kilometres west ...

Heritage listings

The Warrumbungle Shire has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: * Coolah, 74 Binnia Street: Old Police Station and Courthouse *

, Oxley Highway:

Burra Bee Dee Mission Burra Bee Dee Mission is a heritage-listed former Indigenous Australian mission and still in use cemetery at Oxley Highway, Coonabarabran, Warrumbungle Shire, New South Wales, Australia. It was built from 1892 to 1957. It is also known as Fork ...

* Dunedoo, Wallerawang-Gwabegar railway:

Dunedoo railway station The Dunedoo railway station is a heritage-listed closed railway station located on the Gwabegar railway line in Dunedoo, in the Warrumbungle Shire, New South Wales, Australia. The building is also known as Dunedoo Railway Station and yard group ...

* Kenebri, Old Wooleybah Road: Wooleybah Sawmill and Settlement

Demographics

Council

The Shire was created in 2004 by the amalgamation of Coolah and

Coonabarabran Shire The Coonabarabran Shire was a local government area in the Orana region of New South Wales, Australia. The Shire was proclaimed on 7 March 1906 with the enactment of the '' Local Government (Shires) Act 1905'' and was centred on the town of Coon ...

councils. Following amalgamation, the Shire was run by an administrator, until elections were held in March 2005.

Current composition and election method

Warrumbungle 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 most recent election was held on 10 September 2016, and the makeup of the council is as follows: The current Council, elected in 2016, alphabetically, is: The

is elected by the councillors every two years. At the last mayoral election held 20 September 2018, Cr Todd was elected as mayor and Cr Iannuzzi elected as deputy mayor.

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