Snowy Monaro Regional Council

Snowy Monaro Regional Council
New South Wales

location in New South Wales

Population

20,707 (2016)^[1]

• Density

1.36572/km² (3.53719/sq mi)

Established

12 May 2016

Area

15,162 km² (5,854.1 sq mi)^[1]

Dean Lynch

LGAs around Snowy Monaro Regional Council:
Snowy Valleys	Australian Capital Territory	Queanbeyan-Palerang
Snowy Valleys	Snowy Monaro Regional Council	Eurobodalla
East Gippsland (Vic)	East Gippsland (Vic)	Bega Valley

The Snowy Monaro Regional Council is a local government area located in the Snowy Mountains and Monaro regions of New South Wales, Australia. The council was formed on 12 May 2016 through a merger of the Bombala, Cooma-Monaro and Snowy River shires.^[1]

The council comprises an area of 15,162 square kilometres (5,854 sq mi) and occupies the higher slopes of the eastern side of the Great Dividing Range between the Australian Capital Territory to the north and the state boundary with Victoria to the south. At the time of its establishment the council had an estimated population of 20,707.^[1]

The Administrator of the Snowy Monaro Regional Council is Dean Lynch, until the elections for councillors to take place on 9 September 2017.^[1]

Towns and localities

The following towns and localities are located within Snowy Monaro Regional Council:

Adaminaby
Ando
Anglers Reach
Berridale
Bibbenluke
Blue Cow
Bombala
Bredbo
Bungarby
Cathcart
Cooma
Countegany
Craige
Creewah
Dalgety
Delegate
Guthega
Jerangle
Jindabyne
Kiandra
Michelago
Mila
Nimmitabel
Numeralla
Peak View
Perisher
Rock Flat
Rockton
Shannons Flat
Smiggin Holes
Thredbo
Yaouk

Demographics

The population for the predecessor councils was estimated in 2013 as:^[2]

2,401 in Bombala Shire
10,073 in Cooma-Monaro Shire and
8,087 in Snowy River Shire.

Council

Once elected, the Snowy Monaro Regional Council will comprise eleven Councillors elected proportionally in a single ward. All Councillors are expected to be elected for a fixed four-year term of office with effect from 9 September 2017.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 "Snowy Monaro Regional Council". Stronger Councils. Government of New South Wales. 12 May 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
↑ "3218.0 Regional Population Growth, Australia. Table 1. Estimated Resident Population, Local Government Areas, New South Wales". 3 April 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.

External links

"Local Government Area Boundary: Snowy Monaro Regional Council" (PDF) (Map). Land and Property Information. Government of New South Wales. 19 April 2016.

Local government areas of New South Wales

Metropolitan Sydney

Inner Sydney	Bayside Hunter's Hill Inner West Lane Cove Mosman North Sydney Randwick Sydney Waverley Willoughby Woollahra

Outer Sydney	Blacktown Burwood Camden Campbelltown Canada Bay Canterbury-Bankstown Cumberland Fairfield Georges River The Hills Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Liverpool Northern Beaches Parramatta Penrith Ryde Strathfield Sutherland

Sydney Surrounds	Blue Mountains Central Coast Hawkesbury Wollondilly

Mid North Coast

Murray

Murrumbidgee

Hunter

Illawarra

Richmond Tweed

Southeastern

Northern

Central West

North Western

Far West

Snowy Monaro Region, New South Wales, Australia

Townships and Villages	Adaminaby Berridale Bombala Bredbo Cooma Delegate Thredbo Village Tyrolean

Localities and rural places	Anglers Reach Arable Avonside Beloka Blue Cow Mountain Bobundara Braemar Bay Buckenderra Bullocks Flat Charlotte Pass Coolringdon Cootralantra Crackenback Dalgety Dry Plain East Jindabyne Eucumbene Cove Frying Pan Grosses Plain Guthega Hill Top Ingebirah Ironmungy Jimenbuen Jindabyne Kalkite Michelago Middlingbank Moonbah Myalla Nimmitabel Nimmo Numbla Vale Old Adaminaby Paupong Perisher Valley Pine Valley Providence Portal Rhine Falls Rocky Plain Shannons Flat Smiggin Holes Snowy Plain The Brothers Wambrook

National parks and other natural features	Kosciuszko NP Valentine Falls

Rivers and other watercourses	Berrima Burrungubugge Cooma Back Eucumbene Goorudee Gungarlin Ingeegoodbee Jacobs Little Thredbo Mowamba Pinch Snowy River Thredbo

Dams and/or associated reservoirs	Eucumbene Guthega Island Bend Jindabyne Jounama Rainbow Lake Three Mile

Mountain ranges	Snowy Mountains Charcoal Rams Head Suggan Buggan

Attractions	Alpine Way Barry Way Big Trout Blue Lake Friday Flat Camp Kiandra Lake Albina Lake Cootapatamba Mount Kosciuszko Mount Townsend Perisher Ski Resort Selwyn Snowfields Skitube Alpine Railway Smiggin Holes Snowy Mountains Highway Snowy Scheme Museum

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