Boorowa Shire

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Boorowa Shire was a former local government area in New South Wales, Australia, centered on the rural town of Boorowa and known for its agricultural community.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Boorowa Council 1
Boorowa Municipality 1
Boorowa Shire canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former local government area
administrativeCentre Boorowa
area approximately 2579 square kilometres
borderedBy Harden Shire
Upper Lachlan Shire
Weddin Shire
Yass Valley Council
Young Shire
category Former local government areas of New South Wales
Hilltops Council
councilElectionMethod undivided council elected proportionally
councillorsNumber 9
councilType local government council
country Australia
dissolved 12 May 2016
established 1 October 1944
federalElectorate Hume
formedByMergerOf Boorowa Municipality
linked to: Boorowa Shire

Murrungal Shire
governingBody Boorowa Shire Council
linked to: Boorowa Shire
includedLocality Frogmore
Murringo (partly, historically)
Reids Flat
Rugby
includedTown Boorowa
knownFor agriculture
cropping
grazing
locatedIn South West Slopes
mergedInto Hilltops Council
mergedWith Harden Shire
Young Shire
namedAfter Boorowa
population approximately 2500 (2011)
primaryIndustry cereal cropping
sheep grazing
wool production
regionType rural
riverBasin Lachlan River catchment
seat Boorowa
state New South Wales
stateElectorate Burrinjuck
linked to: Lake Burrinjuck
timezone AEST
timezoneDST AEDT
utcOffset +10
utcOffsetDST +11
website http://www.boorowa.nsw.gov.au/ (historical)

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Boorowa formerLocalGovernmentArea Boorowa Shire
Boorowa Shire formedByMergerOf Boorowa Municipality
linked to: Boorowa Shire
Boorowa Shire governingBody Boorowa Shire Council
linked to: Boorowa Shire
Harden Shire mergerPartner Boorowa Council
linked to: Boorowa Shire