Bourke Shire New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 30°06′S145°56′E / 30.100°S 145.933°E | ||||||||||||||
Population |
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• Density | 0.067996/km2 (0.17611/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 41,679 km2 (16,092.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Mayor | Barry Hollman (Unaligned) | ||||||||||||||
Council seat | Bourke | ||||||||||||||
Region | Orana | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Barwon | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Parkes | ||||||||||||||
Website | Bourke Shire | ||||||||||||||
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Bourke Shire is a local government area in the Orana region of New South Wales, Australia. The Shire is located adjacent to the Darling River, which is known as the Barwon River upstream from Bourke; and located adjacent to the Mitchell Highway. The northern boundary of the Shire is located adjacent to the border between New South Wales and Queensland. The shire is a wool and beef producing area.
The mayor of Bourke Shire Council is Cr. Barry Hollman, an unaligned politician.
The Bourke LGA (local government area) was traditionally home to around fifteen Aboriginal groups. The people of the region were traditionally hunter-gatherers as well as seed harvesters, who managed the environment. These traditional landowners have been identified as belonging to five main groups, the Ngiyampaa, Barranbinya, Paruntji, Naualko, and Muruwari peoples. Aboriginal people consulted for a 2019 Aboriginal heritage study identified the Bourke LGA as the traditional country of the Barkindji people, Bardaji people, Murrawari (Muruwari) people, Nyemba (Ngiyampaa) people, and Nyirrpa people, who each occupied different areas. The boundaries of the land they occupied were defined largely by rivers, landforms, and areas of access to seasonal environmental resources. [3]
Bourke Shire includes Bourke and the very small outback towns of Byrock, Enngonia, Fords Bridge, Wanaaring and Louth.
According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics during 2003–04 there: [4]
Selected historical census data for Bourke Shire local government area | ||||||
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Census year | 2011 [5] | 2016 [1] | ||||
Population | Estimated residents on census night | 2,868 | 2,634 | |||
LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales | 122nd | 125th | ||||
% of New South Wales population | 0.04% | 0.04% | ||||
% of Australian population | 0.01% | 0.01% | ||||
Cultural and language diversity | ||||||
Ancestry, top responses | Australian | 38.3% | 39.4% | |||
English | 23.8% | 22.1% | ||||
Irish | 7.8% | 7.1% | ||||
Australian Aboriginal | 4.0% | 4.7% | ||||
Scottish | 5.1% | 4.2% | ||||
Language, top responses (other than English) | Nepali | n/c | 0.7% | |||
Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian) | n/c | 0.3% | ||||
Spanish | n/c | 0.2% | ||||
Arabic | n/c | 0.2% | ||||
Urdu | 0.1% | 0.2% | ||||
Religious affiliation | ||||||
Religious affiliation, top responses | Catholic | 41.5% | 36.5% | |||
Not stated | n/c | 20.1% | ||||
Anglican | 21.1% | 17.7% | ||||
No religion | 8.6% | 12.7% | ||||
Presbyterian and Reformed | 4.5% | 3.6% | ||||
Median weekly incomes | ||||||
Personal income | Median weekly personal income | A$600 | A$719 | |||
% of Australian median income | 104.0% | 108.6% | ||||
Family income | Median weekly family income | A$1238 | A$1562 | |||
% of Australian median income | 83.6% | 90.1% | ||||
Household income | Median weekly household income | A$1085 | A$1243 | |||
% of Australian median income | 87.9% | 86.4% | ||||
Bourke Shire Council is composed of ten councillors elected proportionally as a single ward. 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: [6]
Party | Councillors | |
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Independents and Unaligned | 10 | |
Total | 10 |
The current Council, elected in 2021, in order of election, is: [6]
Councillor | Party | Notes | |
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Victor Bartley | Independent | ||
Sarah Barton | Independent | ||
Sally Davis | Unaligned | ||
Cec Dorrington | Unaligned | ||
Lachlan Ford | Independent | Deputy Mayor [7] | |
Barry Hollman | Unaligned | Mayor [7] | |
Samuel Rice | Independent | ||
Grace Ridge | Unaligned | ||
Nathan Ryan | Independent | ||
Bob Stutsel | Independent |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Victor Bartley (elected) | unopposed | |||
Independent | Sarah Barton (elected) | unopposed | |||
Independent | Sally Davis (elected) | unopposed | |||
Independent | Cec Dorrington (elected) | unopposed | |||
Independent | Lachlan Ford (elected) | unopposed | |||
Independent | Barry Hollman (elected) | unopposed | |||
Independent | Samuel Rice (elected) | unopposed | |||
Independent | Grace Ridge (elected) | unopposed | |||
Independent | Nathan Ryan (elected) | unopposed | |||
Independent | Bob Stutsel (elected) | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,775 |
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