MidCoast Council New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 32°00′S151°58′E / 32.000°S 151.967°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||||||
• Density | 9.0027/km2 (23.3168/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Established | 12 May 2016 [1] | ||||||||||||||
Area | 10,053 km2 (3,881.5 sq mi) [1] | ||||||||||||||
Mayor | Claire Pontin | ||||||||||||||
Council seat | Forster, Gloucester and Taree | ||||||||||||||
Region | Mid North Coast | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | |||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Lyne | ||||||||||||||
Website | MidCoast Council | ||||||||||||||
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MidCoast Council is a local government area that is located in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. The council was formed on 12 May 2016 through a merger of the Gloucester Shire, Great Lakes and City of Greater Taree Councils. [1]
The council comprises an area of 10,053 square kilometres (3,881 sq mi) and occupies the southern portion of the Mid North Coast of New South Wales stretching 190 km (118 mi) between the coastal towns of Hawks Nest and Tea Gardens and northwards to Crowdy Bay National Park. The council region includes the three great lakes, the coastal towns of Seal Rocks, Forster, Taree, and onto Crowdy Head north of Harrington. The LGA extends inland to the Barrington Tops National Park west of Gloucester, plus Stroud, Bulahdelah and Wingham. It includes the Manning River and valley adjoining the Three Brothers mountains. At the time of its establishment the council had an estimated population of 90,504. [1]
The Mayor of the MidCoast Council is Councillor Claire Pontin, who was elected on 12 January 2022. [1]
The following towns and localities are located within Mid–Coast Council:
MidCoast Council has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
The population for the predecessor councils was estimated in 2015 as: [4]
MidCoast Council is composed of eleven councillors elected proportionally in a single ward. All councillors were elected to a fixed three-year term of office on 4 December 2021. The positions of Mayor and Deputy Mayor are chosen by councillors.
Party | Councillors | |
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Independents | 2 | |
Liberal | 2 | |
Peter Epov Group | 2 | |
Alan Tickle Group | 1 | |
Bell Team Independents | 1 | |
Labor | 1 | |
The Greens | 1 | |
Your Local Independents | 1 | |
Total | 11 |
The current Council, elected in 2021, in order of election, is: [5] [6] [7]
Councillor | Party | Notes | |
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Dheera Smith | The Greens | ||
Paul Sandilands | Your Local Independents | ||
Jeremy Miller | Independent | ||
Peter Howard | Peter Epov Group | ||
Peter Epov | Peter Epov Group | ||
Troy Fowler | Liberal Party of Australia | ||
Kathryn Bell | Bell Team Independents | ||
Claire Pontin | Australian Labor Party | Mayor | |
David West | Liberal Party of Australia | ||
Katheryn Smith | Independent | ||
Alan Tickle | Alan Tickle Group | Deputy Mayor |
Tapin Tops National Park is a 110 km2 (42 sq mi) national park that is located in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia.
Taree is a town on the Mid North Coast, New South Wales, Australia. Taree and nearby Cundletown were settled in 1831 by William Wynter. Since then Taree has grown to a population of 26,381, and is the centre of a significant agricultural district. Situated on a floodplain by the Manning River, it is 16 km from the Tasman Sea coast, and 317 km north of Sydney.
The Mid North Coast is a country region in the north-east of the state of New South Wales, Australia. The region, situated 416km north of Sydney, covers the mid northern coast of the state, beginning from Port Stephens at Hawks Nest to as far north as Woolgoolga, near Coffs Harbour. The region has heaps of beaches and many subtropical national parks and forests as well as rural farmland and logging. Major coastal towns include Coffs Harbour, Forster and Port Macquarie. The Mid North Coast is a popular destination for camping or resorts and surfing, with coastal and hinterland tracks.
(The) Bucketts Way is a 151-kilometre (94 mi) rural road that links Gloucester to Taree and Raymond Terrace, in New South Wales, Australia. A former alignment of Pacific Highway, it was later named after the Bucketts Mountains, a prominent mountain range near Gloucester. The entire route is designated as Tourist Route 2.
Myall Lakes is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It was represented by Stephen Bromhead of The Nationals until his death in 2023.
The Greater Taree City Council (GTCC) was a local government area on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, Australia, until 12 May 2016 when it was amalgamated to form part of the Mid-Coast Council. It was originally formed in 1981 from the Manning Shire, and the Taree and Wingham Municipal Councils. The council was centred on Taree, located adjacent to the Manning River, the Pacific Highway and the North Coast railway line.
Great Lakes Council was a local government area in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. The area is situated adjacent to the shores of Port Stephens, Myall Lakes and Wallis Lake and the Pacific Highway and the Lakes Way. On 12 May 2016 the council was dissolved and the area included in the Mid-Coast Council, along with the City of Greater Taree and Gloucester Shire.
Bulahdelah is a town and locality in the Hunter/Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia in the Mid-Coast Council local government area. At the 2016 census, the locality had a population of 1,424. The main population centre, where 69% of the area's population lived in 2006, is the town of Bulahdelah.
Myall River, an open semi-mature brackish freshwater barrier estuary of the Mid-Coast Council system, is located in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia.
Gloucester Shire was a local government area in the Mid North Coast and Upper Hunter regions of New South Wales, Australia. The Shire was situated adjacent to the Bucketts Way and the North Coast railway line.
Dungog Shire is a local government area in the Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia. The Shire is situated adjacent to the Barrington Tops and consists predominantly of very rugged to hilly country which becomes less rugged from north to south.
The Worimi people are Aboriginal Australians from the eastern Port Stephens and Great Lakes regions of coastal New South Wales, Australia. Before contact with settlers, their people extended from Port Stephens in the south to Forster/Tuncurry in the north and as far west as Gloucester.
Monkerai is a large rural area in the hills in the land between Dungog and Gloucester in Mid-Coast Council, in the Hunter Region, New South Wales, Australia.
The Crawford River, a perennial river of the Mid-Coast Council system, is located in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia.
Mammy Johnsons River, a mostly perennial river of the Mid-Coast Council system, is located in the Mid North Coast and Upper Hunter regions of New South Wales, Australia.
The Branch River, a watercourse of the Mid-Coast Council system, is located in the Mid North Coast and Upper Hunter regions of New South Wales, Australia.
Wards River, a mostly perennial river of the Mid-Coast Council system, is located in the Mid North Coast and Upper Hunter regions of New South Wales, Australia.
Smiths Lake, an intermittently closed youthful saline coastal lagoon, is located within the Mid-Coast Council local government area in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. Smiths Lake is located adjacent to the village of Smiths Lake, and adjacent to the east coast, about 274 kilometres (170 mi) north of Sydney.
Connollys Creek, a watercourse of the Manning River catchment, is located in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia.
Manning Shire was a local government area in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia.