Wollondilly Shire

Wollondilly Shire New South Wales
Location in Outer Metropolitan Sydney
Coordinates	34°11′S150°36′E / 34.183°S 150.600°E / -34.183; 150.600
Population	53,961 (LGA 2021) [1]
Established	7 March 1906
Area	2,560 km2 (988.4 sq mi)
Mayor	Matt Gould
Council seat	Picton [2]
Region	Macarthur Blue Mountains Central Tablelands Greater Western Sydney
State electorate(s)	Wollondilly
Federal division(s)	Hume Cunningham
Website	Wollondilly Shire
LGAs around Wollondilly Shire: Blue Mountains Penrith Camden Oberon Wollondilly Shire Campbelltown Upper Lachlan Wingecarribee Wollongong

Wollondilly Shire is a periurban local government area, located on the south west fringe of the Greater Sydney area in New South Wales, Australia, parts of which fall into the Macarthur, Blue Mountains and Central Tablelands regions in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Wollondilly is seen as the transition between Regional NSW and the Greater Sydney Region, and is variously categorised as part of both. Wollondilly Shire was created by proclamation in the NSW Government Gazette on 7 March 1906, following the passing of the Local Government (Shires) Act 1905, and amalgamated with the Municipality of Picton on 1 May 1940.

Wollondilly Shire is named after the Wollondilly River. The area is traversed by the Hume Highway and the Southern Highlands railway line. Wollondilly Shire contains several small towns and villages broken up by farms and sandstone gorges. To its west is wilderness and includes the Nattai Wilderness and the Burragorang Valley. The majority of the Shire is either national park or forms part of the water catchment for Sydney's water supply. The Shire provides 97% of Sydney's water supply.

The Mayor of Wollondilly Shire is Cr. Matt Gould, an independent politician.

Towns, villages and localities in the local government area

Towns, villages and localities in the Wollondilly Shire are:

• Appin
• Bargo
• Belimbla Park
• Blue Mountains National Park
• Brownlow Hill
• Buxton
• Camden Park
• Cataract
• Cawdor
• Couridjah
• Darkes Forest
• Douglas Park
• Glenmore
• Lakesland
• Maldon
• Menangle
• Mount Hunter
• Mowbray Park
• Nattai
• Oakdale
• Orangeville
• Pheasants Nest
• Picton
• Razorback
• Silverdale
• Tahmoor
• Theresa Park
• The Oaks
• Thirlmere
• Wallacia
• Warragamba
• Werombi
• Wilton, including the estate of Bingara Gorge
• Yanderra
• Yerranderie

Council history

Wollondilly Shire was constituted by proclamation in the NSW Government Gazette on 7 March 1906, following the passing of the Local Government (Shires) Act 1905 (Shire No. 122 of 134), and included a wide area bounded by the local government areas of Camden, Campbelltown and Picton and Nepean Shire. ^[3] A temporary council of five members was appointed on 16 May 1906, which comprised: Richard Henry Antill of Jarvisfield, Picton, Thomas Donohue of Burragorang, George Frederick Litchfield of Yerranderie, George Macarthur-Onslow of Camden Park, Menangle, and John Simpson of Macquarie Dale, Appin. ^[4] The council first met on 15 June 1906, electing Macarthur-Onslow as Chairman of the Temporary Council and C. A. Thompson as secretary and shire clerk. ^{[5] [6] [7]} A. P. Minton, was later appointed Shire Clerk in June 1907. ^[8]

The first elections for the council were held on 24 November 1906 for six councillors in three ridings of two councillors each: A Riding, B Riding and C Riding: ^[9]

Riding	Councillor	Notes
A Riding	John Edward Moore	Shire President 1907–1908
	Alfred Leonard Bennett	Shire President 1909–1910
B Riding	James Oswald Moore	Shire President 1908–1909
	George Frederick Litchfield	Temporary Councillor
C Riding	John Simpson	Temporary Councillor
	George Macarthur-Onslow	Chairman 1906, Shire President 1906–1907

The final meeting of the Temporary Council and the first meeting of the elected Council was held on 3 December 1906 at The Oaks, at which the chairman of the Temporary Council, George Macarthur-Onslow was elected at the first Shire President of Wollondilly. ^[10] However, on 11 January 1907, Macarthur-Onslow resigned as president, citing the distance between the shire offices and his home at Camden Park, and John E. Moore was elected Shire President in his place. ^{[11] [12]} On 13 February 1908, James O. Moore was elected as Shire President, and re-elected to a second term in February 1909. ^{[13] [14]} Following the resignation of James O. Moore in June 1909, Alfred Leonard Bennett was elected Shire President of the on 8 June 1909. ^{[15] [16]}

On 31 May 1911 part of the Blue Mountains Shire was transferred to the Wollondilly Shire and part of Wollondilly Shire was transferred to the Nepean Shire from 21 March 1940. ^{[17] [18] [19]}

Amalgamation with Picton

When created in 1906, Wollondilly did not include the township of Picton, which had already been incorporated as the Borough of Picton on 15 March 1895. ^[20] The Borough of Picton became the Municipality of Picton on 31 December 1906 with the passing of the Local Government Extension Act, 1906. ^[21]

The Picton Municipal Council held a voluntary poll on 1 April 1939, at the request of residents, on the question of the union of the Picton Municipality and the Wollondilly Shire. ^[22] The poll was resolved in the affirmative, with 197 for and 178 against. ^[23] The proposal for a "Picton Shire" was subsequently gazetted on 25 August 1939 and on 20 November 1939 the Department of Works and Local Government held an inquiry in Picton on the various issues relating to amalgamation. ^{[24] [25]}

From 1 May 1940 the Municipality of Picton was amalgamated into Wollondilly Shire and the Shire Council was then expanded to consist of eight councillors representing four ridings. The first Provisional Council comprised: George John Adams and Edgar Henry Kirk Downes for A Riding; Eric Moore and Septimus Ernest Prosser for B Riding; James Thomas Carroll and Edward Wonson for C Riding' and John Bradburn Cartwright and Roy Carrington Pearce for D Riding. ^[26] The council seat was subsequently moved from The Oaks to Picton. ^[27]

Demographics

At the 2016 census, there were 48,519 people in the Wollondilly local government area, with an equal proportion of males and females. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.4% of the population which is on par with the national average. The median age of people in the Wollondilly Shire was 36 years. Children aged 0–14 years made up 23.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.8% of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 54.9% were married and 10.4% were either divorced or separated. ^[28]

Population growth in the Wollondilly Shire between the 2001 Census and the 2006 Census was 9.18%; and in the subsequent five years to the 2011 Census, population growth was 7.23%. This was higher than the population growth for Australia from 2001 to 2006 (5.78%) but less than the national figure for 2006 to 2011 (8.32%). ^[29] The median weekly income for residents within the Wollondilly Shire was marginally higher than the national average. ^{[28] [30]}

At the 2011 Census, the proportion of residents in the Wollondilly local government area who stated their ancestry as Australian or Anglo-Saxon was more than 63% (national average was 65.2%). More than 69% of Wollondilly Shire residents nominated a religious affiliation of Christianity at the 2011 Census, which was well above the national average of 50.2%. Compared to the national average, there was a lower than average proportion of households in the Wollondilly local government area (8.3%) where two or more languages were spoken (national average was 20.4%), and a significantly higher proportion (91.2%) where English only was spoken at home (national average was 76.8%). ^[28]

Selected historical census data for Wollondilly local government area
Census year		2001 [29]	2006 [30]	2011 [28]	2016 [31]	2021 [32]
Population	Estimated residents on census night	36,953	40,344	43,259	48,519	53,961
	Average population growth p/a		1.84%	1.45%	2.43%	2.23%
	LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales		54th	49th	47th	46th
	% of New South Wales population	0.59%	0.62%	0.63%	0.65%	0.67%
	% of Australian population	0.20%	0.20%	0.20%	0.21%	0.21%
Median weekly incomes
Personal income	Median weekly personal income		A$502	A$617	A$738	A$877
	% of Australian median income		107.7%	106.9%	111.5%	108.9%
Family income	Median weekly family income		A$1,186	A$1,661	A$2,032	A$2,350
	% of Australian median income		115.5%	112.2%	117.2%	110.8%
Household income	Median weekly household income		A$1,321	A$1,478	A$1,871	A$2,151
	% of Australian median income		112.8%	119.8%	130.1%	123.2%

Selected historical census data for Camden local government area
Ancestry, top responses
2001 [29]		2006 [30]		2011 [28]		2016 [31]		2021 [32]
No Data		No Data		Australian	33.9%	Australian	33.3%	Australian	43.5%
				English	29.2%	English	28.2%	English	39.5%
				Irish	7.9%	Irish	7.7%	Irish	10.3%
				Scottish	6.2%	Scottish	6.4%	Scottish	9.1%
				Italian	2.9%	Italian	3.4%	Scottish	5.4%
Country of Birth, top responses
2001 [29]		2006 [30]		2011 [28]		2016 [31]		2021 [32]
Australia	81.1%	Australia	81.9%	Australia	83.1%	Australia	82.1%	Australia	84.2%
England	5.2%	England	4.5%	England	4.3%	England	3.8%	England	3.3%
New Zealand	0.9%	New Zealand	1.0%	New Zealand	1.0%	New Zealand	1.0%	New Zealand	1.0%
Scotland	0.7%	Scotland	0.6%	Scotland	0.6%	Scotland	0.5%	Scotland	0.5%
Italy	0.6%	Italy	0.5%	Italy	0.5%	Italy	0.4%	Italy	0.4%
Germany	0.6%	Germany	0.5%	Germany	0.4%	Germany	0.4%	Malta	0.4%
Language, top responses (other than English)
2001 [29]		2006 [30]		2011 [28]		2016 [31]		2021 [32]
Italian	0.8%	Italian	0.8%	Italian	0.8%	Italian	0.7%	Italian	0.7%
Arabic	0.5%	Arabic	0.5%	Arabic	0.4%	Arabic	0.6%	Arabic	0.7%
Maltese	0.5%	Maltese	0.4%	Maltese	0.4%	Spanish	0.4%	Spanish	0.5%
German	0.4%	Greek	0.3%	Greek	0.3%	Maltese	0.4%	Maltese	0.4%
Estonian	0.4%	German	0.3%	German	0.3%	Greek	0.3%	Croatian	0.3%
Religious affiliation, top responses
2001 [29]		2006 [30]		2011 [28]		2016 [31]		2021 [32]
Anglican	33.4%	Anglican	32.3%	Anglican	32.5%	Catholic	30.2%	No Religion	31.9%
Catholic	29.3%	Catholic	30.1%	Catholic	30.9%	Anglican	27.5%	Catholic	28.8%
No Religion	11.2%	No Religion	13.7%	No Religion	15.4%	No Religion	21.4%	Anglican	21.1%
United Church	5.3%	United Church	4.2%	United Church	3.8%	Uniting Church	3.0%	United Church	2.0%
Presbyterian and Reformed	3.2%	Presbyterian and Reformed	2.8%	Presbyterian and Reformed	2.4%	Presbyterian and Reformed	2.0%	Christian (Undefined)	1.7%

Council

Current composition and election method

Wollondilly Shire Council is composed of nine councillors elected proportionally as two wards, each electing 4 councillors as well as a popularly elected mayor who is elected at large. All councillors are elected for a fixed four-year term of office. ^{[33] [34] [35]}

Party		Councillors
	Independents	9
	Total	9

The current council was elected in December 2021, with the current Mayor Matt Gould being the first popularly elected mayor in the history of the shire. Prior to this the mayor was elected by the councillors for a period of 2 years. The Mayor and Councillors are also allocated one or more portfolios that they have strategic oversight of. The current members of the council are:

Ward	Councillor		Party	Portfolios	Notes
Mayor [33]		Matt Gould	Independent	Agriculture, Indigenous Matters	Mayor Dec 2021–present, Deputy Mayor 2018–2020
East Ward [34]		Matthew Deeth	Independent	Customer Experience & Corporate Services	Deputy Mayor Dec 2021–present, Mayor 2018–2020
		Paul Rogers	Independent	Roads
		Michael Banasik	Independent	Environment, Mining & Energy	Mayor 2004–2005, 2008–2009, 2010–2011, Deputy Mayor 2020–2022
		Suzy Brandstater	Independent	Arts & Culture, Sustainable Growth & Planning
North Ward [35]		Hilton Gibbs	Independent	Traffic Management & Transport, Community Facilities	Deputy Mayor 2015–2016
		Blair Briggs	Independent	Emergency Management, Economic Development, Sport & Wellbeing
		Judy Hannan	Independent	Tourism, Heritage	Mayor 2007–2008, 2016–2018
	Beverley Spearpoint	Independent	Community

Shire Presidents and Mayors

#	Chairman	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
1	George Macarthur-Onslow	15 June 1906	3 December 1906	171 days	[5]
#	Shire President	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
–	George Macarthur-Onslow	3 December 1906	11 January 1907	39 days	[10] [11]
2	John Edward Moore	11 January 1907	13 February 1908	1 year, 33 days	[11] [12]
3	James Oswald Moore	13 February 1908	3 June 1909	1 year, 110 days	[13] [14] [15]
4	Alfred Leonard Bennett	8 June 1909	3 October 1913	4 years, 117 days	[16] [36] [37] [38]
–	John Edward Moore	7 October 1913	12 February 1915	1 year, 128 days	[39]
5	Charles Green Moore	12 February 1915	21 September 1918	3 years, 221 days	[40] [41] [42] [43]
–	John Edward Moore	25 September 1918	11 December 1925	7 years, 77 days	[44] [45] [46]
6	Edgar Henry Kirk Downes	11 December 1925	10 December 1926	364 days	[47]
–	George Macarthur-Onslow	10 December 1926	12 September 1931	4 years, 276 days	[48] [49] [50] [51] [52] [53]
7	George Joseph Spearing	18 September 1931	18 December 1931	91 days	[54] [55]
–	Edgar Henry Kirk Downes	18 December 1931	4 December 1936	4 years, 352 days	[47] [56] [57] [58]
8	Eric Moore	4 December 1936	7 December 1938	2 years, 3 days	[59] [60]
–	Edgar Henry Kirk Downes	7 December 1938	13 December 1939	1 year, 6 days	[61]
9	Septimus Ernest Prosser	13 December 1939	17 December 1941	2 years, 4 days	[62] [63] [64]
–	Edgar Henry Kirk Downes	17 December 1941	10 May 1946	4 years, 144 days	[65] [66] [67] [68]
–	Eric Moore	10 May 1946	18 December 1947	1 year, 222 days	[69]
10	Lachlan Nicholson	18 December 1947	14 December 1950	2 years, 361 days	[70] [71]
11	Percy William Early	14 December 1950	17 December 1953	3 years, 3 days	[72]
12	Murrum Edward Sweet	17 December 1953	19 December 1957	4 years, 2 days	[73]
13	Roy Ernest Middleton	19 December 1957	17 September 1977	19 years, 272 days	[74]
14	Francis William McKay AM MBE	17 September 1977	30 June 1993	15 years, 286 days	[74] [75] [76]
#	Mayor	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
–	Francis William McKay AM MBE	1 July 1993	27 September 1993	88 days	[74]
15	Charles John Desmond Ayliffe	27 September 1993	26 September 1994	364 days	[74]
16	Christine Towndrow	26 September 1994	23 September 1996	1 year, 363 days	[74]
17	Marina Voncina	23 September 1996	28 September 1998	2 years, 5 days	[74]
–	Christine Towndrow	28 September 1998	27 September 1999	364 days	[74] [77]
18	Helen Kuiper	27 September 1999	25 September 2000	364 days	[74]
–	Christine Towndrow	25 September 2000	24 September 2001	364 days	[74]
19	Colin Mitchell	24 September 2001	15 April 2004	2 years, 204 days	[74]
20	Michael Banasik	15 April 2004	19 September 2005	1 year, 157 days	[74]
21	Phil Costa	19 September 2005	16 April 2007	1 year, 209 days	[74]
22	Judith Hannan	16 April 2007	13 September 2008	1 year, 150 days	[74]
–	Michael Banasik	13 September 2008	21 September 2009	1 year, 8 days	[74]
–	Colin Mitchell	21 September 2009	20 September 2010	364 days	[74]
–	Michael Banasik	20 September 2010	19 September 2011	364 days	[78]
–	Colin Mitchell	19 September 2011	16 September 2013	1 year, 362 days	[79]
22	Benn Banasik	17 September 2013	15 September 2014	364 days	[80]
–	Colin Mitchell	15 September 2014	21 September 2015	1 year, 6 days	[81]
23	Simon Landow	21 September 2015	26 September 2016	1 year, 5 days	[82]
–	Judith Hannan	26 September 2016	17 December 2018	2 years, 82 days	[83] [84]
24	Matthew Deeth	17 December 2018	15 September 2020	1 year, 273 days	[85]
25	Robert Khan	15 September 2020	21 December 2021	1 year, 97 days	[86]
26	Matt Gould	21 December 2021	Present	2 years, 226 days	[87]

Heritage listings

The Wollondilly Shire has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

• Appin, Cataract Road: Cataract Dam ^[88]
• Appin, Wilton Road: Windmill Hill, Appin ^[89]
• Bargo, Avon Dam Road: Nepean Dam ^[90]
• Bargo, Hume Highway: Wirrimbirra Sanctuary ^[91]
• Bargo, Main Southern railway 96.265 km: Bargo railway viaduct ^[92]
• Camden Park, Elizabeth Macarthur Avenue: Camden Park Estate ^[93]
• Cordeaux, Cordeaux River: Cordeaux Dam ^[94]
• Couridjah, Main Southern railway: Couridjah railway station ^[95]
• Menangle, Main Southern railway: Menangle railway station ^[96]
• Menangle, Main Southern railway: Nepean River railway bridge, Menangle ^[97]
• Orangeville, Brownlow Hill Loop Road: Brownlow Hill Estate ^[98]
• Picton, Hume Highway Deviation: Jarvisfield ^[99]
• Picton, Main Southern railway: Picton railway station ^[100]
• Picton, Main Southern railway: Stonequarry Creek railway viaduct, Picton ^[101]
• Picton, Oaks Road: Abbotsford ^[102]
• Picton, Prince Street: Victoria Bridge, Picton ^[103]
• Tahmoor, Main Southern railway: Tahmoor railway station ^[104]
• Thirlmere, NSW Rail Transport Museum, Barbour Road: Rail Paybus FP1 ^[105]
• Warragamba, Coxs River Arms: Coxs River track ^[106]
• Warragamba, Warragamba Dam: Megarritys Bridge ^[107]
• Warragamba, Warragamba Dam: Warragamba Dam - Haviland Park ^[108]
• Warragamba, Warragamba Dam: Warragamba Dam Emergency Scheme ^[109]
• Wilton, Wilton Park Road: Wilton Park ^[110]

Local media

Wollondilly is home to two local newspapers, the District Reporter and the Wollondilly Express. Other regional media which serve the area are radio stations, 2MCR and C91.3FM,and the "Macarthur Chronicle" a regional newspaper covering the wider Macarthur Region.

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