Carrathool Shire Council

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Carrathool Shire
New South Wales

Location in NSW
Population: 3,301[1]
Area: 18,940 km² (7,312.8 sq mi)
Mayor: Peter Laird
Council Seat: Goolgowi (9 - 11 Cobram Street)[2]
Region: Riverina
State District: Murrumbidgee, Murray-Darling
Federal Division: Riverina, Parkes
Website: http://www.carrathool.local-e.nsw.gov.au
LGAs around Carrathool Shire:
Central Darling Cobar Lachlan
Balranald Carrathool Shire Bland
Hay Hay Griffith

Carrathool Shire is a Local Government Area (LGA) in the Far West of New South Wales on the Mid-Western Highway and north of the Sturt Highway.

The largest town is Hillston and the council seat is Goolgowi. The Shire also includes the villages of Merriwagga, Rankins Springs, Carrathool.

Where once regular droughts made life almost untenable, the area now has irrigated crops, gardens, greened sporting facilities and village verges. Over 15,000 square kilometres are now used in rural pursuits, including more than 600 km² in wheat, rice, vineyards, cotton, potatoes, vegetables and orchard trees. Most of the change was made possible by the widespread use of river and underground water.

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (9 March 2006). Carrathool (A) (Local Government Area). 2001 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2007-06-30.
  2. ^ Carrathool Shire Council. Department of Local Government. Retrieved on 2006-11-28.

Coordinates: 33°58′S 145°42′E / -33.967, 145.7

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Towns in the Carrathool Shire Local Government Area
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Local Government Areas of the Riverina

Cities: Albury · Griffith · Wagga Wagga

Towns: Deniliquin

Shires: Balranald · Berrigan · Carrathool · Conargo · Coolamon · Cootamundra · Corowa · Greater Hume · Gundagai · Hay · Jerilderie · Junee · Leeton · Lockhart · Murray · Murrumbidgee · Narrandera · Temora · Tumbarumba · Tumut · Urana · Wakool
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