Brewarrina Shire Explained

Type:	lga
Brewarrina Shire
State:	nsw
Pop:	1651
Pop2:	1,356
Area:	19188
Coordinates:	-29.96°N 197.6°W
Seat:	Brewarrina
Region:	Orana
Url:	http://www.brewarrina.nsw.gov.au
Stategov:	Barwon
Fedgov:	Parkes
Near-Nw:	Paroo (Qld)
Near-N:	Balonne (Qld)
Near-Ne:	Balonne (Qld)
Near-E:	Walgett
Near-W:	Bourke
Near-Sw:	Cobar
Near-S:	Bogan
Near-Se:	Warren

Brewarrina 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 Kamilaroi 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 cotton growing area.

Towns and villages

Brewarrina Shire includes Brewarrina and the villages of Gongolgon, Angledool and Goodooga and the ghost town of Tarcoon.

Demographics

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics during 2003–04, there were 500 wage and salary earners (ranked 163rd in New South Wales and 528th in Australia, less than 0.1% of both New South Wales's 2,558,415 and Australia's 7,831,856) with a total income of $17 million (ranked 162nd in New South Wales and 527nd in Australia, less than 0.1% of both New South Wales's $107 billion and Australia's $304 billion). It was an estimated average income per wage and salary earner of $33,530 (ranked 90th in New South Wales and 302nd in Australia, 81% of New South Wales's $41,407 and 86% of Australia's $38,820) and that median income per wage and salary earner of $32,230 (ranked 73rd in New South Wales and 245th in Australia, 91% of New South Wales's $35,479 and 94% of Australia's $34,149).^[1]

Selected historical census data for Brewarrina Shire local government area
Census year			2001	2006	2011	2016
Population
% of New South Wales population	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%	0.02%
% of Australian population	0.010%	0.010%	0.008%	0.007%
Cultural and language diversity
Ancestry, top responses	Australian			29.7%	30.0%
Australian Aboriginal			31.2%	27.2%
English			15.8%	17.8%
Irish			6.1%	6.9%
Scottish			3.9%	4.6%
Language, top responses (other than English)	Malayalam	n/c	n/c	n/c	0.5%
Swedish	n/c	n/c	n/c	0.2%
Other Australian Indigenous Languages, nec	n/c	n/c	0.3%	0.2%
Religious affiliation
Religious affiliation, top responses	No Religion	8.5%	15.2%	20.7%	28.5%
Catholic	34.4%	27.4%	29.6%	26.3%
Anglican	35.9%	33.3%	29.0%	20.9%
Not Stated	n/c	n/c	n/c	14.0%
Christian, nfd	n/c	n/c	n/c	2.2%
Median weekly incomes
Personal income	Median weekly personal income		A$316	A$369	A$439
% of Australian median income		67.8%	64.0%	66.3%
Family income	Median weekly family income
% of Australian median income		64.9%	52.8%	53.2%
	Median weekly household income
% of Australian median income		69.4%	64.1%	60.1%

Council

Current composition and election method

Brewarrina Shire Council is composed of nine 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 4 December 2021, and the makeup of the council is as follows:^[2]

Party		Councillors
		Independents and Unaligned	align=right	8
		Greens	align=right	1
	Total	align=right	9

The current Council, elected in 2021, in order of election, is:^[2]

Councillor		Party	Notes
		Vivian Slack-Smith	Independent	Elected 2017. Mayor.
		Angelo Pippos	Unaligned	Elected 2008. Deputy Mayor.
		Thomas Stanton	Independent	Elected 2014.
		Douglas Gordon	Independent	Elected 2021.
		Mark Brown	Unaligned	Elected 2008.
		Noel Sheridan	Independent	Elected 2021.
		Isaac Gordon	Independent	Elected 2016.
		Donna Jeffries	Unaligned	Elected 2017.
		Trish Frail	Greens	Elected 2021.

Election results

2021

See also

• List of local government areas in New South Wales

Notes and References

1. Web site: . Regional Wage and Salary Earner Statistics, Australia (catalogue no.: 5673.055.003) . 11 March 2007.
2. Web site: 21 December 2021 . Brewarrina – Councillor Election results . 18 March 2022 . NSW Electoral Commission.