| Type: | lga |
| Warrumbungle Shire | |
| State: | nsw |
| Region: | Orana |
| Pop: | 9384 |
| Pop2: | 9399 |
| Pop2 Year: | 2018 est. |
| Pop2 Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area: | 12380 |
| Est: | 2004 |
| Coordinates: | -31.25°N 165°W |
| Seat: | Coonabarabran[2] |
| Logo Upright: | 1.2 |
| Url: | http://www.warrumbungle.nsw.gov.au |
| Mayor: | Denis Todd (Unaligned) |
| Fedgov: | Parkes |
| Stategov: | Barwon |
| Near-N: | Narrabri |
| Near-Ne: | Gunnedah & Tamworth |
| Near-E: | Liverpool Plains |
| Near-Sw: | Dubbo |
| Near-S: | Dubbo |
| Near-Se: | Upper Hunter |
The Warrumbungle Shire is a local government area in the central western region of New South Wales, Australia. The Shire is traversed by the Newell Highway. The Warrumbungle mountain range and Warrumbungles National Park are major tourist attractions for the Shire. Its seat is located in Coonabarabran, a town in the southwest.
The mayor of Warrumbungle Shire Council is Cr. Denis Todd, who is unaligned with any political party.
The Shire incorporates the towns of Binnaway, Coolah, Coonabarabran, Dunedoo, Baradine and Mendooran.
The Warrumbungle Shire has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
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| Ancestry, top responses | English | |||||
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| Language, top responses (other than English) | Italian | |||||
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| Religious affiliation, top responses | Catholic | |||||
| No religion | ||||||
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The Shire was created in 2004 by the amalgamation of Coolah and Coonabarabran Shire councils. Following amalgamation, the Shire was run by an administrator, until elections were held in March 2005.
Warrumbungle 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 most recent election was held in 2021, and the makeup of the council is as follows:[7]
The current Council, elected in 2021, is:[7]
| Councillor | Party | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambrose Doolan | Unaligned | |||
| Kathryn Rindfleish | Unaligned | |||
| Aniello Iannuzzi | Unaligned | |||
| Denis Todd | Unaligned | |||
| Kodi Brady | Unaligned | |||
| Dale Hogden | Unaligned | |||
| Zoe Holcombe | Unaligned | |||
| Jason Newton | Unaligned | |||
| Carlton Kopke | Unaligned | |||