Woodburn Shire Explained

Type:lga
Woodburn Shire
State:nsw
Region:Northern Rivers
Seat:Coraki
Pop:4002
Pop Year:1961

Woodburn Shire was a local government area in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia.

Woodburn Shire was proclaimed on 7 March 1906, one of 134 shires created after the passing of the Local Government (Shires) Act 1905. It absorbed the Municipality of Coraki on 1 January 1934.

The shire offices were in Coraki. Other towns and villages in the shire included Broadwater, Evans Head and Woodburn.

In 1961 the population of Woodbury Shire was 4002.https://www.ausstats.abs.gov.au/ausstats/free.nsf/0/5141CD48F759E789CA2578790016B0AF/$File/1961%20Census%20-%20Volume%20I%20-%20Part%20I%20NEW%20SOUTH%20WALES%20Analysis%20of%20Population%20in%20LGA.pdf

Woodburn Shire was abolished and amalgamated with part of Tomki Shire to form Richmond River Shire on 1 January 1976.