Английская Википедия:Central Darling Shire

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Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use Australian English Шаблон:Infobox Australian place Central Darling Shire is a local government area in the Far West region of New South Wales, Australia. The Shire is located adjacent to the Barrier Highway. Central Darling Shire was constituted in 1959 and at Шаблон:Convert, it is the largest incorporated local government area in New South Wales.

The Central Darling Shire Council has been under administration since 2014 with an Administrator taking the place of the mayor and councillors.

Main towns/villages

The Shire includes the towns of Ivanhoe, Menindee, Wilcannia and White Cliffs.

Demographics

Шаблон:Expand section According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics during 2003-04 there:

• were 509 wage and salary earners (ranked 162nd in New South Wales and 525th in Australia, less than 0.1% of both New South Wales's 2,558,415 and Australia's 7,831,856)
• was a total income of $18 million (ranked 159th in New South Wales and 522nd in Australia, less than 0.1% of both New South Wales's $107 billion and Australia's $304 billion)
• was an estimated average income per wage and salary earner of $34,391 (ranked 82nd in New South Wales and 268th in Australia, 83% of New South Wales's $41,407 and 89% of Australia's $38,820)
• was an estimated median income per wage and salary earner of $31,477 (ranked 84th in New South Wales and 284th in Australia, 89% of New South Wales's $35,479 and 92% of Australia's $34,149).

Selected historical census data for Central Darling Shire local government area
Census year			2011	2016
Population		Estimated residents on census night	1991	Шаблон:Decrease 1833
		LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales	Шаблон:NtsШаблон:Small	Шаблон:Gain Шаблон:NtsШаблон:Small
		% of New South Wales population	0.03%
		% of Australian population	0.01%
Cultural and language diversity
Ancestry, top responses		Australian	32.5%	Шаблон:Decrease 27.5%
		English	20.7%	Шаблон:Decrease 19.6%
		Australian Aboriginal	19.1%	Шаблон:Gain 20.7%
		Irish	5.9%	Шаблон:Decrease 4.7%
		Scottish	5.3%	Шаблон:Gain 5.4%
Language, top responses (other than English)		Paakantyi (Darling language)	0.9%
		Italian	0.3%
		Tongan	0.3%	Шаблон:Gain 0.6%
		German	0.2%	Шаблон:Gain 0.4%
		French	0.2%
Religious affiliation
Religious affiliation, top responses		Catholic	37.9%	Шаблон:Decrease 29.5%
		Anglican	18.8%	Шаблон:Decrease 14.1%
		No religion	16.8%	Шаблон:Gain 22.3%
		Uniting Church	6.2%	Шаблон:Decrease 4.5%
		Presbyterian and Reformed	3.6%
		Not Stated		23.3%
Median weekly incomes
Personal income		Median weekly personal income	A$387	A$460
		% of Australian median income	67.1%	Шаблон:Gain 69.3%
Family income		Median weekly family income	A$889	A$1075
		% of Australian median income	60.0%	Шаблон:Gain 62.0%
Household income		Median weekly household income	A$787	A$901
		% of Australian median income	63.8%	Шаблон:Decrease 62.7%

Council

Current composition and election method

In 2014 the council placed under administration for a period of three months. Following a public inquiry, councillors were removed from office and an administrator originally appointed for three months had his term extended and at September 2018 was still acting in this capacity. The council is expected to be removed from administration in September 2020.

Central Darling Shire Council is composed of nine councillors elected proportionally as three separate wards, each electing three councillors. 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 8 September 2012, and the makeup of the council at the time of moving to Administration was as follows:

Файл:Australia Central Darling Shire 2012.svg

Party		Councillors
Шаблон:Australian party style|	Independents and Unaligned	9
	Total	9

The previous Council, elected in 2012, in order of election by ward, is:

Ward	Councillor		Party	Notes
A Ward	Шаблон:Australian party style|	Honor Liversidge	Independent
	Шаблон:Australian party style|	Eamon Sammon	Unaligned
	Шаблон:Australian party style|	Peter Sullivan	Unaligned	Deputy Mayor
B Ward	Шаблон:Australian party style|	Dennis Standley	Independent
	Шаблон:Australian party style|	Clive Linnett OAM AFSM	Unaligned
	Шаблон:Australian party style|	Ray Longfellow	Unaligned	Mayor
C Ward	Шаблон:Australian party style|	Lorraine Looney	Unaligned
	Шаблон:Australian party style|	Garry Astill	Unaligned
	Шаблон:Australian party style|	Ron Page	Unaligned

Economic activity

The principal economic activities within the Shire include pastoral, horticultural, agricultural, mining and tourism. Rural grazing properties represent the largest land use within the Shire, accounting for 97% of the entire area. Major horticultural and agricultural production is centred on Menindee. The relative ease of access to water from the Darling River and Menindee Lakes Storage Scheme enables producers to grow a large variety of crops and fruits.

Opal mining has been the predominant mining industry within the Shire. Opal was discovered in White Cliffs in 1884 and the first commercial opal field commenced operation in 1890, reaching its peak in 1899.

See also

• List of local government areas in New South Wales