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Berrigan Shire
	Berrigan Shire; New South Wales
	; Berrigan Shire Office, Chanter St, Berrigan
Population:	8,188
Established:	1906
Area:	2067 km² (798.1 sq mi)
Mayor:	John Bruce
Council Seat:	Berrigan (56 Chanter St)
Region:	Riverina
State District:	Murray-Darling
Federal Division:	Farrer
	Website: http://www.berriganshire.nsw.gov.au/
	LGAs around Berrigan Shire:

Location of Berrigan Shire

Berrigan Shire is a Local Government Area in the southern Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia.

The shire lies on the New South Wales State border with Victoria formed by the Murray River. It is on the Newell and Riverina Highways. Towns in the shire are:

Berrigan, where the Council office is based
Finley
Tocumwal, and
Barooga.

The major transport routes through the Shire are the Newell and Riverina Highways.

The shire is a mainly agricultural region, with dairying, cattle raising, woolgrowing and cropping the main activities. The vast majority of the shire is irrigated. Tourism is another major activity, concentrated on the river towns of Tocumwal and Barooga.

The Berrigan Shire Council celebrated its centenary in 2006.

[edit] Council

Berrigan Shire Council is composed of eight councillors elected proportionally. The mayor is not directly elected.^[1] The current makeup of the council is as follows:^[1]

Party		Councillors
	Independents and Unaffiliated	8
	Total	8

The current council, elected in 2008, is:^[1]

	Party	Notes
John Bruce	Unaffiliated	Mayor
Matthew Hannan	Independent
Colin Jones	Unaffiliated
Liz McLaurin	Unaffiliated
Viv McGee	Unaffiliated
Bernard Curtin	Unaffiliated	Deputy Mayor
Brian Hill	Independent
Fred Cuthbert	Unaffiliated

[edit] External links

Berrigan Shire Council Official Site

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Berrigan Shire Council". 2008 Election results. Electoral Commission NSW. http://www.lg.elections.nsw.gov.au/LGE2008/result.Berrigan.html. Retrieved 2009-06-16.

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[EC-0] "Berrigan Shire Council". 2008 Election results. Electoral Commission NSW. http://www.lg.elections.nsw.gov.au/LGE2008/result.Berrigan.html. Retrieved 2009-06-16.

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