AGY-5326 | Shire of Nymboida

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The Shire of Nymboida was constituted on 6 August 1913 under the Local Government Act, 1906 (Act No.56, 1906) when the Shire of Dorrigo [I] was divided into two local government areas. The western portion, which had previously been A Riding, B Riding and part of C Riding of the Shire of Dorrigo [I], became the Shire of Nymboida. (1)

The Shire of Nymboida was located in north-eastern NSW. It included Buccarumbi, Dalmorton, Dundurrabin and Nymboida.

The eastern portion, which had previously been part of C Riding of Dorrigo [I], became the Shire of Dorrigo [II]. As part of the conditions of the split, all account books and record books of the Shire of Dorrigo [I] were retained by Nymboida except for the valuation and rate books for C Riding which were retained by the Shire of Dorrigo [II]. (2)

The Shire of Nymboida was divided into 3 ridings on 6 August 1913: A, B and C, each represented by two councillors.(3)

The Governor appointed a provisional council of six councillors to each of the reconstituted areas on 6 August 1913, to hold office until the next ordinary triennial election due in January 1914. (2) The provisional council of Nymboida Shire held its first meeting on 15 August at which the first president was elected. The first meeting of the permanent council was held on 5 February 1914. (4)

Boundary alterations with the Shire of Guyra took place on 9 November 1917 and with the Shire of Severn on 25 December 1917. These changes also resulted in changes to the Riding divisions. (5)

The Valuation of Land Act, 1916 (Act No.2, 1916) was applied to the Shire of Nymboida on 20 December 1957. Under this legislation the Valuer-General took over the valuing of land within the shire from the council. He issued a valuation list to the Council by 8 January 1958 and thereafter the Council ceased to create valuation books. (6)

A review of local government areas in the Clarence Region was conducted by staff of the Department of Local Government in early 1956. This led to a proposal gazetted on 8 June 1956 to merge the ten existing local government areas into five: one municipality and four shires which would include new shires centred on Maclean, Coffs Harbour and Bellingen. Due to local opposition, a Commissioner was appointed to inquire and report on the matter. He recommended that the establishment of six local government areas: one municipality and five shires. The Shire of Nymboida was reconstituted on 1 January 1957 with the addition of some land from the defunct Shire of Dorrigo [II]. (7) The reconstituted Shire of Nymboida was divided into three ridings (A, B, and C) on 1 November 1957. The first election was held on 9 August 1959. (8)

Nymboida Shire Council retained the word Shire in its name in 1994. Under s221(1) of the Local Government Act 1993 (Act No.30, 1993) the corporate name of all councils were changed by deleting any reference to 'municipality' or 'shire'. However, this was opposed by some local government areas. The Local Government Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1994 (Act No.44, 1994) enabled local government areas to retain the words 'municipality' or 'shire' as part of their corporate name if they resolved to do so before 31 December 1994. Nymboida Shire Council appears to have done this. (9)

In November 1999 Nymboida Shire Council and Ulmarra Shire Council sought the permission of the Minister of Local Government for a voluntary amalgamation. The Local Government Boundaries Commission's inquiry began on 18 January 2000. The Boundaries Commission reported to the Minister on 31 March 2000 recommending that the merger should proceed. (10)

Nymboida Shire Council and Ulmarra Shire Council became the Pristine Waters Council which began operations on 1 July 2000. (11)

Endnotes.
1. NSW Government Gazette No.74, 15 May 1912, p.3049; No.79, 21 May 1913, pp.3098-99, No.125, 6 August 1913, pp.4894-97; Department of Public Works, Annual Report 1913-14, p.102 Appendix VIII.
2. NSW Government Gazette No.125, 6 August 1913, pp.4894 para 9.
3. NSW Government Gazette No.125, 6 August 1913, p.4893.
4. Clarence and Richmond Examiner 16 August 1913, p.2; 13 September 1913, p.3; 17 January 1914, p.2; 7 February 1914, p.3.
5. NSW Government Gazette, No.198, 9 November 1917, pp.6028-9; 21 December 1917, pp.6856-7; No.8, 25 January 1918, pp.330-31; No.45, 12 April 1918, p.1724.
6. NSW Government Gazette, No.169, 20 December 1957, p.4195; No.9, 17 January 1958, p.81.
7. Department of Local Government, Annual Report 1955/56, p.22; Annual Report 1956/57, pp.23-24; NSW Government Gazette No.65, 8 June 1956, pp.1557-58; No.129, 30 November 1956, pp.3503-13; ibid p3505 paragraph 10(d).
8. NSW Government Gazette, No.133, 1 November 1957, pp.3433-34; No.57, 6 June 1958, p.1685.
9. Local Government Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1994 (Act No.44, 1994), inserted s6 of Schedule 8 into the Local Government Act 1993 (Act No.30, 1993).
10. Department of Local Government, Annual Report 2000/2001, pp.10-11, 60.
11. ibid; NSW Government Gazette No.64, 26 May 2000, pp.4481-4; 'Boundaries Commission - new councils' http://www.dlg.nsw.gov.au/dlg/boundariescommission/SAIndex.asp?mi=4&ml=4&areaindex=BC&index=35 cited 6 March 2014.