City of Dubbo

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Dubbo New South Wales
Location in NSW
Population:	39,077 [1][2]
Established:	1872
Area:	3425 km² (1322.4 sq mi)
Council Seat:	Dubbo (Church Street)
Region:	Orana
State District:	Dubbo
Federal Division:	Parkes
Website: http://www.dubbo.nsw.gov.au
LGAs around Dubbo: Narromine Gilgandra Warrumbungle Narromine Dubbo Wellington Parkes Parkes Wellington

For the seat in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, see Electoral district of Dubbo.

For the City of Dubbo, see Dubbo, New South Wales

Dubbo is a Local Government Area in the Orana region of New South Wales, Australia. The City is traversed by the Mitchell Highway, the Newell Highway, the Golden Highway and the Main Western railway line.

The largest population centre is the city of Dubbo. Dubbo City also includes the villages of Eumungerie, Mogriguy, Brocklehurst, Wongarbon, Toongi, and Rawsonville ^[1].

Contents 1 Council 2 Councillors 3 History 4 Industry 5 Sister Cities 6 References

[edit] Council

The Dubbo City Council consists of eleven elected councillors who are elected for a four year term. The City is not divided into ridings or wards. Therefore, each councillor represents the whole local government area, and not a specific subsection of the City. The eleven councillors meet every year in September to elect the mayor. The mayor must be a member of council. ^[3].

The Dubbo City Council staffs around 350 permanent employees, and is responsible for the city and surrounding areas. The Civic Administration Building is located on the corner of Darling and Church Streets and now has a "One Stop Shop" for all customers of the council.

[edit] Councillors

Greg Matthews, Mayor; Peter Bartley, Deputy Mayor; Ben Shields, Chairman Works and Services; Tina Reynolds, Chairman Finance and Policy; Mathew Dickerson; Paul Loxley; Richard Mutton; Sam Peacocke; Allan Smith; Rod Towney; Kim Williams.

2004 Council Election Results (in order of election):

Greg Matthews: 3387

Ben Shields: 2389

Mathew Dickerson: 1647

Alan Smith: 1584

Dawn Fardell: 1344

Sam Peacocke: 1096

Richard Mutton: 975

Paul Loxley: 267 (elected from Greg Matthew's ticket)

Peter Bartley: 875

Rod Towney: 627

Kim Williams: 494

Bob Thompson: 497

NOTES: Dawn Fardell resigned from council in 2005 and council voted to reduce councillor numbers from 12 to 11. Bob Thompson died in 2006 and was replaced in a by-election by Tina Reynolds.

[edit] History

The Dubbo local government area came into being on February 19 1872, when the Municipal District of Dubbo was approved by the Colonial secretary. The first six aldermen were elected into office on April 22, 1872 with 82 votes being cast for a wide field of candidates ^[4].

Talbragar Shire was amalgamated with the Dubbo City Council on 1 April, 1980. At that time the area of the city was 3321 square kilometres, and with a population estimated at 29,000^[4].

[edit] Industry

As a regional centre, the City of Dubbo provides services far beyond its own population base. It serves 130,000 people, and one third of the geographic area of New South Wales.^[1] The main industry sectors represented in the City of Dubbo are retail, health, manufacturing, transport, tourism, education, construction, business services, agriculture, and government services ^[1].

[edit] Sister Cities

The City of Dubbo has seven sister cities:

• Minokamo, Japan relationship established in June 1989.
• Wujiang, China relationship established in June 1995.
• Newcastle, New South Wales relationship established in March 1995.
• Warringah, New South Wales relationship established in October 1994.

[edit] References

Coordinates: 32°15′S 148°36′E / -32.25, 148.6