Kearsley Shire

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Kearsley Shire
New South Wales
Established7 March 1906 (1906-03-07)
Abolished1 January 1957 (1957-01-01)
Council seatCessnock
RegionHunter

Kearsley Shire was a local government area in the Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia.

Kearsley Shire was proclaimed (as Cessnock Shire) on 7 March 1906, one of 134 shires created after the passing of the Local Government (Shires) Act 1905.[1]

The shire's name and boundaries were often changed. The was excised from the Shire on 1 November 1926.[2] The balance of the Shire was renamed Kearsley Shire[citation needed]. The shire absorbed the on 1 January 1934.[3] On 6 June 1944, part of the shire merged with Tarro Shire and Bolwarra Shire to form , part merged with the , and to form the Municipality of Maitland and the balance reconstituted as Kearsley Shire.[4]

The shire office was in Cessnock.[5] Other towns and villages in the shire included Branxton, Greta and Kearsley.[3][5][6]

The Shire was unique by being the only local government having majority control by the Communist Party of Australia, from a period of 1944 to 1947.[7]

Kearsley Shire amalgamated with the Municipality of Cessnock to form Municipality of Greater Cessnock on 1 January 1957.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "Proclamation (121)". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 7 March 1906. p. 1593. Retrieved 5 February 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Local Government Act 1919. Proclamation (137)". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 22 October 1926. p. 4428. Retrieved 5 February 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Local Government Act 1919. Proclamation (211)". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 15 December 1933. p. 4377. Retrieved 5 February 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Local Government Act 1919. Proclamation (64)". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 30 June 1944. p. 1096. Retrieved 5 February 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b "Shire of Kearsley (102)". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 19 June 1936. p. 2488. Retrieved 5 February 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Shire of Kearsley: Town improvement districts (111)". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 17 September 1948. p. 2471. Retrieved 5 February 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ Mowbray, Martin (1986). "The Red Shire of Kearsley, 1944-1947: Communists in Local Government". Labour History (51): 83. doi:10.2307/27508799.
  8. ^ "Local Government Act 1919. Proclamation (100)". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 14 September 1957. p. 2664. Retrieved 5 February 2020 – via National Library of Australia.

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