14 Facts About Wingecarribee Shire

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Wingecarribee Shire is the local government area of the Southern Highlands in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

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The Wingecarribee Shire is around 110 kilometres southwest of the Sydney central business district and is part of regional Capital Country and to some extent can be considered part of the Southern Tablelands.

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Wingecarribee Shire covers an area of 2,700 square kilometres that is typically referred to as the Southern Highlands.

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Wingecarribee Shire is an important catchment area for water supply to Sydney, Wollongong and the Northern Shoalhaven.

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In 2012, the Wingecarribee Shire Council won a landmark class action against Lehman Brothers Australia in the Federal Court after it was found that Lehman Brothers failed to give sound financial advice to the Wingecarribee Shire and other councils through exposure to high-risk investments known as collateralised debt obligations.

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Major towns in the Wingecarribee Shire are Mittagong, Bowral, Moss Vale, Robertson and Bundanoon.

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Wingecarribee Shire is crossed by the Hume Highway and the Southern Highlands railway line.

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8.

The eastern parts of the Wingecarribee Shire are bounded by the Illawarra escarpment and Morton National Park, with some remnant rainforest and heathland.

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The north of the Wingecarribee Shire is characterised by rugged eucalypt bushland, with gullies, gorges and sandy soils.

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The south of the Wingecarribee Shire is bounded by Uringalla Creek and is a sandstone plateaux dissected by deep gorges.

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11.

Wingecarribee Shire Swamp is home to the remaining population of the endangered Giant dragonfly and Wingecarribee Shire Leek Orchid.

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12.

At the 2016 census, the Wingecarribee Shire had an estimated population of 47,882 and has grown from 40,636 at the 2001 census, a growth rate 1.

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The Wingecarribee Shire is relatively homogenous with an Australian-born population making up 77.

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14.

In 1981, the first Wingecarribee Shire President was David Wood and the Wingecarribee Shire Clerk was Harold Jopling.

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