Wakool Shire

- 35.133333333333143.96666666667Koordinaten: 35 ° 8 ' S, 143 ° 58' O Wakool Shire is a Local Government Area ( LGA) in the Australian state of New South Wales. The area is 7520 km ² and has about 4,400 inhabitants.

Wakool is located on the southwest border of the State of Victoria to the north of the Murray River about 630 km west of the Australian capital Canberra, 375 km north of Melbourne and 580 kilometers east of Adelaide. The area includes 54 districts and towns, including Burraboi, Cobramunga, Cunninyeuk, Dhuragoon, Dilpurra, Gonn, Good Night, Jimaringle, Keri Keri, Koraleigh, Mallan, Mellool, Moolpa, Nacurrie, Niemur, Noorong, Perekerten, Stony Crossing, Tooleybuc, Tooranie, Tueloga, Tullakool, Wakool, Wetuppa and Yanga and parts of Kyalite and Moulamein. The seat of the Shire Council is located in the village of Moulamein in the center of the LGA, where about 350 inhabitants.

On the Yanga station on the western border at Balranald the first telephone connection of Australia was established. James Cromyn, nephew of the inventor Alexander Graham Bell then presented the means of communication between farm buildings and shearers accommodation ago.

Management

The Wakool Shire Council has six members who are elected by the residents of the three Wards ( two each from the Wards A, B and C). These three districts are set independently of the villages. From the circle of Councillor also the Mayor ( Mayor ) of the Council recruited.