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An Australian local government area is the lowest level of government in Australia, below the state and federal governments. Local government areas are also known as municipalities, shires, cities, or local councils in different areas.When recording locations that are "contained" by an...
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| x City of Stonnington |
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The City of Stonnington is a Local Government Area located within the metropolitan area of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It comprises the inner south-eastern suburbs, between 3 and 13 kilometres from the Melbourne CBD. The city covers an area of...
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| x City of Boroondara |
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The City of Boroondara is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne.
This area was originally occupied by the Wurundjeri, Indigenous Australians of the Kulin nation.
In 1837, John Gardiner ...
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| x City of Port Phillip |
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The City of Port Phillip is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It is located on the northern shores of Port Phillip, south of Melbourne's central business district. It has an area of 20.62 km². At the 2006 census, it had a population of...
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| x City of Yarra |
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The City of Yarra is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia, located in the inner eastern and northern suburbs of Melbourne. It has an area of 19.5 square kilometres, and at the 2006 census it had a population of 69,330. The City of Yarra...
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| x City of Moreland |
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The City of Moreland is a Local Government Area located within the metropolitan area of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It comprises the inner northern suburbs between 4 and 10 kilometres from the Melbourne city centre.
It was created in 1994 during...
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| x City of Darebin |
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The City of Darebin is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia, located in the northern suburbs of Melbourne. It has an area of 53 square kilometres, and at the 2006 Census it had a population of 128,067. Municipal offices are located at the...
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| x City of Glen Eira |
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The City of Glen Eira is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the south eastern suburbs of Melbourne. It has an area of 38.4 square kilometres. It was formed in 1994 from the merger of the City of Caulfield and parts of...
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| x City of Bayside |
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The City of Bayside is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the southern suburbs of Melbourne. It has an area of 36 square kilometres. At the 2006 census, it had a population of 87,936.
In 1858, after receiving two...
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| x Shire of Yarra Ranges |
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The Shire of Yarra Ranges is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia, located in the outer eastern and northeastern suburbs of Melbourne extending into the Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges. It has an area of 2,469.9 square kilometres (953.6...
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| x City of Greater Dandenong |
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The City of Greater Dandenong is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia located in the southeastern suburbs of Melbourne. It has an area of 130 square kilometres and at the 2006 census it had a population of 125,520.
It was formed in 1994 by...
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| x City of Knox |
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The City of Knox is a Local Government Area in Victoria (Australia), Australia, located in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, and parts including Ferntree Gully, Boronia, Sassafrass and Upwey are in the Dandenong Ranges area of Melbourne. It has an...
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| x City of Monash |
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The City of Monash is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the southeastern suburbs of Melbourne and has an area of 81.0 square kilometres. At the 2006 census, it had a population of 161,241. The current Mayor of the City...
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| x City of Frankston |
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The City of Frankston is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia, located in the southern suburbs of Melbourne. It has an area of 131 square kilometres. At the 2006 census, it had a population of 117,801.
Despite its similar area and name,...
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| x City of Casey |
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The City of Casey is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia, located in the outer south eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Casey is Victoria's most populous municipality, with a 2006 census population of 214,960. The municipality's population...
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| x City of Hobsons Bay |
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The City of Hobsons Bay is a Local Government Area located within the metropolitan area of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It comprises the south-western suburbs between 6 and 20 kilometres from the Melbourne city centre.
It was founded on June 22,...
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| x Shire of Mornington Peninsula |
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The Shire of Mornington Peninsula is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It is located to the south of the city of Melbourne on the Mornington Peninsula. It has an area of 723 square kilometres. At the 2006 census it had a population of...
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| x City of Hume |
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The City of Hume is a Local Government Area located partially within the metropolitan area of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It comprises the outer north-western suburbs between 13 and 40 kilometres from the Melbourne city centre.
It has an area of...
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| x City of Kingston |
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The City of Kingston is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, its northern boundary lying approximately 15 km from the Melbourne city centre along the north-eastern shorelines of...
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| x City of Manningham |
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The City of Manningham is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the northeastern suburbs of Melbourne. The total population is 109,915 (2006), divided up into 10 suburbs, the largest being Doncaster and Templestowe, over...
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| x City of Melbourne |
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The City of Melbourne is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia, located in the central city area of Melbourne. The city has an area of 36 square kilometres and at the 2006 census, it had a population of 71,380. The city's motto is "Vires...
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| x Shire of Melton |
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The Shire of Melton is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia, located in the outer western suburbs of Melbourne. The Shire comprises several settled urban areas, the main one being the township of Melton, which lies at the western end of...
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| x City of Moonee Valley |
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The City of Moonee Valley is a Local Government Area located within the metropolitan area of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It comprises the north-western suburbs between 3 and 13 kilometres from the Melbourne city centre. It was formed in 1994...
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| x City of Whitehorse |
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The City of Whitehorse is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne. It has an area of 64 km². At the 2006 census it had a population of 144,768.
Whitehorse was formed in December 1994 by the...
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| x Shire of Nillumbik |
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The Shire of Nillumbik is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the outer northern suburbs of Melbourne. It has an area of 435 square kilometres. At the 2006 census it had a population of 59,792. It was formed in 1994 from...
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| x City of Wyndham |
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The City of Wyndham is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia, located in the outer south-western suburbs of Melbourne, between Melbourne and the regional city of Geelong. It has an area of 542 square kilometres (209 sq mi) and at the 2006...
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| x City of Maribyrnong |
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The City of Maribyrnong is a Local Government Area located within the metropolitan area of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It comprises the inner western suburbs between 5 and 10 kilometres from the Melbourne city centre. It was formed in 1994 from...
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| x Town of Cottesloe |
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The Town of Cottesloe is a Local Government Area in the western suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth, located 11 kilometres (7 mi) west of Perth's central business district. The Town covers an area of 3.9 square kilometres (1.5 sq...
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| x Town of Claremont |
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The Town of Claremont is a Local Government Area in the inner western suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth, located about halfway between the port city of Fremantle and Perth's central business district. The Town covers an area of...
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| x City of Subiaco |
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The City of Subiaco is a Local Government Area of Western Australia. It covers an area of approximately 7 km² in inner western metropolitan Perth, the capital of Western Australia and lies about 3 km west of the Perth CBD.
The Subiaco Municipal...
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| x City of Whittlesea |
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The City of Whittlesea is a Local Government Area located in the outer northeastern suburbs of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covers an area of 489.9 square kilometres (189.2 sq mi), and at the 2006 census it had a...
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| x Shire of Cardinia |
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The Shire of Cardinia is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia, located south-east of Melbourne between the Western Port bay and the Yarra Ranges on the outskirts of Melbourne. It has an area of 1,281 square kilometres, and at the 2006...
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| x City of Brimbank |
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The City of Brimbank is a Local Government Area located within the metropolitan area of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It comprises the western suburbs between 10 and 20 km west and northwest from the Melbourne city centre.
It has an area of 123...
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| x Gladstone City Council |
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City of Gladstone is a Local Government Area in central Queensland, Australia. The LGA covers the urban locality of Gladstone and parts of the surrounding area.
Being a port city, its local commerce is primarily industrial-based and include large...
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| x Yass Valley, New South Wales |
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Yass Valley Shire is a local government area in the Australian State of New South Wales. It is located in the Southern Tablelands region of New South Wales on the Hume and Barton Highways and the Main Southern railway line.
The Shire includes Yass,...
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| x Baw Baw Shire |
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The Shire of Baw Baw is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It is about 100 km east of Melbourne in the West Gippsland region. It has an area of 4,031 square kilometres, and in 2006 had a population of 37,179.
Baw Baw was formed in 1994...
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| x Mid Murray Council |
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Mid Murray Council was formed in 1997 from the amalgamation of the former District Councils of Mannum, Morgan, Ridley-Truro and part of the District Council of Mount Pleasant.
The council spans the area from the Riverland through the Murraylands to...
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| x City of Newcastle |
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Newcastle City Council is a Local Government Area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia.
According to the Australian Bureau Statistics , there:
- were 147,545 people as at 30 June 2006, the 13th largest Local Government Area in New...
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| x Shire of Trayning |
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The Shire of Trayning is a Local Government Area in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, about 60 kilometres (37 mi) northwest of Merredin and about 240 kilometres (149 mi) east of the state capital, Perth. The Shire covers an area of 1,651...
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| x Shire of Northampton |
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The Shire of Northampton is a Local Government Area in the Mid West region of Western Australia, about 50 kilometres (31 mi) north of Geraldton and about 460 kilometres (286 mi) north of the state capital, Perth. The Shire covers an area of 13,738...
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| x City of Rockingham |
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The City of Rockingham is a Local Government Area in the far southern suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth, located about 50 kilometres (31.1 mi) south of Perth's central business district. The City covers an area of 257.1 square...
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| x City of Cessnock |
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Cessnock City Council is a Local Government Area (LGA) in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia, located to the west of Newcastle. The largest population centre and council seat is the city of Cessnock, after which the LGA is named.
The...
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| x City of Armadale |
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The City of Armadale is a Local Government Area in the south-eastern suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth, located about 28 kilometres (17.4 mi) southeast of Perth's central business district. The City covers an area of 560 square...
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| x District Council of Barunga West |
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The District Council of Barunga West is a local government area in South Australia. The council covers an area at the north of Yorke Peninsula in the Mid North and includes the townships of Alford, Bute, Fishermans Bay, Kulpara, Melton, Mundoora,...
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| x Latrobe Council |
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The Latrobe Council is a Local Government Area of Tasmania. It covers the town of Latrobe and surrounding regions, including the coastal towns of Shearwater and Port Sorell.
It is subdivided into the townships of Latrobe, Port Sorell, Shearwater,...
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| x City of Geraldton |
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The City of Geraldton was a Local Government Area in the Mid West region of Western Australia, 424 kilometres (263 mi) north of the state capital, Perth on the Indian Ocean. The City covered an area of 46.3 square kilometres (17.9 sq mi), and its...
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| x Shire of Mukinbudin |
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The Shire of Mukinbudin is a Local Government Area in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, about 80 kilometres (50 mi) north of Merredin and about 300 kilometres (186 mi) east of the state capital, Perth. The Shire covers an area of 3,437...
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| x Lachlan Shire |
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Lachlan Shire is a Local Government Area (LGA) in the Central West of New South Wales on the Lachlan River and the Broken Hill railway line.
The largest town and council seat is Condobolin. The Shire also includes the towns and villages of Tottenham...
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| x Shire of Brookton |
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The Shire of Brookton is a Local Government Area located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, about 140 kilometres (87 mi) southeast of Perth, the state capital. The Shire covers an area of 1,602 square kilometres (619 sq mi) and its seat...
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| x Mundubbera Shire Council |
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The Shire of Mundubbera was a Local Government Area located in the northern catchment of the Burnett River, Queensland, Australia. The shire covered an area of 4,192.8 square kilometres (1,618.8 sq mi), and existed as a local government area from...
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| x Waratah-Wynyard |
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The Waratah-Wynyard Council is a Local Government Area of Tasmania, Australia. It is located in the north-west of the state, just to the west of Burnie.
It covers an area from Wynyard near the coast, to the inland mining towns of Waratah and Savage...
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| x City of Devonport |
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The City of Devonport is a Local Government Area of Tasmania, encompassing the city of Devonport in northern Tasmania. The City is governed by the Devonport City Council.
Devonport, Tasmania
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| x Millmerran Shire Council |
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The Shire of Millmerran was a Local Government Area located in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia, about 80 kilometres (50 mi) southwest of the regional city of Toowoomba. The shire covered an area of 4,520.8 square kilometres (1,745...
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| x Mount Morgan Shire Council |
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The Shire of Mount Morgan was a Local Government Area located in the Capricornia region of Central Queensland, Queensland, Australia, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of the regional city of Rockhampton. The shire, which was based around the former...
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| x Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Western Australia |
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The Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale is a Local Government Area in the outer southeastern metropolitan area of Perth, the capital of Western Australia, and has an area of 905 square kilometres (349 sq mi) and a population of 12,889 (2006). The Shire's...
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| x Lake Macquarie |
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The City of Lake Macquarie is a Local Government Area in New South Wales, Australia, approximately 150 kilometres (93 mi) north of Sydney. It is immediately adjacent to the city of Newcastle. It was proclaimed as a city in 1978.
The City of Lake...
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| x District Council of Cleve |
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The District Council of Cleve is a Local Government Area located on the eastern Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. The district is mostly agricultural in nature, but also encompasses the popular coastal tourist town of Arno Bay
The District Council...
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| x Delatite Shire |
Delatite Shire was a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It was located in the north-eastern part of the state. It included the towns of Benalla, Mansfield and Mt Buller. It had an area of 6,248 square kilometres. In 2001 it had a...
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| x Narromine Shire Council |
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Narromine Shire is a Local Government Area located west of Dubbo in the Orana region of New South Wales, Australia. It is on the Mitchell Highway and the Main Western railway line.
Narromine Shire also includes Trangie and Tomingley.
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| x Anmatjere Community Government Council |
The Anmatjere Community Government Council centres around the town of Ti Tree located approximately 200km north of Alice Springs. The Sturt highway runs through the centre of Ti Tree although if you wish to turn off the highway, you will need to...
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| x Meander Valley |
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The Meander Valley Council is a Local Government Area of Tasmania. As its name suggests, it covers a large area of the Meander River in the central north of the state, which flows through the municipality's major centre of Deloraine.
Smaller towns...
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