Bega Valley Shire is located on the south-eastern coastline of New South Wales and extends from Bermagui in the north to the Victorian border in the south. It includes the towns of Bega, Tathra, Merimbula, Tura Beach, Wolumla, Cobargo, Bemboka, Pambula, Pambula Beach, Towamba and the former whaling port of Eden. The Bega Valley Shire is also known as the Sapphire Coast. Capital Sydney Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Professor Marie Bashir Premier Morris Iemma (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 50  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $305,437 (1st)  - Product per capita  $45,153/person (4th) Population (End of March 2006)  - Population  6,817,100 (1st)  - Density  8. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... Location of Bega in New South Wales (red) Bega is a town in the south-east area of the state of New South Wales in Australia. ... This is a list of regions in Australia that are not Australian states or territories. ... The South Coast refers to the narrow coastal belt from Sydney in the north to the border with Victoria in the south in the south-eastern part of the State of New South Wales, Australia. ... State Electoral District is a term used to refer to a voting area within Australian states. ... Bega is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. ... Monaro is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. ... The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. ... The Division of Eden-Monaro is an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. ... Local Government Area (abbreviated LGA) is a term used in Australia (and especially by the Australian Bureau of Statistics) to refer to areas controlled by each individual Local Government. ... Eurobodalla Shire is a Local Government Area in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Capital Melbourne Government Constitutional monarchy Governor David de Kretser Premier Steve Bracks (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 37  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $222,022 (2nd)  - Product per capita  $44,443/person (5th) Population (End of September 2006)  - Population  5,110,500 (2nd)  - Density  22. ... Capital Melbourne Government Constitutional monarchy Governor David de Kretser Premier Steve Bracks (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 37  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $222,022 (2nd)  - Product per capita  $44,443/person (5th) Population (End of September 2006)  - Population  5,110,500 (2nd)  - Density  22. ... Bermagui is a town on the south coast of New South Wales, Australia in the Bega Valley shire. ... Location of Bega in New South Wales (red) Bega is a town in the south-east area of the state of New South Wales in Australia. ... Tathra is a seaside town on the Sapphire Coast found on the South Coast, New South Wales, Australia about 18 kilometres from Bega and 300 kilometers south of Sydney. ... Merimbula is a small coastal town on the Far South Coast or Sapphire Coast of New South Wales, Australia. ... Wolumla is an historical locality in New South Wales, Australia and is between Bega and Merimbula. ... Pambula (36°55′S 149°53′E) is located 473 km south of Sydney via the Princes Highway on the far south coast of New South Wales, Australia. ... Pambula Beach is a small town in New South Wales, Australia not far from Pambula. ... Towamba is a small community, in New South Wales, Australia in Bega Valley Shire. ... Eden (postcode 2551. ...

The Shire is the largest local government area in coastal NSW with an area of 6,280 square kilometres and has the longest coastline of any council in NSW. It is sparsely populated, largely because 75% of the area belongs to various National Parks and State Forests. The population as of the 2001 Census was 30,524, of which 6,956, or 22.8%, live in rural areas outside identified towns and villages. New South Wales has many interesting National Parks, including the Royal National Park on the southern edge of Sydney which is either the oldest or second oldest in the world. ...

thebegavalley.org.au is a popular community website in the Shire where residents can have their own personal and business oriented pages hosted on the website for free. The website is involved in the Open-Source movement, and is renowned in the shire for its use of the Typo3 content management system. Open source refers to projects that are open to the public and which draw on other projects that are freely available to the general public. ... This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ...

Bega Valley is particularly known for its dairy industry, though tourism and the Sydney rock oyster industry are of growing importance. A dairy farm near Oxford, New York in the United States. ... č “Tourist” redirects here. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

In August 1999 the Bega Valley shire council was sacked and an administrator was put in place until 2002 where a new council was elected.

External links

• Community Website
• LGWORKS: Bega Valley Shire Council

References

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