Wingecarribee Shire Council

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Wingecarribee Shire
New South Wales

Location in NSW

Population:

40,636^[1]

Area:

2,689 km²

Mayor:

Gordon Lewis

Council Seat:

Moss Vale (Civic Centre, Elizabeth Street)^[2]

Region:

Southern Highlands

State District:

Goulburn (2004 boundaries)

Federal Division:

Hume, Gilmore

Website: http://www.wsc.nsw.gov.au

LGAs around Wingecarribee Shire
Goulburn	Wollondilly	Wollondilly
Goulburn	Wingecarribee Shire	Wollongong
Goulburn	Shoalhaven	Kiama

Wingecarribee is a Local Government Area (LGA) southwest of Sydney named after the Wingecarribee River, which flows through it. It is crossed by the Hume Highway and the Southern Highlands railway line.

The pattern of development is one of small towns and villages. The eastern parts of the Shire are bounded by the Illawarra escarpment and Morton National Park, with some remnant rainforest and heathland. The north of the Shire is characterised by rugged eucalypt bushland, with gullies, gorges and sandy soils. This area forms part of the catchment for Sydney's water supply and three major storage dams (Avon, Nepean and Cordeaux). The Wollondilly and Wingecarribee Rivers flow through the west of the Shire, through deep sandstone valleys and much of this area forms part of the catchment for Warragamba Dam. The south of the Shire is bounded by Uringalla Creek and is a sandstone plateaux dissected by deep gorges.

The major towns in the Shire are Mittagong, Bowral, Moss Vale and Bundanoon. Villages include: Balmoral Village, Hill Top, Colo Vale, Yerrinbool, Robertson, Burrawang, Burradoo, Berrima, Sutton Forest, Exeter, Wingello and Penrose.