Gadara Shire

{{Short description|Former local government area in New South Wales, Australia}}

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Gadara Shire was a local government area in the eastern part of the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia.

Gadara Shire was proclaimed on 7 March 1906 as Yarrangobilly Shire.{{Gazette NSW| title = Proclamation| issue = 121| page = 1593| date = 7 March 1906| url = https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/226474400| access-date = 23 December 2019| via = National Library of Australia}} It was renamed as Gadara Shire on 12 February 1907.{{Gazette NSW| title = Proclamation| issue = 19| page = 816| date = 13 February 1907| url = https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/226577230| access-date = 6 January 2020| via = National Library of Australia}}

The shire offices were based in Tumut.{{cite news |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/115933395 |title=Gadara Shire Council |newspaper=Adelong and Tumut Express |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=13 September 1921|access-date=6 January 2020 |page=2 |via=Trove }} Urban areas in the shire included Adelong and Batlow and the village of Grahamstown.{{cite news |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/115933395 |title=Gadara Shire Council |newspaper=Adelong and Tumut Express |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=16 February 1923|access-date=6 January 2020 |page=1|via=Trove }}

The shire was amalgamated with the Municipality of Tumut to form Tumut Shire on 1 July 1928.{{Gazette NSW| title = Local Government Act 1919: Proclamation| issue = 75| page = 2677| date = 7 March 1906| url = https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/219944816| access-date = 6 January 2020| via = National Library of Australia}}