Jindalee Shire

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

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

Jindalee Shire was proclaimed on 7 March 1906 as Cowcumballa Shire, one of 134 shires created after the passing of the Local Government (Shires) Act 1905.{{Gazette NSW| title = Proclamation| issue = 121| page = 1593| date = 7 March 1906| url = https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/226474400| access-date = 7 January 2020| via = National Library of Australia}} It was renamed Jindalee Shire on 13 March 1907.{{Gazette NSW

| title = Proclamation| issue = 34| page = 1659| date = 13 March 1907| url = https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/223089654| access-date = 7 January 2020| via = National Library of Australia}} On 17 September 1935, it absorbed part of the abolished Municipality of Wallendbeen.{{Gazette NSW| title = Local Government Act 1919. Proclamation| issue = 159| page = 4764| date = 6 September 1935| url = https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/223067031| access-date = 7 January 2020| via = National Library of Australia}}

Initially, the shire shared an office with the Municipality of Cootamundra until moving into their own offices elsewhere in Cootamundra in 1946.{{cite news |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/143706570 |title=Jindalee Shire's new chambers |newspaper=Cootamundra Herald |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=10 May 1946 |access-date=7 January 2020 |page=1|via=Trove }} Urban areas in the shire included Stockinbingal, Wallendbeen and the village of Frampton{{cite news |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/143708752 |title=Jindalee Shire |newspaper=Cootamundra Herald |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=19 April 1946|access-date=7 January 2020 |page=1|via=Trove }}

The shire amalgamated with the Municipality of Cootamundra to form Cootamundra Shire on 1 April 1975.{{Gazette NSW| title = Local Government Act 1919. Proclamation| issue = 40| page = 690| date = 28 February 1975

| url = https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/220167756| access-date = 7 January 2020| via = National Library of Australia}}