Mumbulla Shire

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

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

Mumbulla Shire was proclaimed on 7 March 1906, 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 = 9 January 2020| via = National Library of Australia}}

The shire office was in Bega{{Gazette NSW| title = Mumbulla Shire| issue = 26| page = 1735| date = 22 March 1911| url = https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/221617216 | access-date = 9 January 2020| via = National Library of Australia}} but Bega itself was not in Mumbulla shire. Other towns and villages in the shire included Bemboka, Bermagui and Cobargo.

In 1961 Mumbulla Shire had a population of 3752.[https://www.ausstats.abs.gov.au/ausstats/free.nsf/0/5141CD48F759E789CA2578790016B0AF/$File/1961%20Census%20-%20Volume%20I%20-%20Part%20I%20NEW%20SOUTH%20WALES%20Analysis%20of%20Population%20in%20LGA.pdf]

Mumbulla Shire was amalgamated with Imlay Shire and the Municipality of Bega on 1 January 1981 to create Bega Valley Shire per the Local Government Areas Amalgamation Act 1980.{{cite Legislation AU|NSW|repealed_act|lgaaa1980316/sch1.html|Local Government Areas Amalgamation Act 1980}} Schedule 1.