Tumut Shire

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

{{About|the former local government area|the regional town|Tumut, New South Wales|other uses|Tumut (disambiguation)}}

{{Use Australian English|date=October 2012}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}

{{Infobox Australian place | type = lga

| name = Tumut Shire

| image = Tumut LGA NSW.png

| caption = Location in New South Wales

| state = nsw

| region = South West Slopes

| area = 4566

| area_footnotes = {{cite web |title=Tumut Shire Council |publisher=Department of Local Government |url=http://www.dlg.nsw.gov.au/dlg/dlghome/dlg_CouncilContactDetails.asp?slacode=7510 |access-date=7 November 2006}}

| est = 1928

| abolished = {{end date|2016|05|12|df=y}}

| coordinates = {{coord|35|18|S|148|13|E|type:adm2nd_region:AU-NSW|display=inline,title}}

| seat = Tumut

| pop = 11316

| pop_year = 2013 est

| pop_footnotes ={{cite web|url=http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/subscriber.nsf/log?openagent&32180ds0003_2003-13.xls&3218.0&Data%20Cubes&811CDB2C6F0319E3CA257CAE000ECBD6&0&2012-13&03.04.2014&Latest|title=3218.0 Regional Population Growth, Australia. Table 1. Estimated Resident Population, Local Government Areas, New South Wales|date=3 April 2014|access-date=11 September 2014}}

| logo =

| url = http://www.tumut.nsw.gov.au

| mayor = Sue Bulger

| fedgov = Riverina

| stategov = Wagga Wagga

| near-nw = Gundagai

| near-w = Wagga Wagga

| near-sw = Greater Hume

| near-s = Tumbarumba

| near-se = Cooma-Monaro

| near-e = Australian Capital Territory

| near-ne = Yass Valley

| near-n = Harden

}}

Tumut Shire ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|tj|uː|m|ə|t}}){{cite book|work=Macquarie Dictionary, Fourth Edition|year=2005|location=Melbourne|publisher=The Macquarie Library Pty Ltd|isbn=1-876429-14-3|title=Tumut}} was a local government area in the South West Slopes region of New South Wales, Australia.

Tumut Shire was established in 1928 by the amalgamation of the Municipality of Tumut with the surrounding Gadara Shire.{{cite web|title=Tumut Municipality|url=http://search.records.nsw.gov.au/agencies/2603|website=Search|publisher=State Records NSW|access-date=21 May 2016}}

A 2015 review of local government boundaries recommended that the Tumut Shire merge with the Tumbarumba Shire to form a new council with an area of {{convert|8960|km2}} and support a population of approximately {{formatnum:14953}}.{{cite web |url=https://dpc-olg-ss.s3.amazonaws.com/29068acadf5d30bab9b9b3dd3b1cd6b5/Tumbarumba-Tumut.pdf |title=Merger proposal: Tumbarumba Shire Council, Tumut Shire Council |publisher=Government of New South Wales |date=January 2016 |access-date=10 March 2016 |page=7 }} On 12 May 2016, the Tumut Shire merged with the Tumbarumba Shire to form the Snowy Valleys Council.{{cite web |url=https://www.strongercouncils.nsw.gov.au/new-councils/snowy-valleys-council/ |title=Snowy Valley Council |work=Stronger Councils |publisher=Government of New South Wales |date=12 May 2016 |access-date=13 May 2016 }}

The last mayor of Tumut Shire was Cr. Sue Bulger, an independent politician.{{cite web |url=http://www.tumut.nsw.gov.au/council/council-information/councillor-profiles.aspx |title=Councillor profiles |work=Our Council |publisher=Tumut Shire |access-date=10 March 2016 }}