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Wyong Shire

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

{{about|the former local government area|the town Wyong|Wyong|all other uses| Wyong (disambiguation)}}

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

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

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = lga

| name = Wyong Shire

| state = nsw

| image = Wyong LGA NSW.png

| caption = Location in New South Wales

| coordinates = {{coord|33|16|S|151|25|E|type:adm2nd_region:AU-NSW|display=inline,title}}

| pop = 149746

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2011}}

| pop_footnotes ={{Census 2011 AUS|id=LGA18550 |name=Wyong (A) |access-date=28 November 2012 |quick=on}}

| local_map =

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| density = 181.07

| density_footnotes =

| est = 1 January 1947

| abolished = 12 May 2016

| area = 827

| area_footnotes =

| mayor = Doug Eaton

| dist1 = 90

| dir1 = N

| location1 = Sydney

| dist2 = 74

| dir2 = SSW

| location2 = Newcastle

| seat = Wyong

| region = Central Coast

| county =

| stategov = Wyong

| stategov2 = The Entrance

| stategov3 = Swansea

| fedgov = Dobell

| fedgov2 = Shortland

| logo = Wyong Shire Council Logo 1990s-2016.jpg

| url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160220134606/https://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/

| maxtemp =

| mintemp =

| rainfall =

| near-n = Lake Macquarie

| near-ne = Tasman Sea

| near-e = Tasman Sea

| near-se = Tasman Sea

| near-s = Gosford

| near-sw = Gosford

| near-w = Gosford

| near-nw = Cessnock

}}

Wyong Shire was a local government area located in the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. The incorporation of the Wyong area dates back to 7 March 1906 when the entire area of the Brisbane Water Police District outside of the Town of Gosford was proclaimed as the Erina Shire. From 1 January 1947, local government in the Central Coast region was reorganised, creating Gosford Shire and Wyong Shire, which comprised Erina Shire north and east of Kulnura, Central Mangrove and Lisarow.

Until its abolition in 2016, Wyong Shire was located around the coastal lake system of Tuggerah Lake, Budgewoi Lake and Lake Munmorah. The area included a coastal strip from Bateau Bay to Budgewoi, some lakeside towns and residential areas, some inland towns on the coastal plain and a sparsely populated region to the west with the rural townships of Yarramalong, Dooralong, Jilliby, and regions of native bush surrounding Kulnura.

Wyong Shire's administrative centre was located in the town of Wyong, and the council maintained service and information centres at The Entrance, Tuggerah, and Lake Haven. In May 2016 Wyong Shire was amalgamated with the City of Gosford to form Central Coast Council. The last mayor of Wyong Shire was Cr. Doug Eaton, an independent politician.

Suburbs and localities in the local government area

Suburbs, towns and localities in the Wyong Shire were:

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Council history

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=Early history=

The traditional Aboriginal inhabitants of the lands now known as the Brisbane Water were the Guringai people of the Eora nation.{{cite web |url=http://www.guringai.com.au/ |title=Guringai history |work=Services |publisher=Guringai Tribal Link Aboriginal Corporation |year=2010 |access-date=1 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130421193944/http://guringai.com.au/ |archive-date=21 April 2013 |url-status=live }} The Darkingung people occupied large areas inland west towards Rylstone, and north to Cessnock and Wollombi.{{cite web |title=Some Significant events in Gosford History |url=http://www.gosford.nsw.gov.au/library/local_history/Suburbs/documents/history.html/ |publisher=Gosford City Council |access-date=1 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140624025651/http://www.gosford.nsw.gov.au/library/local_history/Suburbs/documents/history.html/ |archive-date=24 June 2014}} The area now known as Wyong Shire developed alongside Putty Road, connecting Sydney and the Hunter Valley, with agriculture and timber forming the early industries. On the opening of the railway in 1889 to Newcastle the focus of commercial activity shifted eastward to the Town of Wyong. By 1903 the Norah Head Lighthouse was built and the first few houses and tourist accommodations began to appear along the coast.

In 1811, the Governor of New South Wales, Lachlan Macquarie, gave the first land grant in the region to William Nash, a former marine of the First Fleet. No further grants were made in the area until 1821.Bennett, F. C., The Story of the Aboriginal People of the Central Coast of New South Wales, Brisbane Water Historical Society, 1968, p. 9. In 1840, the Brisbane Water Police District was proclaimed covering the area from the Hawkesbury River to Lake Macquarie and which administered local government under the control of magistrates.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230138392 |title=POLICE DISTRICTS. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=52 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=26 August 1840 |access-date=1 December 2020 |page=821 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite book |last1=Gosford District Historical Research Association (GDHRA) |title=City of Gosford: History of Local Government |date=1981 |publisher=Gosford District Historical Research Association and Gosford Printing Pty. Ltd. |location=Gosford |page=10}} In 1843, the Brisbane Water District Council was proclaimed on the same boundaries as the Police District, and replaced the appointed magistrates with an elected council as part of an early attempt to establish local government administration throughout the colony.GDHRA, p. 12. This experiment in local government was not very successful, with much public opposition focused on the issue of increased taxation, and a lack of oversight and faulty administration led to the collapse of many of these District Councils. The Brisbane Water District Council had ceased to exist by 1855, and the NSW Parliament passed the Municipalities Act in 1858, which allowed for the creation of Municipalities and Boroughs if a petition of as few as 50 signatures was presented to the government.{{cite web |title=Agency 3085: Windsor District Council |url=https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/agency/3085 |publisher=NSW State Archives and Records |access-date=8 March 2019}} However, no petition was ever sent from the residents of Brisbane Water to the government under this act, and local matters reverted to the police magistrates for determination.GDHRA, p. 14.

=Erina Shire=

On 11 November 1886, the Town of Gosford was incorporated as the "Borough of Gosford", with an area of 1,840 acres in and around Gosford.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223782683 |title=Government Gazette Proclamations and Legislation |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=639 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=11 November 1886 |access-date=1 December 2020 |page=7801 |via=National Library of Australia}} The remaining area of the Brisbane Water Police District outside of Gosford continued to be administered by the police magistrates until 1906. From 7 March 1906, this area became the Erina Shire, when it was proclaimed by the NSW Government Gazette along with 132 other new Shires as a result of the passing of the Local Government (Shires) Act 1905.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226474400 |title=PROCLAMATION |newspaper=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales |issue=121 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=7 March 1906 |access-date=16 May 2018 |page=1593 |via=National Library of Australia}} On 16 May 1906, the Shire was divided in to three Ridings (A, B, C) and five temporary Councillors were appointed (John Bourke of Kincumber, John Martin Moroney of Woy Woy, Harold Stanley Robinson of Penang, Manasseh Ward of Gosford, and Alexander Wilkinson of Wyong).{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article229308308 |title=NOTIFICATION |newspaper=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales |issue=161 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=16 May 1906 |access-date=1 December 2020 |page=2927 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article229308305 |title=PROCLAMATION |newspaper=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales |issue=161 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=16 May 1906 |access-date=1 December 2020 |page=2981 |via=National Library of Australia}} The Temporary Council first met at Gosford Courthouse on 13 June 1906 and Manasseh Ward was elected as the chairman.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article136219058 |title=ERINA SHIRE COUNCIL. |newspaper=Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate |issue=9861 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=18 June 1906 |access-date=1 December 2020 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}

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Following desire from Gosford to merge with Erina Shire, a proposal for a six-ward Erina Shire with Gosford becoming F Riding was subsequently proclaimed and came into effect on 23 January 1908.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226586454 |title=PROPOSED RECONSTITUTION OF ERINA SHIRE AND THE MUNICIPALITY OF GOSFORD, BY UNITING THE TWO AREAS. |newspaper=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales |issue=148 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=27 November 1907 |access-date=1 December 2020 |page=6439 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226588182 |title=PROCLAMATION |newspaper=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales |issue=4 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=15 January 1908 |access-date=1 December 2020 |page=281 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article138401149 |title=NEW ERINA SHIRE. |newspaper=Newcastle Morning Herald And Miners' Advocate |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=24 January 1908 |access-date=1 December 2020 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}} The new Shire Council Chambers on Mann Street, Gosford, were officially opened on 4 May 1912.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article102919164 |title=SHIRE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, ERINA. |newspaper=The Land |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=31 May 1912 |access-date=1 December 2020 |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia}}

On 27 April 1928 a proposal for the separation of the Woy Woy peninsula was received and the Shire of Woy Woy was subsequently proclaimed on 1 August 1928.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article219948160 |title=LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 1919. |newspaper=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales|issue=54 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=27 April 1928 |access-date=1 December 2020 |page=1863 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{Gazette NSW| title = Local Government Act 1919. Proclamation| issue = 97| page = 3532| date = 27 July 1928| url = https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/219951602| access-date = 22 October 2018| via = National Library of Australia}} Following a January 1936 petition from Gosford and Point Clare residents and a public inquiry that recommended a new Gosford municipality, Erina Shire was divided again to re-form the Municipality of Gosford on 24 October 1936, including the areas of the former Gosford Municipality abolished in 1908 and also new areas from Narara to Woy Woy and Point Clare.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17280705 |title=GOSFORD. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |issue=30,825 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=19 October 1936 |access-date=1 December 2020 |page=11 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{Gazette NSW| title = Local Government Act 1919. Proclamation| issue = 4401| page = 166| date = 23 October 1938| url = https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/223041156| access-date = 22 October 2018| via = National Library of Australia}}GDHRA, p. 25.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139240701 |title=ERINA SHIRE |newspaper=Newcastle Morning Herald And Miners' Advocate |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=6 June 1936 |access-date=1 December 2020 |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article224753252 |title=LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 1919. |newspaper=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales |issue=21 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=24 January 1936 |access-date=1 December 2020 |page=426 |via=National Library of Australia}}

Following significant debate about the provision of electricity undertakings across the Central Coast, including over the split between Erina Shire and Gosford,{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133638100 |title=MINISTER ACTS |newspaper=Newcastle Morning Herald And Miners' Advocate |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=17 February 1938 |access-date=1 December 2020 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}} on 16 October 1942 Gosford Municipality combined with the Shires of Erina and Woy Woy to form the Brisbane Water County Council to provide electricity to the combined area of the three councils. The County Council operated as an electricity and gas supplier and retailer and was managed by representatives of the three councils. The County Council operated until its amalgamation with the Sydney County Council from 1 January 1980.{{cite web|title= AGY-3490 – Brisbane Water County Council|url=http://search.records.nsw.gov.au/agencies/3490|website=State Records Archives Investigator|publisher=NSW State Records|access-date=1 December 2020|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140626141035/http://search.records.nsw.gov.au/agencies/3490|archive-date=26 June 2014}}

=Wyong Shire=

In June 1945, Erina Shire resolved to investigate the reconstitution of local government on the Central Coast into two shires and following further discussions a formal proposal was presented to the Minister for Local Government, Joseph Cahill, in October 1945.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134999900 |title=Move to Regroup Areas of Gosford Councils |newspaper=Newcastle Morning Herald And Miners' Advocate |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=13 June 1945 |access-date=1 December 2020 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222031971 |title=LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 1919. |newspaper=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales |issue=113 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=26 October 1945 |access-date=1 December 2020 |page=2022 |via=National Library of Australia}} Nevertheless, the proposal proved divisive, with Gosford and the Wyong section of Erina Shire in favour and the rest of Erina Shire and Woy Woy Shire opposed.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140600432 |title=Inquire into Shire Regrouping |newspaper=Newcastle Morning Herald And Miners' Advocate |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=13 February 1946 |access-date=1 December 2020 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}} The formal government inquiry subsequently supported the proposal and in April 1946, Cahill notified the councils of his intention to proceed.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17977132 |title=NEW SHIRES IN GOSFORD AREA |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=22 April 1946 |access-date=1 December 2020 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}} On 1 January 1947, part of Erina Shire, all of Woy Woy Shire and the Municipality of Gosford formed Gosford Shire, and the remainder of Erina Shire north and east of Kulnura, Central Mangrove and Lisarow formed Wyong Shire.{{Gazette NSW| title = Local Government Act 1919. Proclamation| issue = 145| page = 2967| date = 20 December 1946| url = https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/224795681| access-date = 22 October 2018| via = National Library of Australia}}

Following the changes, the new Wyong Shire Council initially rented the old Erina Shire offices in Gosford, but soon acquired some army huts from Cowra and had them moved to Wyong to serve as temporary Council Chambers, which were officially opened by Minister Joseph Cahill on 4 February 1948.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134231404 |title=Wyong Council May Have Temporary Home in November |newspaper=Newcastle Morning Herald And Miners' Advocate |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=10 September 1947 |access-date=1 December 2020 |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134230948 |title=Wyong Council in Own "Home" |newspaper=Newcastle Morning Herald And Miners' Advocate|location=New South Wales, Australia |date=23 December 1947 |access-date=1 December 2020 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article161358904 |title=WYONG COUNCIL CHAMBERS |newspaper=National Advocate |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=5 February 1948 |access-date=1 December 2020 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}} These chambers were later replaced by a more substantial Council Administration Building at 2 Hely Street Wyong completed in 1959.{{cite web |title=Wyong Shire Council Building |url=https://apps.environment.nsw.gov.au/dpcheritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=2720066 |website=NSW State Heritage Inventory |publisher=Heritage NSW |access-date=1 December 2020}}

With Gosford establishing a Library Service in 1948, Wyong Shire took longer to deliver its own Library Service by 1959, having delayed a proposal on cost grounds in 1951, and held a referendum on the question in December 1953 which was resolved in favour of adopting the Library Act, 1939.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139509022 |title=Wyong Library "Pigeonholed" |newspaper=Newcastle Morning Herald And Miners' Advocate|location=New South Wales, Australia |date=14 February 1951 |access-date=1 December 2020 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article167375856 |title=Wyong Move For Public Library |newspaper=The Gosford Times And Wyong District Advocate |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=28 July 1953 |access-date=1 December 2020 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article167379502 |title=REFERENDUM ON WYONC LIBRARY |newspaper=The Gosford Times And Wyong District Advocate |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=25 August 1953 |access-date=1 December 2020 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article167377041 |title=Wyong Shire's Library Plan |newspaper=The Gosford Times And Wyong District Advocate |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=18 December 1953 |access-date=1 December 2020 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}} Wyong Shire Council formally adopted the act in 1958 and opened the first public library service on the ground floor of the Council Chambers in May 1959.{{cite news |title=75 years of public libraries |url=https://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/council-news/media-releases-2015/media-releases-2014/75-years-of-public-libraries |access-date=17 December 2020 |agency=Wyong Shire Council |date=21 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151218071128/https://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/council-news/media-releases-2015/media-releases-2014/75-years-of-public-libraries |archive-date=18 December 2015 |format=Media Release}} The Wyong Library Service eventually expanded to five branches at Toukley, The Entrance, Tuggerah (1995), Lake Haven (2002), and Bay Village.{{cite web |title=Library Information |url=http://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/libraries/libraries_info.html |publisher=Wyong Shire |access-date=1 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060224004635/http://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/libraries/libraries_info.html |archive-date=24 February 2006}}{{cite news |title=Council celebrates 20 years of Tuggerah Library |url=https://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/council-news/media-releases-2015/council-celebrates-20-years-of-tuggerah-library |access-date=17 December 2020 |agency=Wyong Shire Council |date=26 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616101351/https://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/council-news/media-releases-2015/council-celebrates-20-years-of-tuggerah-library |archive-date=16 June 2016 |format=Media Release}}{{cite news |title=Lake Haven Library Turns Five! |url=http://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/whatson/media_releases_september_7_Lake_Haven_Library_5.htm |access-date=17 December 2020 |publisher=Wyong Shire Council |date=12 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091007080048/http://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/whatson/media_releases_september_7_Lake_Haven_Library_5.htm |archive-date=7 October 2009 |format=Media Release}}

=Establishment of Central Coast Council and abolition of Wyong Shire Council=

In 2015 a review of local government boundaries by the NSW Government Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal recommended that Wyong Shire and Gosford City councils merge to form one single council with an area of {{convert|1681|km2}} and support a population of approximately 331,007.{{cite web |url=https://dpc-olg-ss.s3.amazonaws.com/8b58f3fc8164536b82053820c30c42b7/Gosford-Wyong.pdf |title=Merger Proposal: Gosford City Council, Wyong Shire Council |publisher=Government of New South Wales |date=January 2016 |access-date=1 December 2020 |page=8 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201084151/https://dpc-olg-ss.s3.amazonaws.com/8b58f3fc8164536b82053820c30c42b7/Gosford-Wyong.pdf |archive-date=1 December 2020 |url-status=live }} This proposal was supported Wyong Shire and Gosford City councils, who had submitted the proposal to merge as part of the NSW Government's Fit for the Future reform process.{{cite news |title=Gosford and Wyong Councils agree to historic merger |url=https://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/council-news/media-releases-2015/gosford-and-wyong-councils-agree-to-historic-merge |access-date=17 December 2020 |publisher=Wyong Shire Council |date=16 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616101109/https://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/council-news/media-releases-2015/gosford-and-wyong-councils-agree-to-historic-merge |archive-date=16 June 2016 |format=Media Release}}

On 12 May 2016, with the release of the Local Government (Council Amalgamations) Proclamation 2016, the Central Coast Council was formed from Wyong Shire and Gosford City councils.{{cite web|title=Local Government (Council Amalgamations) Proclamation 2016 [NSW] - Schedule 3 - Provisions for Central Coast Council|url=http://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/regulations/2016-242.pdf|publisher=Parliament of New South Wales|access-date=8 October 2016|page=15|date=12 May 2016}} The first meeting of the Central Coast Council was held at the Wyong Civic Centre on 25 May 2016, with meetings alternating between Gosford and Wyong.{{cite news |last1=Barnes |first1=Denice |title=Historic first meeting of the new Central Coast Council is short, sharp but not sweet for some |url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/central-coast/historic-first-meeting-of-the-new-central-coast-council-is-short-sharp-but-not-sweet-for-some/news-story/13f8eb0610c71f8a491378b71c8d7410 |access-date=1 December 2020 |agency=Central Coast Gosford Express Advocate |date=26 May 2016}}{{cite news |title=Council meetings now reduced to once a month |url=https://coastcommunitynews.com.au/central-coast/news/2016/10/council-meetings-now-reduced-month/ |access-date=1 December 2020 |agency=Coast Community News |date=26 October 2016}}

Water supply

The first centralised water supply system was implemented in Wyong in 1929–1930 when a reservoir was constructed on Chapman Hill and water was pumped to it from the Wyong River, with the northern areas of Wyong Shire covered from the 1950s. In 1965 the Entrance Water Supply Scheme officially opened, which provided water to most of Wyong Shire, which included the Mooney Mooney Dam (1961), the Mardi Dam and Wyong River Weir (1962). In 1977 Gosford and Wyong councils agreed to share the costs of operating, building and maintaining water supply throughout the region and the Gosford/Wyong Joint Water Supply Committee was established. The Committee completed construction of the Mangrove Creek Dam in 1978–1982.{{cite web |title=Water Management > History |url=http://www.gwcwater.nsw.gov.au/water-management/history/ |publisher=osford City and Wyong Shire Councils |access-date=17 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150331024355/http://www.gwcwater.nsw.gov.au/water-management/history/ |archive-date=31 March 2015}}

This committee became the Gosford/Wyong Councils' Water Authority in 1998, but was superseded by the Central Coast Water Corporation with the passing of the {{Cite Legislation AU|NSW|act||Central Coast Water Corporation Act 2006}} to create one water supply authority in the region. The eventually came into effect in 2011 when the Gosford/Wyong Councils' Water Authority Board was dissolved and Water Corporation Board was appointed. The Central Coast Water Corporation ceased to exist with the amalgamation of Gosford and Wyong Councils, with the establishment of a business unit within Central Coast Council to manage water supply.{{cite web |title=Central Coast Water Supply System |url=https://lovewater.centralcoast.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-03/central_coast_water_supply_brochure_-_march_2020.pdf |publisher=Central Coast Council |access-date=17 December 2020 |date=March 2020}}

Warnervale Airport

In 1972–1973, Wyong Shire Council developed a large site in Warnervale as an airstrip for light aircraft, which became Warnervale Airport.{{cite web |title=Project Business Case - Warner vale Airport Development Opportunities Feasibility Study |url=https://cdn.centralcoast.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/Redacted-Warnervale-Airport-Development-Opportunities-Feasibility-Study.pdf |publisher=Wyong Shire Council |access-date=17 December 2020 |date=8 February 2013}} However, early on in its history, the airport was earmarked as a potential source of economic growth in the region, with the State Government's 1977 Structure Plan for the Gosford-Wyong area designating Warnervale as a regional airport for general aviation, commuter operations and airport related industry.

In 1994 Wyong Shire Council opened for expressions of interest in a large redevelopment of the Warnervale area alongside a significant upgrade of the airport, and a proposal by Traders Finance Australia to develop the airport was accepted in January 1995, with contracts being signed in July 1995.{{cite news |last1=Offner |first1=Steve |title=$6m airport upgrade a big lift to Central Coast |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=14 April 1994 |page=2}}{{cite news|title=Wyong airport inquiry move|page=3|work=Newcastle Herald|date=14 October 1999}} A group of local residents, supported by the state MP for Wyong, Paul Crittenden, responded by forming the Central Coast Airport Action Group, and taking the Wyong Shire Council to the Land and Environment Court to fight the move.{{cite news |last1=Phelan |first1=Amanda |title=Noise concerns over new airport |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=6 July 1995 |page=3}}{{cite news |last1=Hogarth |first1=Murray |title=How green was my valley |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=8 June 1996 |pages=140–141}}

In the case of Jorg Michael Breitkopf v Wyong Council, which made claims against the validity of the approved Development Application for the airport development, the Court rejected the appeal and ordered payment of costs from Breitkopf, representing the residents group.{{cite news|title=Locals face costs|last =Phelan |first= Amanda|page=6|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=6 June 1996}}{{cite news |last1=Miller |first1=Gretchen |title=Big costs for group |agency=The Sydney Morning Herald - The Northern Herald |date=10 October 1996 |page=83}} However, Crittenden moved a private member's bill in parliament which was supported by Planning Minister Craig Knowles, and the {{Cite Legislation AU|NSW|act||Warnervale Airport (Restrictions) Act 1996}} ('WAR Act') was passed in July 1996.{{cite news |last1=Adamson |first1=Judy |title=Council upset over runway |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=27 June 1996 |page=3}} This Act restricted aircraft movements, the length and siting of the runway, and any future expansion of airport operations, and compensated residents for $65,000 in legal bills.{{cite news|title=Bailed out for bill|last=Tucker|first=Scott|page=11|work=Newcastle Herald|date=18 August 1998}}{{cite news|title=From sleepy resort to big-growth area|last=Mathers|first=Ken|page=25|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=11 July 1996}} This Act severely restricted development of the airport by imposing restrictions on landings and take-offs per day that ensured that a longer runway would never be economically viable, with Wyong Mayor Tony Sheridan noting that the delay in the development had "jeopardised hundreds, if not thousands, of local jobs which would be generated by the airport upgrading and the increase in tourism".{{cite news |last1=Mathers |first1=Ken |title=Wyong - From sleepy resort to big-growth area |agency=The Sydney Morning Herald - The Northern Herald |date=11 July 1996 |page=25}}

In 1999, the Wyong Shire Council proposed extending the runway to 1600 metres to cater for jet aircraft of between 50 and 116 passengers, but the plans were eventually scrapped in a council meeting in February 2003 and decided instead on other options for development, including assisting the establishment of a $100 million distribution centre for Woolworths Limited on part of the land initially earmarked for the airport upgrade.{{cite news|title=Call to clip Wyong wings|last=Tucker| first=Scott| page=20|work=Newcastle Herald|date=30 January 1999}}{{cite news|title=Airport expansion scrapped|last=Nolan|first=Mark |page=5|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=22 February 2003}} In 2015 Wyong Shire Council wrote to the Minister for Planning asking for the WAR Act to be reviewed, and publicly advocated for the Act's repeal. This set off a series of NSW Government reviews of the act to determine its future, with the most recent review in April 2020 recommending the repeal of the act.{{cite web |last1=Goldberg |first1=Abigail |last2=Fiegehen |first2=Peter |title=Review of the Warnervale Airport (Restrictions) Act 1996 |url=https://www.planning.nsw.gov.au/-/media/Files/DPE/Reports/Plans-for-your-area/Regional-plans/Central-coast/Report-of-the-2020-Review-of-the-Warnervale-Airport-Restrictions-Act-1996.pdf?la=en |publisher=NSW Department of Planning |access-date=17 December 2020 |date=April 2020}} With the public release of this review, in July 2020 the Minister for Planning and Public Spaces, Rob Stokes, announced the government's acceptance of all the report's recommendations, including the act's repeal, and the Warnervale Airport (Restrictions) Repeal Bill 2020 was passed by the Legislative Assembly on 14 October 2020, receiving royal assent on 24 February 2021 .{{cite news |last1=Stokes |first1=Rob |title=Warnervale airport flight cap to be repealed |url=https://www.planning.nsw.gov.au/news/2020/warnervale-airport-flight-cap-to-be-repealed |publisher=NSW Department of Planning |date=28 July 2020 |format=Media Release}}{{cite web |title=Warnervale Airport (Restrictions) Repeal Bill 2020 |url=https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/bills/Pages/bill-details.aspx?pk=3794 |publisher=Parliament of New South Wales |access-date=17 December 2020}}

Demographics

At the {{CensusAU|2011}}, there were {{formatnum:149746}} people in the Wyong Shire local government area, of these 48.3% were male and 51.7% were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.6% of the population which is higher than the national average. The median age of people in the Wyong Shire was 40 years; significantly higher than the national median age of 37 years. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 20.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.8% of the population; 34% higher than the national average in this age bracket. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 46.4% were married and 15.0% were either divorced or separated.

Population growth in the Wyong Shire between the 2001 Census and the 2006 Census was 7.10%; and in the subsequent five years to the 2011 Census, population growth was 7.11%. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same periods, being 5.78% and 8.32% respectively, population growth in the Wyong Shire local government area was on par with the national average. The median weekly income for residents within the Wyong Shire was significantly lower than the national average.

At the 2011 Census, the proportion of residents in the Wyong Shire local government area who stated their ancestry as Australian or Anglo-Saxon approached 81% of all residents (national average was 65.2%). In excess of 65.0% of all residents in the Wyong Shire nominated a religious affiliation with Christianity at the 2011 Census, which was significantly above the national average of 50.2%. Meanwhile, as at the Census date, compared to the national average, households in the Wyong Shire local government area had a lower than average proportion (6.0%) where two or more languages are spoken (national average was 20.4%); and a significantly higher proportion (91.8%) where English only was spoken at home (national average was 76.8%).

class="wikitable"
colspan=8|Selected historical census data for Wyong Shire local government area
colspan=3|Census year199119962001{{Census 2001 AUS|id=LGA18550 |name=Wyong (A) |access-date=28 November 2012 |quick=on}}2006{{Census 2006 AUS|id=LGA18550 |name=Wyong (A) |accessdate=28 November 2012 |quick=on}}2011
rowspan=4 colspan="2"|PopulationEstimated residents on Census nightalign="right"|{{formatnum:100643}}align="right"|{{formatnum:115999}}align="right"|{{formatnum:130536}}align="right"|{{formatnum:139801}}align="right"|{{formatnum:149746}}
align="right"|LGA rank in terms of size within New South Walesalign="right"|align="right"|align="right"|align="right"|16thalign="right"|
align="right"|% of New South Wales populationalign="right"|1.76%align="right"|{{profit}} 1.92%align="right"|{{profit}} 2.05%align="right"|align="right"|2.16%
align="right"|% of Australian populationalign="right"|0.60%align="right"|{{profit}} 0.65%align="right"|{{profit}} 0.70%align="right"|{{steady}} 0.70%align="right"|{{steady}} 0.70%
colspan=3|Cultural and language diversity
rowspan=5 colspan=2|Ancestry,
top responses		Australianalign="right"|align="right"|align="right"|align="right"|align="right"|33.6%
Englishalign="right"|align="right"|align="right"|align="right"|align="right"|31.5%
Irishalign="right"|align="right"|align="right"|align="right"|align="right"|8.4%
Scottishalign="right"|align="right"|align="right"|align="right"|align="right"|7.0%
Germanalign="right"|align="right"|align="right"|align="right"|align="right"|2.3%
rowspan=5 colspan=2|Language,
top responses
(other than English)		Italianalign="right"|align="right"|align="right"|0.4%align="right"|{{steady}} 0.4%align="right"|{{steady}} 0.4%
Spanishalign="right"|align="right"|align="right"|0.2%align="right"|{{profit}} 0.3%align="right"|{{steady}} 0.3%
Greekalign="right"|align="right"|align="right"|0.2%align="right"|{{steady}} 0.2%align="right"|{{steady}} 0.2%
Germanalign="right"|align="right"|align="right"|0.2%align="right"|{{steady}} 0.2%align="right"|{{steady}} 0.2%
|Cantonesealign="right"|align="right"|align="right"|0.2%align="right"|{{steady}} 0.2%align="right"|{{steady}} 0.2%
colspan=3|Religious affiliation
rowspan=5 colspan=2|Religious affiliation,
top responses		Anglicanalign="right"|align="right"|align="right"|34.7%align="right"|{{loss}} 32.0%align="right"|{{loss}} 30.4%
Catholicalign="right"|align="right"|align="right"|27.0%align="right"|{{profit}} 27.4%align="right"|{{profit}} 27.5%
No Religionalign="right"|align="right"|align="right"|11.6%align="right"|{{profit}} 14.5%align="right"|{{profit}} 17.8%
Uniting Churchalign="right"|align="right"|align="right"|5.2%align="right"|{{loss}} 4.4%align="right"|{{loss}} 3.9%
Presbyterian and Reformedalign="right"|align="right"|align="right"|3.9%align="right"|{{loss}} 3.6%align="right"|{{loss}} 3.2%
colspan=3|Median weekly incomes
rowspan=2 colspan=2|Personal incomeMedian weekly personal incomealign="right"|align="right"|align="right"|align="right"|A$381align="right"|A$469
align="right"|% of Australian median incomealign="right"|align="right"|align="right"|align="right"|81.8%align="right"|81.3%
rowspan=2 colspan=2|Family incomeMedian weekly family incomealign="right"|align="right"|align="right"|align="right"|A$770align="right"|A$1,171
align="right"|% of Australian median incomealign="right"|align="right"|align="right"|align="right"|75.0%align="right"|79.1%
rowspan=2 colspan=2|Household incomeMedian weekly household incomealign="right"|align="right"|align="right"|align="right"|A$1,013align="right"|A$934
align="right"|% of Australian median incomealign="right"|align="right"|align="right"|align="right"|86.5%align="right"|75.7%

Council

=Final composition and election method=

Wyong Shire Council was composed of ten councillors elected proportionally as two separate wards (previously known as "ridings"), each electing five councillors. All councillors were elected for a fixed four-year term of office. The mayor was elected by the councillors at the first meeting of the council. The last election was held on 8 September 2012, and the composition of the council was:

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Wardcolspan="2"|CouncillorPartyNotes
rowspan="5"|A Ward{{cite web |url=http://vtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/wyong-shire-council/a-ward |title=Wyong Shire Council - A Ward |work=Local Government Elections 2012 |publisher=Electoral Commission of New South Wales |date=16 September 2012 |access-date=24 September 2012}}

| {{Australian party style|Labor}}| 

| Doug Vincent

| Labor

| Elected 2008–2016.{{cite web |title=Councillor Doug Vincent |url=https://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/your-councillors/councillor-doug-vincent/ |publisher=Wyong Shire Council |access-date=17 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151217111932/https://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/your-councillors/councillor-doug-vincent/ |archive-date=17 December 2015}}

{{Australian party style|Liberal}}| 

| Luke Nayna

| Liberal

| Elected 2012–2015. Resigned 11 September 2015, no by-election held.{{cite news |title=Council to save costs of by-election |url=https://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/council-news/media-releases-2015/council-to-save-by-election-costs |access-date=17 December 2020 |agency=Wyong Shire Council |date=23 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616101546/https://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/council-news/media-releases-2015/council-to-save-by-election-costs |archive-date=16 June 2016 |format=Media Release}}

{{Australian party style|Independent}}| 

| Greg Best

| Independent

| Elected 1995–2016. Deputy Mayor 1996–1997, 2001–2002. Mayor 2002–2004.{{cite web |title=Councillor Greg Best |url=https://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/your-councillors/councillor-greg-best/ |publisher=Wyong Shire Council |access-date=17 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151217111745/https://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/your-councillors/councillor-greg-best/ |archive-date=17 December 2015}}

{{Australian party style|Independent}}| 

| Adam Troy

| Save Tuggerah Lakes

| Elected 2012–2016.{{cite web |title=Councillor Adam Troy |url=https://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/your-councillors/councillor-adam-troy/ |publisher=Wyong Shire Council |access-date=17 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151217111834/https://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/your-councillors/councillor-adam-troy/ |archive-date=17 December 2015}}

{{Australian party style|Labor}}| 

| Ken Greenwald

| Labor

| Elected 2012–2016.{{cite web |title=Councillor Ken Greenwald |url=https://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/your-councillors/councillor-ken-greenwald/ |publisher=Wyong Shire Council |access-date=17 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151217111819/https://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/your-councillors/councillor-ken-greenwald/ |archive-date=17 December 2015}}

rowspan="5"|B Ward{{cite web |url=http://vtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/wyong-shire-council/b-ward |title=Wyong Shire Council - B Ward |work=Local Government Elections 2012 |publisher=Electoral Commission of New South Wales |date=16 September 2012 |access-date=24 September 2012}}

| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| 

| Lynne Webster

| Liberal

| Elected 2008–2016. Deputy Mayor 2012–2016.{{cite web |title=Wyong Shire Councillors - Councillor Lynne Webster |url=http://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about/your_councillors_Webster.html |publisher=Wyong Shire Council |access-date=17 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090531005102/http://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about/your_councillors_Webster.html |archive-date=31 May 2009}}

{{Australian party style|Independent}}| 

| Bob Graham

| Independent

| Elected 1999–2016. Mayor 2005–2007, 2008–2010, 2011–2012. Deputy Mayor 1999–2000, 2002–2004, 2010–2011.{{cite web |title=Councillor Bob Graham |url=https://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/your-councillors/councillor-bob-graham/ |publisher=Wyong Shire Council |access-date=17 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151217112023/https://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/your-councillors/councillor-bob-graham/ |archive-date=17 December 2015}}{{cite web |title=Wyong Shire Councillors - R.L. (Bob) Graham |url=http://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about/your_councillors_graham.html |website=Your Councillors |publisher=Wyong Shire Council |access-date=17 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003024659/http://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about/your_councillors_graham.html |archive-date=3 October 2009}}

{{Australian party style|Labor}}| 

| Lisa Matthews

| Labor

| Elected 2008–2016. Deputy Mayor 2009–2010.{{cite web |title=Councillor Lisa Matthews |url=https://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/your-councillors/councillor-lisa-matthews/ |publisher=Wyong Shire Council |access-date=17 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151217112030/https://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/your-councillors/councillor-lisa-matthews/ |archive-date=17 December 2015}}

{{Australian party style|Independent}}| 

| Lloyd Taylor

| Save Tuggerah Lakes

| Elected 2012–2016.{{cite web |title=Councillor Lloyd Taylor |url=https://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/your-councillors/councillor--lloyd-taylor/ |publisher=Wyong Shire Council |access-date=17 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151217112039/https://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/your-councillors/councillor--lloyd-taylor/ |archive-date=17 December 2015}}

{{Australian party style|Independent}}| 

| Doug Eaton

| Independent

| Elected 1991–2016. Mayor 1995–1996, 2010–2011, 2012–2016.{{cite news |url=http://express-advocate-wyong.whereilive.com.au/news/story/doug-eaton-elected-wyong-shire-council-mayor/ |title=Doug Eaton elected Wyong Shire Council mayor |author=Smith, Errol |date=4 October 2012 |access-date=4 October 2012 |work=Central Coast Express Advocate|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121118073715/http://express-advocate-wyong.whereilive.com.au/news/story/doug-eaton-elected-wyong-shire-council-mayor/ |archive-date=18 November 2012 }}

A referendum was held on 8 September 2012, and an absolute majority of voters resolved in favour of the election of the mayor by electors for a four-year term, which necessarily increases the number of councillors by one. The change was to take effect at the next elections in September 2016, but Wyong Shire ceased to exist on 12 May 2016.{{cite web |url=http://www.vtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/wyong-shire-council/referendum |title=Wyong Shire Council - Referendum |work=Local Government Elections 2012 |publisher=Electoral Commission of New South Wales |date=13 September 2012 |access-date=24 September 2012}} With the first elections of Central Coast Council on 9 September 2017, former A Ward Councillors Doug Vincent and Greg Best were elected to Central Coast Council for Budgewoi Ward and former B Ward Councillor Lisa Matthews was elected to The Entrance Ward.{{cite web|title=Central Coast - Budgewoi Ward|url=http://vtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/central-coast/budgewoi-ward|website=NSW Local Council Elections 2017|publisher=NSW Electoral Commission|access-date=29 September 2017}}{{cite web|title=Central Coast - The Entrance Ward|url=http://vtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/central-coast/the-entrance-ward|website=NSW Local Council Elections 2017|publisher=NSW Electoral Commission|access-date=29 September 2017}}

Shire Presidents and Mayors

The office of Shire President was retitled "Mayor" by the {{Cite Legislation AU|NSW|act||Local Government Act 1993}} from 1 July 1993.

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! # !! Shire President !! Term start !! Term end !! Time in office !! Notes

align=center|{{nts|1}}Albert Charles Leslie Tayloralign=center| January 1947align=center| 13 December 1948{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134242759 |title=First President of Wyong Shire |newspaper=Newcastle Morning Herald And Miners' Advocate|location=New South Wales, Australia |date=16 December 1947 |access-date=17 December 2020 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140315850 |title=Wyong Councillor Appointed |newspaper=Newcastle Morning Herald And Miners' Advocate |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=5 June 1947 |access-date=17 December 2020 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article168525884 |title=Personal. |newspaper=The Wingham Chronicle And Manning River Observer |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=17 January 1947 |access-date=17 December 2020 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}
align=center|{{nts|2}}Robert Brownleealign=center| 13 December 1948align=center| 8 December 1952align=right|{{ayd|1948|12|13|1952|12|08}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140353724 |title=PERSONAL |newspaper=Newcastle Morning Herald And Miners' Advocate |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=14 December 1948 |access-date=17 December 2020 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article167110877 |title=Cr. Brownlee Again Wyong Council President |newspaper=The Gosford Times And Wyong District Advocate |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=9 December 1949 |access-date=17 December 2020 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134383968 |title=WYONG COUNCIL OFFICIALS |newspaper=Newcastle Morning Herald And Miners' Advocate |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=12 December 1950 |access-date=17 December 2020 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140335335 |title=PERSONAL |newspaper=Newcastle Morning Herald And Miners' Advocate |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=11 December 1951 |access-date=17 December 2020 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}
align=center|{{nts|3}}Owen Chapmanalign=center| 8 December 1952align=center| 15 December 1953align=right|{{ayd|1952|12|08|1953|12|15}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133569791 |title=New President of Wyong Shire |newspaper=Newcastle Morning Herald And Miners' Advocate |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=9 December 1952 |access-date=17 December 2020 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article167232863 |title=FORMER HONOURS STUDENT ELECTED PRESIDENT OF WYONG SHIRE COUNCIL |newspaper=The Gosford Times And Wyong District Advocate |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=9 December 1952 |access-date=17 December 2020 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article167225486 |title=Following in His Father's Footsteps |newspaper=The Gosford Times And Wyong District Advocate |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=12 January 1951 |access-date=17 December 2020 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}
align=center|{{nts|4}}Horace Fulcheralign=center| 15 December 1953align=center| December 1962{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140292147 |title=Cr. Fulcher To Be Wyong President |newspaper=Newcastle Morning Herald And Miners' Advocate |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=16 December 1953 |access-date=17 December 2020 |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article167377868 |title=New president for Wyong |newspaper=The Gosford Times And Wyong District Advocate |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=24 December 1953 |access-date=17 December 2020 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article162873194 |title=Cr. Fulcher re-elected at Wyong |newspaper=The Gosford Times And Wyong District Advocate |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=14 December 1954 |access-date=17 December 2020 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}
align=center|{{nts|5}}Wilfred Barrettalign=center| December 1962align=center| December 1970
align=center|{{nts|6}}Charles Hindsalign=center| December 1970align=center| September 1971
align=center|{{nts|7}}Hugh Chalmersalign=center| September 1971align=center| September 1974
align=center|{{nts|8}}Francis Farrellalign=center| September 1974align=center| September 1982
align=center|{{nts|9}}Tony Sheridan (ALP)align=center| September 1982align=center| September 1985
align=center|{{nts|10}}Stephen Cutleralign=center| September 1985align=center| September 1987
align=center|–Francis Farrellalign=center| September 1987align=center| September 1988
align=center|{{nts|11}}Leonard Paynealign=center| September 1988align=center| September 1989
align=center|–Tony Sheridan (ALP)align=center| September 1989align=center| 30 June 1993
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! # !! Mayor !! Term start !! Term end !! Time in office !! Notes

align=center|–Tony Sheridan (ALP)align=center| 1 July 1993align=center| September 1996{{cite web |title=Councillor Anthony John SHERIDAN - Medal of the Order of Australia |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/882932 |website=Australian Honours Search Facility |publisher=Australian Government |access-date=17 December 2020 |date=26 January 1999 |quote=FOR SERVICE TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT}}{{cite web |title=Mr Anthony John SHERIDAN - Centenary Medal |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1124622 |website=Australian Honours Search Facility |publisher=Australian Government |access-date=17 December 2020 |date=1 January 2001 |quote= For service to the community though local government}}{{cite news |last1=Llewellyn |first1=Marc |title=Victories for women |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=5 October 1995 |page=7}}
align=center|{{nts|12}}Doug Eaton (IND)align=center| September 1996align=center| September 1997
align=center|{{nts|13}}Fay Brennan (ALP)align=center| September 1997align=center| September 1998
align=center|{{nts|14}}Cliff Russell (ALP)align=center| September 1998align=center| September 1999{{cite news |title=WYONG COUNCIL MOURNS FORMER MAYOR CLIFF RUSSELL |url=http://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/whatson/media_releases_september_18_Mayor_Cliff_Russell.htm |access-date=17 December 2020 |publisher=Wyong Shire Council |date=25 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091007075808/http://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/whatson/media_releases_september_18_Mayor_Cliff_Russell.htm |archive-date=7 October 2009 |format=Media Release}}
align=center|–Fay Brennan (ALP)align=center| September 1999align=center| 19 September 2001
align=center|{{nts|15}}Neil Rose (ALP)align=center| 19 September 2001align=center| 19 September 2002align=right|{{ayd|2001|09|19|2002|09|19}}{{cite web |title=Minutes of the Extraordinary Meeting of Council - 19 September 2001 |url=http://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about/10thoctober.pdf |publisher=Wyong Shire Council |access-date=17 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041028081403/http://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about/10thoctober.pdf |archive-date=28 October 2004 |pages=8–10 |date=19 September 2001}}
align=center|{{nts|16}}Gregory Best (LIB)align=center| 19 September 2002align=center| 15 April 2004align=right|{{ayd|2002|09|19|2004|04|15}}{{cite news |title=New Mayor for Wyong |url=http://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/whatson/mr_archive_september02/media_releases_newmayor_190902.html |access-date=17 December 2020 |publisher=Wyong Shire Council |date=19 September 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030220185734/http://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/whatson/mr_archive_september02/media_releases_newmayor_190902.html |archive-date=20 February 2003 |format=Media Release}}
align=center|{{nts|17}}Brenton Pavier (LIB)align=center| 15 April 2004align=center| 21 September 2005align=right|{{ayd|2004|04|15|2005|09|21}}{{cite news |title=Council elects new Mayor and Deputy |url=http://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/archive/whatson/media_releases_april04.html |access-date=17 December 2020 |publisher=Wyong Shire Council |date=15 April 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090917144041/http://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/whatson/mr_archive_april04/media_releases_mayor_150404.html |archive-date=17 September 2009 |format=Media Release}}
align=center|{{nts|18}}Bob Graham (LIB)align=center| 21 September 2005align=center| 15 September 2007align=right|{{ayd|2005|09|21|2007|09|15}}{{cite news |title=New Mayor for Wyong Shire |url=http://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/archive/whatson/media_releases_newmayor_210905.html |access-date=17 December 2020 |publisher=Wyong Shire Council |date=21 September 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070831135925/http://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/archive/whatson/media_releases_newmayor_210905.html |archive-date=31 August 2007 |format=Media Release}}{{cite news |title=Mayoral team returned |url=http://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/whatson/Media_release_Mayor_team_returned_210906.html |access-date=17 December 2020 |publisher=Wyong Shire Council |date=21 September 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091007062333/http://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/whatson/Media_release_Mayor_team_returned_210906.html |archive-date=7 October 2009 |format=Media Release}}
align=center|{{nts|19}}Warren Welham (ALP)align=center| 15 September 2007align=center| 1 October 2008align=right|{{ayd|2007|09|15|2008|10|01}}{{cite news |title=New Mayor and Deputy for Wyong |url=http://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/whatson/media_releases_september_15_new_mayor_deputy.htm |access-date=17 December 2020 |publisher=Wyong Shire Council |date=15 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091007075934/http://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/whatson/media_releases_september_15_new_mayor_deputy.htm |archive-date=7 October 2009 |format=Media Release}}
align=center|–Bob Graham (IND)align=center| 1 October 2008align=center| 15 September 2010align=right|{{ayd|2008|10|01|2010|09|15}}{{cite web |title=Minutes of Extraordinary Meeting |url=http://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about/01-10-08,%20Minutes%20of%20Extraordinary%20Meeting.pdf |publisher=Wyong Shire Council |access-date=17 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003000206/http://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about/01-10-08,%20Minutes%20of%20Extraordinary%20Meeting.pdf |archive-date=3 October 2009 |date=1 October 2008}}{{cite news |title=Bob Graham voted back in as Wyong mayor |url=http://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/whatson/Media_release_2009_September17_Graham_back_as_Mayor.htm |access-date=17 December 2020 |publisher=Wyong Shire Council |date=17 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091009061021/http://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/whatson/Media_release_2009_September17_Graham_back_as_Mayor.htm |archive-date=9 October 2009}}
align=center|–Doug Eaton (IND)align=center| 15 September 2010align=center| 21 September 2011align=right|{{ayd|2010|09|15|2011|09|21}}{{cite news |title=New Mayor for Wyong Shire |url=http://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/council-news/media-releases-2015/media-releases-2010/new-mayor-for-wyong-shire |access-date=17 December 2020 |publisher=Wyong Shire Council |date=15 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150401064206/http://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/council-news/media-releases-2015/media-releases-2010/new-mayor-for-wyong-shire |archive-date=1 April 2015 |format=Media Release}}
align=center|–Bob Graham (IND)align=center| 21 September 2011align=center| 3 October 2012align=right|{{ayd|2011|09|21|2012|10|03}}{{cite web |title=New mayoral team |url=http://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/council-news/media-releases-2015/media-releases-2011/new-mayoral-team |website=Media Releases 2011 |publisher=Wyong Shire Council |access-date=17 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150401070054/http://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/council-news/media-releases-2015/media-releases-2011/new-mayoral-team |archive-date=1 April 2015 |date=21 September 2011}}
align=center|–Doug Eaton (IND)align=center| 3 October 2012align=center| 12 May 2016align=right|{{ayd|2012|10|03|2016|05|12}}{{cite web |title=Eaton mayor for third term |url=http://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/council-news/media-releases-2015/media-releases-2012/eaton-mayor-for-third-term |website=Media Releases 2012 |publisher=Wyong Shire Council |access-date=17 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150401072944/http://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/council-news/media-releases-2015/media-releases-2012/eaton-mayor-for-third-term |archive-date=1 April 2015|date=4 October 2012}}{{cite web |title=Mayor, Deputy both returned to top jobs |url=http://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/council-news/media-releases-2015/media-release-2013/mayor,-deputy-both-returned-to-top-jobs |website=Media Releases 2013 |publisher=Wyong Shire Council |access-date=17 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150401080036/http://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/council-news/media-releases-2015/media-release-2013/mayor,-deputy-both-returned-to-top-jobs |archive-date=1 April 2015 |date=11 September 2013}}{{cite web |title=Mayor and Deputy to serve Wyong Shire for another year |url=http://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/council-news/media-releases-2015/media-releases-2014/mayor-and-deputy-to-serve-wyong-shire-for-another |website=Media Releases 2014 |publisher=Wyong Shire Council |access-date=17 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150331202740/http://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/council-news/media-releases-2015/media-releases-2014/mayor-and-deputy-to-serve-wyong-shire-for-another |archive-date=31 March 2015 |date=11 September 2014}}{{cite web |title=Wyong Shire Mayor re-elected for fourth term |url=http://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/council-news/media-releases-2015/wyong-shire-mayor-re-elected-for-fourth-term |website=Media Releases 2015 |publisher=Wyong Shire Council |access-date=17 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928040151/http://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/council-news/media-releases-2015/wyong-shire-mayor-re-elected-for-fourth-term |archive-date=28 September 2015 |date=9 September 2015}}{{cite web |title=Councillor Doug Eaton OAM (Mayor) |url=https://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/your-councillors/councillor-doug-eaton/ |publisher=Wyong Shire Council |access-date=17 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512053525/https://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/your-councillors/councillor-doug-eaton/ |archive-date=12 May 2016}}{{cite web |title=Mr Douglas John EATON - Medal of the Order of Australia |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1151063 |website=Australian Honours Search Facility |publisher=Australian Government |access-date=17 December 2020 |date=26 January 2015|quote=For service to local government, and to the community of the Central Coast}}

Shire Clerks and General Managers

The office of Shire Clerk was retitled "General Manager" by the {{Cite Legislation AU|NSW|act||Local Government Act 1993}} from 1 July 1993.

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Shire Clerk

!Term

!Notes

Jack Golding

| 1 January 1947 – 1973

| {{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133166176 |title=Clerks of Wyong, Gosford Shires Not Returned Men |newspaper=Newcastle Morning Herald And Miners' Advocate|location=New South Wales, Australia |date=28 December 1946 |access-date=16 December 2020 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}

John S. Dawson

| 1973 – 30 June 1993

| {{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article220153937 |title=WYONG SHIRE COUNCIL.—NAMING OF ROADS. |newspaper=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales |issue=160 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=21 December 1973 |access-date=17 December 2020 |page=5559 |via=National Library of Australia}}

General Manager

!Term

!Notes

John S. Dawson

| 1 July 1993 – September 2003

| {{cite news |title=General Manager announces retirement |url=http://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/whatson/mr_archived_march03/media_releases_dawson_200303.html |access-date=17 December 2020 |publisher=Wyong Shire Council |date=20 March 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060824081203/http://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/whatson/mr_archived_march03/media_releases_dawson_200303.html |archive-date=24 August 2006 |format=Media Release}}{{cite news |title=Wyong GM clocks up 30 years |url=http://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/whatson/mr_archive_may03/media_releases_gm_140503.html |access-date=17 December 2020 |publisher=Wyong Shire Council |date=14 May 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040128214832/http://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/whatson/mr_archive_may03/media_releases_gm_140503.html |archive-date=28 January 2004 |format=Media Release}}

Kerry Yates

| September 2003 – 17 May 2010

| {{cite news |title=Council appoints General Manager |url=http://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/whatson/mr_archived_june03/media_releases_gm_130603.html |access-date=17 December 2020 |publisher=Wyong Shire Council |date=3 June 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060821224618/http://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/whatson/mr_archived_june03/media_releases_gm_130603.html |archive-date=21 August 2006 |format=Media Release}}

Michael Whittaker

| 17 May 2010 – 14 September 2015

| {{cite news |title=New General Manager announced |url=https://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/council-news/media-releases-2015/media-releases-2010/new-general-manager-announced |access-date=17 December 2020 |work=Media Releases 2010 |publisher=Wyong Shire Council |date=19 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151218062551/https://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/council-news/media-releases-2015/media-releases-2010/new-general-manager-announced |archive-date=18 December 2015 |format=Media Release}}{{cite news |title=Wyong Shire GM to take up new opportunity in Queensland |url=https://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/council-news/media-releases-2015/wyong-shire-gm-to-take-up-new-opportunity-in-queen |access-date=17 December 2020 |work=Media Releases 2015 |publisher=Wyong Shire Council |date=19 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151217184713/https://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/council-news/media-releases-2015/wyong-shire-gm-to-take-up-new-opportunity-in-queen |archive-date=17 December 2015 |format=Media Release}}{{cite news |last1=McCarthy |first1=Joanne |title=Michael Whittaker: Wyong Council's general manager quits |url=https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/3158042/wyong-councils-general-manager-quits/ |access-date=17 December 2020 |agency=The Newcastle Herald |date=19 June 2015}}

Chief Executive Officer

!Term

!Notes

Rob Noble (Acting)

| 14 September 2015 – 12 May 2016

| {{cite news |title=Council appoints experienced CEO as Boss |url=https://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/council-news/media-releases-2015/council-appoints-experienced-ceo-as-boss |access-date=17 December 2020 |work=Media Releases 2015 |publisher=Wyong Shire Council |date=27 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151217184204/https://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/council-news/media-releases-2015/council-appoints-experienced-ceo-as-boss |archive-date=17 December 2015 |format=Media Release}}{{cite news |title=Wyong Shire gets temporary CEO |url=https://www.lakesmail.com.au/story/3320637/wyong-shire-gets-temporary-ceo/ |access-date=17 December 2020 |agency=Lakes Mail |date=1 September 2015}}

Sister cities

Wyong Shire was a sister city to Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, and Southland District, New Zealand until 2010 when ties were severed for financial reasons.{{cite press release|url=http://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/media-releases-2012/media-releases-2010/councillorsexpenses/ |title=Councillors aren’t flippant when it comes to expenses |publisher=Wyong Shire Council |date=14 January 2010 |access-date=21 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330210004/http://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/media-releases-2012/media-releases-2010/councillorsexpenses/ |archive-date=30 March 2012 }}

Heritage listings

The first heritage listings within Wyong Shire were made under the [https://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/whole/html/inforce/2005-02-28/epi-1991-0068 Wyong Local Environmental Plan 1991], with 93 heritage items. In 2011, Wyong Council completed a review of existing heritage items and recommended 62 additional heritage items (including 2 conservation areas) to be incorporated into the new [https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/epi-2013-0759#sch.5 Wyong Local Environmental Plan 2013], bringing the total number of heritage-listed sites in Wyong Shire to 159.{{cite web |title=Wyong Council Heritage Strategy 2014-2017 |url=http://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/getmedia/c19bb9c1-89bb-4a21-b77a-d616e2087236/Wyong-Shire-Heritage-Strategy-2014-17---June-2014.aspx |publisher=Wyong Shire Council |access-date=17 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150331075431/http://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/getmedia/c19bb9c1-89bb-4a21-b77a-d616e2087236/Wyong-Shire-Heritage-Strategy-2014-17---June-2014.aspx |archive-date=31 March 2015 |date=June 2014}}{{cite web |title=Wyong Shire Heritage Inventory Sheets - WYONG LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN 2013 |url=http://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/getmedia/5eecbea4-5d72-475a-b205-2bda8288439e/Heritage-Inventory-Sheets.aspx |publisher=Wyong Shire Council |access-date=17 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150331075518/http://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/getmedia/5eecbea4-5d72-475a-b205-2bda8288439e/Heritage-Inventory-Sheets.aspx |archive-date=31 March 2015}} The Wyong Shire area has a diverse range of heritage listings and conservation areas, including those listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register (SHR), [https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/Heritage/aboutheritage/registers.htm Section 170 Registers] (s.170), and the Wyong Local Environmental Plan 2013 (LEP):

  • Norah Head, Bush Street: Norah Head Lightstation Precinct (SHR & LEP){{cite NSW SHR|5051885|Norah Head Lightstation Precinct|hr=01753|fn=EF14/5924; H00/182|access-date=18 May 2018}}
  • Noraville, 3 Elizabeth Drive: Hargraves House, Noraville (SHR & LEP){{cite NSW SHR|5045578|Noraville, Hargraves House|hr=00131|fn=S90/06143 & HC 32131 Pt 2|access-date=18 May 2018}}
  • Ourimbah, Pacific Highway: Ourimbah railway station (s.170 & LEP){{cite web |title= Ourimbah Railway Station & Station Master's House |url= https://apps.environment.nsw.gov.au/dpcheritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=2720029 |website=NSW State Heritage Inventory |publisher=Heritage NSW |access-date=19 December 2020}}{{cite web |title= Ourimbah Railway Station Group and Residence |url=https://apps.environment.nsw.gov.au/dpcheritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=4801030 |website=NSW State Heritage Inventory |publisher=Heritage NSW |access-date=19 December 2020}}
  • The Entrance, 71-78 The Entrance Road: The Entrance Hotel (LEP){{cite web |title= The Entrance Hotel |url=https://apps.environment.nsw.gov.au/dpcheritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=2720047|website=NSW State Heritage Inventory |publisher=Heritage NSW |access-date=19 December 2020}}
  • The Entrance, 199-209 The Entrance Road: The Lakes Hotel (LEP){{cite web |title= The Lakes Hotel |url=https://apps.environment.nsw.gov.au/dpcheritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=2720048 |website=NSW State Heritage Inventory |publisher=Heritage NSW |access-date=19 December 2020}}
  • The Entrance, Ocean Parade: The Entrance Ocean Pools (SHR & LEP){{cite NSW SHR|5053929|Entrance Ocean Pools, The|hr=01663|fn=10/2318; H03/00058|access-date=18 May 2018}}
  • Wyong, 2 Hely Street: Wyong Shire Council Chambers (LEP){{cite web |title= Wyong Shire Council Building |url= https://apps.environment.nsw.gov.au/dpcheritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=2720066 |website=NSW State Heritage Inventory |publisher=Heritage NSW |access-date=19 December 2020}}
  • Wyong, Pacific Highway: Wyong railway station (s.170 & LEP){{cite web |title= Wyong Railway Station and Station Master's Cottage |url= https://apps.environment.nsw.gov.au/dpcheritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=2720071 |website=NSW State Heritage Inventory |publisher=Heritage NSW |access-date=19 December 2020}}{{cite web |title= Wyong Railway Station Group |url=https://apps.environment.nsw.gov.au/dpcheritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=4801081 |website=NSW State Heritage Inventory |publisher=Heritage NSW |access-date=19 December 2020}}
  • Wyong, 98 Pacific Highway: Rural Bank (former) (LEP){{cite web |title=Rural Bank (former) |url=https://apps.environment.nsw.gov.au/dpcheritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=2720069 |website=NSW State Heritage Inventory |publisher=Heritage NSW |access-date=19 December 2020}}
  • Wyong, 8 Rankens Court: Wyong Public School (Former) (LEP){{cite web |title=Wyong Public School (former) |url=https://apps.environment.nsw.gov.au/dpcheritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=2720063 |website=NSW State Heritage Inventory |publisher=Heritage NSW |access-date=19 December 2020}}
  • Yarramalong, Yarramalong Road: St Barnabas Anglican Church (SHR & LEP){{cite NSW SHR|5045278|St. Barnabas Anglican Church|hr=00201|fn=S90/06084 & HC 32219|access-date=18 May 2018}}

References

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