Tumbarumba Shire is a local government area in New South Wales

New South Wales

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, Australia

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 in the foothills of the Snowy Mountains

Snowy Mountains

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, on the upper reaches of the Murray River

Murray River

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. It includes the town of Tumbarumba

Tumbarumba, New South Wales

Tumbarumba is a small town in New South Wales, Australia, about 500 km southwest of Sydney. Tumbarumba is located within the Riverina region and more specifically on the South West Slopes at the western edge of the Snowy Mountains. At the 2006 Census of Population and Housing, people lived...

 and the small towns of Rosewood

Rosewood, New South Wales

Rosewood is a village community in the south east part of the Riverina. It is situated about 16 kilometres south east from Carabost and 19 kilometres north west from Tumbarumba. At the 2006 census, Rosewood had a population of 364 people...

, Tooma

Tooma, New South Wales

Tooma is a village community in the eastern part of the Riverina and situated about 11 kilometres east from Welaregang and 34 kilometres south from Tumbarumba.Tooma is in the valley of the Tooma River, not far from where it joins the Murray River....

, Khancoban

Khancoban, New South Wales

Khancoban is a small town in Tumbarumba Shire, New South Wales, Australia. The town is located from the state capital, Sydney and from the state border with Victoria, in the foothills of the Snowy Mountains, near the upper reaches of the Murray River...

 and Jingellic

Jingellic, New South Wales

Jingellic is a small town that straddles the boundaries of the Greater Hume Shire and Tumbarumba Shire Local Government Areas in southern New South Wales, Australia...

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Council

Tumbarumba Shire Council is composed of eight councillors elected proportionally. The mayor is not directly elected. The current makeup of the council is as follows:

Party		Councillors
	Independents Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...  and Unaffiliated	8
	Total	8

The current council, elected in 2008, is:

Councillor		Party	Notes
	Ian Chaffey	Unaffiliated	Mayor
	Rodney Shaw	Unaffiliated
	George Martin	Unaffiliated
	Tony a'Beckett	Unaffiliated	Deputy Mayor
	Sue Fletcher	Unaffiliated
	Brent Livermore	Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...
	Alan Becke	Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...
	Ron Blyton	Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...