City of Broken Hill
The City of Broken Hill is a local government area in the Far West region of New South Wales, Australia. The area contains an isolated mining city, Broken Hill, located in the outback of New South Wales and is surrounded by the Unincorporated Far West Region. The city is located adjacent to the Silver City and Barrier Highways and the Broken Hill railway line.
City of Broken Hill New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 31°57′S 141°27′E | ||||||||||||||
Population |
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• Density | 104.2/km2 (270/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Established | 22 September 1888 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 170 km2 (65.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
• Summer (DST) | ACDT (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
Mayor | Tom Kennedy (Independent) | ||||||||||||||
Council seat | Council Chambers, Broken Hill | ||||||||||||||
Region | Far West | ||||||||||||||
County | Yancowinna | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Barwon | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Parkes[3] | ||||||||||||||
Website | City of Broken Hill | ||||||||||||||
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The mayor of the City of Broken Hill Council is Cr. Tom Kennedy, an independent politician.
Council history
Following a petition submitted by residents to the Colonial Secretary on 2 May 1888, the Municipal District of Broken Hill was first incorporated on 22 September 1888.[4][5] The incorporation occurred during a typhoid epidemic, which killed 128 people, and the need for public health and water supply provisions was one of the main driving forces behind incorporation, and one of the biggest issues for the new municipality.[6][7] One contemporary report commented that "The town is in a terrible state owing to defective sanitary arrangements. People continue to leave by trains daily in hundreds in view of the impending drought."[8] As a consequence, in 1892 the private Broken Hill Water Supply Company completed construction on the Stephens Creek Reservoir, which provided the first reliable clean water supply to the town.[9][10]
The first council was divided into four wards: Burke, Wills, Sturt and King, each returning three aldermen, and the first election, conducted by Charles George Gibson as Returning Officer, was held at the Broken Hill Court House on 24 November 1888.[11][12] The ward system remained in place until early 1909 when the council requested that the state government abolish the wards and elect the aldermen proportionally, which was proclaimed on 24 May 1909.[13][14] By 1891 the population had passed 23,000, making Broken Hill the third largest town in New South Wales, and that number continued to grow, reaching 25,000 by 1897.[15][16] Civic improvements, spurred on by silver mining profits, continued during the 1890s with the construction of schools, a technical college, town hall, post offices and gaol. Timber and temporary structures gave way to brick and stone, the town's streets were paved and recreation reserves were planted with trees.[17][18][19] The council commissioned the Town Hall, designed in the Italianate style by Whittall & Wells of Adelaide, with the foundation stone laid by Sir Henry Parkes on 3 April 1890.[20][21][22] The hall was officially opened by the Governor of New South Wales, Lord Jersey, with the Governor of South Australia, Lord Kintore, in attendance, on 6 August 1891.[23][24]
The council was renamed the Municipality of Broken Hill following the passage of the Municipalities Act, 1897 on 6 December 1897. The council's population continue to grow in this period and by 1906, the council resolved to apply for City status, being able to fulfil the city conditions set in Local Government Act, 1906, and the City of Broken Hill was proclaimed on 17 July 1907, the only municipality to do so under the 1906 act.[25]
Later history
Following the release of the report of public inquiry that detailed ongoing infighting among councillors and their conflicts with staff and councillor interference in operational matters, on 10 January 2007 the council was dismissed by the Minister for Local Government, Kerry Hickey.[26] The elected council was replaced by a single Administrator, with the former Broken Hill General Manager, Ken Boyle, appointed.[27] Elections originally scheduled for September 2008 were deferred and the council remained under administration until a special election held on 5 December 2009.[28]
In 2015, Broken Hill became the first city in Australia to be included on the National Heritage List.[29][30][31]
Demography
Selected historical census data for Broken Hill local government area | |||||||
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Census year | 2001[32] | 2006[33] | 2011[34] | 2016[1] | |||
Population | Estimated residents on census night | 20,274 | 19,361 | 18,517 | 17,708 | ||
LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales | 72nd | 72nd | |||||
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% of Australian population | |||||||
Cultural and language diversity | |||||||
Ancestry, top responses | English | ||||||
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Italian | |||||||
Chinese | |||||||
Irish | |||||||
Language, top responses (other than English) | Italian | ||||||
Mandarin | |||||||
Cantonese | |||||||
Korean | |||||||
Greek | |||||||
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Religious affiliation, top responses | Catholic | ||||||
No religion | |||||||
Anglican | |||||||
Eastern Orthodox | |||||||
Buddhism | |||||||
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Council
Current composition and election method
Broken Hill City Council is composed of nine councillors elected proportionally as a single ward. All councillors are elected for a fixed four-year term of office. The mayor is elected directly by a popular vote. The most recent election was held on 4 December 2021 and the makeup of the council is as follows:[35][36]
Party | Councillors | |
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Independents | 8 | |
Country Labor | 2 | |
Total | 10 |
The current Council, elected in 2021, in order of election, is:[35][36]
Mayor | Party | Notes | |
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Tom Kennedy | Independent | Mayor 2021–date | |
Councillor | Party | Notes | |
Dave Gallagher APM | Independent | Deputy Mayor 2014–2017 | |
Michael Boland | Independent | ||
Darriea Turley AM | Country Labor | Mayor 2016–2021, Deputy Mayor 1997–1998, 2001–2002, 2012–2014[37][38] | |
Bob Algate | Independent | ||
Ronald Page | Independent | ||
Marion Browne | Country Labor | Deputy Mayor 2017–2021 | |
Jim Hickey | Independent | Deputy Mayor 2021–date[39] | |
Hayley Jewitt | Independent | ||
Alan Chandler | Independent |
Mayors
Mayor | Party | Term | Notes | |
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Richard Piper | Independent | 3 December 1888 – 11 February 1889 | [40][41][42] | |
Zebina Lane | Independent | 11 February 1889 – 12 February 1890 | [43][44][45] | |
Thomas Coombe | Independent | 12 February 1890 – 10 February 1891 | [46][47][48] | |
George John Morgan | Independent | 10 February 1891 – 18 February 1892 | [49][50] | |
August Carl Töpperwien | Independent | 18 February 1892 – 16 February 1893 | [51][52] | |
Arthur Evans Martin | Independent | 16 February 1893 – 21 December 1893 | [53][54][55] | |
Dennis Creedon | Independent | 22 December 1893 – 16 February 1894 | [56][57] | |
Patrick McMahon | Independent | 16 February 1894 – 13 February 1895 | [58][59] | |
George Thomas Lambert | Independent | 13 February 1895 – 10 February 1896 | [60] | |
John Souter | Independent | 10 February 1896 – 10 February 1897 | [61][62] | |
Robert F. Holdsworth | Independent | 10 February 1897 – 14 February 1898 | [63][64] | |
George Strachan | Independent | 14 February 1898 – 21 February 1899 | [65][66] | |
John Dunstan | Independent | 21 February 1899 – 16 February 1900 | [67][68] | |
Jabez Wright | Labor | 16 February 1900 – 14 February 1901 | [69][70] | |
William John Retallick | 14 February 1901 – 13 February 1902 | [71] | ||
Thomas Jackson | 13 February 1902 – 12 February 1903 | [72] | ||
Alexander Hendry | Independent | 12 February 1903 – 12 February 1904 | [73] | |
John Henry Ivey | Labor | 12 February 1904 – 16 February 1905 | [74] | |
Francis Richard Harvey | 16 February 1905 – 16 February 1906 | [75] | ||
Thomas Ivey | 16 February 1906 – 12 February 1907 | [76] | ||
Calvin Chester | 12 February 1907 – 6 February 1908 | [77] | ||
John Henry Ivey | 6 February 1908 – 9 February 1909 | [78][79] | ||
John Long | 9 February 1909 – 14 February 1910 | [80] | ||
Francis Richard Harvey | 14 February 1910 – 3 February 1911 | [81] | ||
Thomas Glover Marks | 3 February 1911 – 5 March 1912 | [82][83] | ||
Bernard Brady | 5 March 1912 – 1 March 1913 | [84][85] | ||
Thomas Francis Hynes | 1 March 1913 – 5 February 1914 | [86] | ||
William Bernard Driscoll | 5 February 1914 – 11 February 1915 | [87] | ||
George Wilson Carroll | 11 February 1915 – 14 February 1916 | [88] | ||
William Bernard Driscoll | 14 February 1916 – 12 July 1917 | [89] | ||
Thomas Francis Hynes | 12 July 1917 – 28 February 1919 | [90][91][92] | ||
John H. Wicks | Independent | 1 March 1919 – 23 December 1920 | [93][94][95][96] | |
S. R. Gray | Independent | 23 December 1920 – 22 December 1921 | [97] | |
John H. Wicks | Independent | 22 December 1921 – 18 December 1922 | [98] | |
Samuel Townsend | Independent | 18 December 1922 – December 1924 | [99] | |
Alfred Stanley Rawling | Independent | December 1924 – December 1925 | [100] | |
Richard Dennis | Labor | December 1925 – December 1928 | [101][102] | |
William Shoobridge | Independent | December 1928 – December 1929 | [103][104][105] | |
Richard Dennis | Labor | December 1929 – 17 December 1931 | [106][107] | |
H. C. Cleeland | 17 December 1931 – 21 December 1933 | [108][109] | ||
E. J. Barnes | 21 December 1933 – 5 December 1937 | [110][111][112] | ||
George Lambert | 16 December 1937 – 5 July 1939 | [113][114][115] | ||
Percy John Francis Rowe | 18 July 1939 – 20 July 1948 | [116][117][118] | ||
Walter Riddiford | 3 August 1948[119] – December 1962 | [120][121] | ||
George Dial | December 1962 – September 1974 | |||
Noel Hicks | Independent | September 1974 – September 1975 | [122] | |
Raymond Sawyers | Independent | September 1975 – September 1976 | ||
Noel Hicks | Independent | September 1976 – September 1977 | ||
Kevin Clarke | Labor | September 1977 – September 1980 | [122] | |
Peter Black | September 1980 – September 1999 | [122] | ||
Ron Page | Broken Hill First | September 1999 – 10 January 2007 | [123][124] | |
Ken Boyle (Administrator) | 10 January 2007 – 5 December 2009 | [125] | ||
Wincen Cuy | Independent | 5 December 2009 – 10 September 2016 | [126][127] | |
Darriea Turley AM | Country Labor | 10 September 2016 – 4 December 2021 | [128] | |
Tom Kennedy | Independent | 21 December 2021 – present |
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