City of Queanbeyan

City of Queanbeyan New South Wales
Location in New South Wales
Coordinates	35°21′S 149°13′E / 35.350°S 149.217°E / -35.350; 149.217
Population	40,568 (2013 est)[1]
• Density	235.9/km2 (610.9/sq mi)
Abolished	12 May 2016 (2016-05-12)
Area	172 km2 (66.4 sq mi)
Last Mayor	Tim Overall
Council seat	Queanbeyan[2]
Region	Southern Tablelands
State electorate(s)	Monaro
Federal division(s)	Eden-Monaro
Website	City of Queanbeyan
LGAs around City of Queanbeyan: ACT ACT Palerang ACT City of Queanbeyan Palerang ACT Palerang Palerang

Queanbeyan City was a local government area located in south eastern New South Wales, Australia. The former area is located adjacent to Canberra and the Australian Capital Territory, the Queanbeyan River, the Molonglo River, the Kings Highway and the Sydney-Canberra railway.

On 12 May 2016 the Minister for Local Government announced dissolution of Queanbeyan City with immediate effect. Together with the Palerang Council the combined council areas were merged to establish the Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council.

The last mayor of the Queanbeyan City Council was Tim Overall, an independent politician.

The Queanbeyan City Council area included the suburbs and villages of:

In 1998 Queanbeyan Council applied to have the localities of Letchworth, Larmer, Dodsworth and De Salis recognised as suburbs and these names were assigned by the Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. A more recent Council has had these names withdrawn.

Until its dissolution, the Queanbeyan City Council was composed of ten councillors, including the mayor, for a fixed four-year term of office. The mayor was directly elected while the nine other councillors were elected proportionally as one entire ward. As of the election held on 8 September 2012^[update], the makeup of the last council, including the mayor, was as follows:^[3][4][5]

The last Council, elected in 2012 and dissolved in 2016, in order of election, was:^[4]

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A 2015 review of local government boundaries^{[broken anchor]} recommended that the Queanbeyan City Council merge with adjoining councils. The NSW Government considered two options. The first option was to merge Queanbeyan Council with parts of the Palerang Council to form a new council with an area of 3,791 square kilometres (1,464 sq mi) and support a population of approximately 55,000.^[7] The alternative, proposed by Palerang Council on 29 January 2016, was for an amalgamation of the whole of Palerang with Queanbeyan Council.^[8] On 12 May 2016 the Minister for Local Government announced dissolution of Queanbeyan City with immediate effect. Together with the Palerang Council the combined council areas were merged to establish the Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council.^[9]

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