Harden Shire is a local government area in New South Wales

New South Wales

New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

, Australia

Australia

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. It includes the twin towns of Harden

Harden, New South Wales

Harden-Murrumburrah is a township and community in the centre of Harden Shire and is located in the South West Slopes region of New South Wales in Australia and is adjacent to both the Canberra region of the Australian Capital Territory and the Riverina Region in the southwest area of NSW...

 and Murrumburrah

Murrumburrah, New South Wales

Murrumburrah is a township in New South Wales, Australia in Harden Shire and forms a twin town with Harden. It is near both the Canberra region of the Australian Capital Territory, and the Riverina Region in the southwest area of NSW. It is on the Burley Griffin Way, the major link from the...

 and the small towns of Galong

Galong, New South Wales

Galong is a small town in New South Wales, Australia located in Harden Shire. At the 2006 census, Galong had a population of 122 people.The town is well known for its cemetery, which has among other monuments, some angels carved by Frank Rusconi, the monumental mason from Gundagai.St Clement's...

, Jugiong

Jugiong, New South Wales

Jugiong is a village community on the banks of the Murrumbidgee River, in the central east part of the Riverina. It is situated just off the Hume Highway, by road, about 30 kilometres southwest from Bookham and 40 kilometres northeast from Gundagai...

, Wombat

Wombat, New South Wales

Wombat is a small township in New South Wales, Australia. It is situated on the Olympic Highway, 15 km South-west of Young. It is in the local government area of Harden Shire and in the Federal Government electoral area of Hume...

 and Kingsvale.

Council

Harden Shire Council is composed of seven 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	7
	Total	7

The current council, elected in 2008, is:

Councillor		Party	Notes
	Scott Collins	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...
	Tony Madden	Unaffiliated
	Chris Manchester	Unaffiliated	Mayor
	Tony Flanery	Unaffiliated	Deputy Mayor
	Neil Reid	Unaffiliated
	Tony Campbell	Unaffiliated
	Pat O'Connor	Unaffiliated