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{{Short description|Former local government area in New South Wales, Australia}}
{{about|the former [[List of former local government areas in New South Wales|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 =<ref name="Census2011">{{Census 2011 AUS|id=LGA18550 |name=Wyong (A) |access-date=28 November 2012 |quick=on}}</ref>
| local_map              = 
| zoom                   = 
| 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 <!-- State capital -->
| dist2                  = 74
| dir2                   = SSW
| location2              = [[Newcastle, New South Wales|Newcastle]] <!-- nearest major city -->
| seat                   = [[Wyong, New South Wales|Wyong]]
| region                 = [[Central Coast (New South Wales)|Central Coast]]
| county                 =
| stategov               = [[Electoral district of Wyong|Wyong]]
| stategov2              = [[Electoral district of The Entrance|The Entrance]]
| stategov3              = [[Electoral district of Swansea|Swansea]]
| fedgov                 = [[Division of Dobell|Dobell]]
| fedgov2                = [[Division of Shortland|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                 = [[City of Lake Macquarie|Lake Macquarie]]
| near-ne                = ''[[Tasman Sea]]''
| near-e                 = ''[[Tasman Sea]]''
| near-se                = ''[[Tasman Sea]]''
| near-s                 = [[City of Gosford|Gosford]]
| near-sw                = [[City of Gosford|Gosford]]
| near-w                 = [[City of Gosford|Gosford]]
| near-nw                = [[City of Cessnock|Cessnock]]
}}
'''Wyong Shire''' was a [[Local government in Australia|local government area]] located in the [[Central Coast (New South Wales)|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, New South Wales|Bateau Bay]] to [[Budgewoi, New South Wales|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, New South Wales|Yarramalong]], [[Dooralong, New South Wales|Dooralong]], [[Jilliby, New South Wales|Jilliby]], and regions of native bush surrounding [[Kulnura, New South Wales|Kulnura]].

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

==Suburbs and localities in the local government area==
Suburbs, towns and localities in the  Wyong Shire were:
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* [[Alison, New South Wales|Alison]]
* [[Bateau Bay, New South Wales|Bateau Bay]]
* [[Berkeley Vale, New South Wales|Berkeley Vale]]
* [[Blue Bay, New South Wales|Blue Bay]]
* [[Blue Haven, New South Wales|Blue Haven]]
* [[Budgewoi, New South Wales|Budgewoi]]
* [[Budgewoi Peninsula, New South Wales|Budgewoi Peninsula]]
* [[Buff Point, New South Wales|Buff Point]]
* [[Canton Beach, New South Wales|Canton Beach]]
* [[Cedar Brush Creek, New South Wales|Cedar Brush Creek]]
* [[Central Mangrove, New South Wales|Central Mangrove]] (with parts located within the [[City of Gosford]])
* [[Chain Valley Bay, New South Wales|Chain Valley Bay]]
* [[Charmhaven, New South Wales|Charmhaven]]
* [[Chittaway Bay, New South Wales|Chittaway Bay]]
* [[Chittaway Point, New South Wales|Chittaway Point]]
* [[Colongra, New South Wales|Colongra]]
* [[Dooralong, New South Wales|Dooralong]]
* [[Doyalson, New South Wales|Doyalson]]
* [[Fountaindale, New South Wales|Fountaindale]]
* [[Glenning Valley, New South Wales|Glenning Valley]]
* [[Gorokan, New South Wales|Gorokan]]
* [[Gwandalan, New South Wales|Gwandalan]]
* [[Halekulani, New South Wales|Halekulani]]
* [[Hamlyn Terrace, New South Wales|Hamlyn Terrace]]
* [[Jilliby, New South Wales|Jilliby]]
* [[Kangy Angy, New South Wales|Kangy Angy]]
* [[Kanwal, New South Wales|Kanwal]]
* [[Killarney Vale, New South Wales|Killarney Vale]]
* [[Kulnura, New South Wales|Kulnura]] (with parts located within the City of Gosford)
* [[Lake Haven, New South Wales|Lake Haven]]
* [[Lake Munmorah, New South Wales|Lake Munmorah]]
* [[Lemon Tree, New South Wales|Lemon Tree]]
* [[Little Jilliby, New South Wales|Little Jilliby]]
* [[Long Jetty, New South Wales|Long Jetty]]
* [[Magenta, New South Wales|Magenta]]
* [[Mannering Park, New South Wales|Mannering Park]]
* [[Mardi, New South Wales|Mardi]]
* [[Norah Head, New South Wales|Norah Head]]
* [[Noraville, New South Wales|Noraville]]
* [[Ourimbah, New South Wales|Ourimbah]]
* [[Palm Grove, New South Wales|Palm Grove]]
* [[Palmdale, New South Wales|Palmdale]]
* [[Ravensdale, New South Wales|Ravensdale]]
* [[Rocky Point, New South Wales|Rocky Point]]
* [[San Remo, New South Wales|San Remo]]
* [[Shelly Beach, New South Wales|Shelly Beach]]
* [[Summerland Point, New South Wales|Summerland Point]]
* [[Tacoma, New South Wales|Tacoma]]
* [[Tacoma South, New South Wales|Tacoma South]]
* [[The Entrance, New South Wales|The Entrance]]
* [[The Entrance North, New South Wales|The Entrance North]]
* [[Toowoon Bay, New South Wales|Toowoon Bay]]
* [[Toukley, New South Wales|Toukley]]
* [[Tuggerah, New South Wales|Tuggerah]]
* [[Tuggerawong, New South Wales|Tuggerawong]]
* [[Tumbi Umbi, New South Wales|Tumbi Umbi]]
* [[Wadalba, New South Wales|Wadalba]]
* [[Wallarah, New South Wales|Wallarah]]
* [[Warnervale, New South Wales|Warnervale]]
* [[Watanobbi, New South Wales|Watanobbi]]
* [[Woongarrah, New South Wales|Woongarrah]]
* [[Wyong, New South Wales|Wyong]]
* [[Wyong Creek, New South Wales|Wyong Creek]]
* [[Wyongah, New South Wales|Wyongah]]
* [[Yarramalong, New South Wales|Yarramalong]]
}}

==Council history==
[[File:Norah head lighthouse.JPG|thumb|250px|right|[[Norah Head Light]], built in 1903.]]

===Early history===
The traditional Aboriginal inhabitants of the lands now known as the [[Brisbane Water]] were the [[Guringai]] people of the [[Eora]] nation.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> The Darkingung people occupied large areas inland west towards [[Rylstone]], and north to [[Cessnock, New South Wales|Cessnock]] and [[Wollombi]].<ref name="GosfordHistory">{{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}}</ref> 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, New South Wales|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.<ref>Bennett, F. C., ''The Story of the Aboriginal People of the Central Coast of New South Wales'', Brisbane Water Historical Society, 1968, p. 9.</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>GDHRA, p. 12.</ref> 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.<ref name="WDC">{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref name="GDHRA, p. 14">GDHRA, p. 14.</ref>

===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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> The remaining area of the Brisbane Water Police District outside of Gosford continued to be administered by the police magistrates until 1906.<ref name="GDHRA, p. 14"/> 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]]''.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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).<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> The Temporary Council first met at Gosford Courthouse on 13 June 1906 and Manasseh Ward was elected as the chairman.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article136219058 |title=ERINA SHIRE COUNCIL. |newspaper=[[The Newcastle Herald|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}}</ref>
[[File:SLNSW 796359 Council Chambers Gosford.jpg|right|300px|thumb|upright|Erina Shire Chambers in Gosford, built 1912.]]
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.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> The new Shire Council Chambers on Mann Street, Gosford, were officially opened on 4 May 1912.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

On 27 April 1928 a proposal for the separation of the Woy Woy peninsula was received and the [[Woy Woy Shire|Shire of Woy Woy]] was subsequently proclaimed on 1 August 1928.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>GDHRA, p. 25.</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>

Following significant debate about the provision of electricity undertakings across the Central Coast, including over the split between Erina Shire and Gosford,<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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 [[public utility|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.<ref name=BWCC>{{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}}</ref>

===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.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> The formal government inquiry subsequently supported the proposal and in April 1946, Cahill notified the councils of his intention to proceed.<ref>{{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}}</ref> On 1 January 1947, part of Erina Shire, all of Woy Woy Shire and the Municipality of Gosford formed [[Gosford City Council|Gosford Shire]], and the remainder of Erina Shire north and east of Kulnura, Central Mangrove and Lisarow formed Wyong Shire.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> These chambers were later replaced by a more substantial Council Administration Building at 2 Hely Street Wyong completed in 1959.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

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''.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> The Wyong Library Service eventually expanded to five branches at Toukley, The Entrance, Tuggerah (1995), Lake Haven (2002), and Bay Village.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>

===Establishment of Central Coast Council and abolition of Wyong Shire Council===
In 2015 a [[Local government areas of New South Wales#Reviews of local government areas|review of local government boundaries]] by the [[Government of New South Wales|NSW Government]] [[Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal of New South Wales|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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

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.<ref name=LGP>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>

==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 Creek|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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==Warnervale Airport==
In 1972–1973, Wyong Shire Council developed a large site in [[Warnervale, New South Wales|Warnervale]] as an airstrip for light aircraft, which became [[Warnervale Airport]].<ref name=warnervalestudy>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref name=warnervalestudy/>

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.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Wyong airport inquiry move|page=3|work=Newcastle Herald|date=14 October 1999}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Phelan |first1=Amanda |title=Noise concerns over new airport |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=6 July 1995 |page=3}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Hogarth |first1=Murray |title=How green was my valley |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=8 June 1996 |pages=140–141}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Locals face costs|last =Phelan |first= Amanda|page=6|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=6 June 1996}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Adamson |first1=Judy |title=Council upset over runway |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=27 June 1996 |page=3}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bailed out for bill|last=Tucker|first=Scott|page=11|work=Newcastle Herald|date=18 August 1998}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> 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".<ref name=warnervalestudy/><ref>{{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}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Call to clip Wyong wings|last=Tucker| first=Scott| page=20|work=Newcastle Herald|date=30 January 1999}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Airport expansion scrapped|last=Nolan|first=Mark |page=5|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=22 February 2003}}</ref> 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.<ref name="WARreview">{{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}}</ref> 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 .<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>

==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#Medians for populations|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.<ref name="Census2011"/>

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.<ref name="Census2001"/> The median [[household income|weekly income]] for residents within the Wyong Shire was significantly lower than the national average.<ref name="Census2011"/><ref name="Census2006"/>

At the 2011 Census, the proportion of residents in the Wyong Shire local government area who stated their [[ancestor|ancestry]] as [[Australians|Australian]] or [[Anglo-Saxons|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 [[Religion in Australia|religious]] affiliation with [[Christianity in Australia|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 [[Australian English|English]] only was spoken at home (national average was 76.8%).<ref name="Census2011"/>

{| class="wikitable"
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!colspan=8|Selected historical census data for Wyong Shire local government area
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!colspan=3|Census year !!1991!!1996!!2001<ref name="Census2001">{{Census 2001 AUS|id=LGA18550 |name=Wyong (A) |access-date=28 November 2012 |quick=on}}</ref>!!2006<ref name="Census2006">{{Census 2006 AUS|id=LGA18550 |name=Wyong (A) |accessdate=28 November 2012 |quick=on}}</ref>!!2011<ref name="Census2011"/>
|-
|rowspan=4 colspan="2"|Population ||Estimated residents on Census night ||align="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 Wales ||align="right"| ||align="right"| ||align="right"| ||align="right"|16<small>th</small> ||align="right"|
|-
|align="right"|% of New South Wales population ||align="right"|1.76% ||align="right"|{{profit}}&nbsp;1.92% ||align="right"|{{profit}}&nbsp;2.05% ||align="right"| ||align="right"|2.16%
|-
|align="right"|% of Australian population ||align="right"|0.60% ||align="right"|{{profit}}&nbsp;0.65% ||align="right"|{{profit}}&nbsp;0.70% ||align="right"|{{steady}}&nbsp;0.70% ||align="right"|{{steady}}&nbsp;0.70%
|-
!colspan=3|Cultural and language diversity !! !! !! !! !!
|-
|rowspan=5 colspan=2|[[ancestor|Ancestry]],<br />top responses ||[[Australians|Australian]]||align="right"| ||align="right"| ||align="right"| ||align="right"| ||align="right"|33.6%
|-
|[[English people|English]]||align="right"| ||align="right"| ||align="right"| ||align="right"| ||align="right"|31.5%
|-
|[[Irish people|Irish]]||align="right"| ||align="right"| ||align="right"| ||align="right"| ||align="right"|8.4%
|-
|[[Scottish people|Scottish]]||align="right"| ||align="right"| ||align="right"| ||align="right"| ||align="right"|7.0%
|-
|[[German people|German]]||align="right"| ||align="right"| ||align="right"| ||align="right"| ||align="right"|2.3%
|-
|rowspan=5 colspan=2|Language,<br />top responses<br />(other than [[Australian English|English]])||[[Italian language|Italian]]||align="right"| ||align="right"| ||align="right"|0.4% ||align="right"|{{steady}}&nbsp;0.4% ||align="right"|{{steady}}&nbsp;0.4%
|-
|[[Spanish language|Spanish]]||align="right"| ||align="right"| ||align="right"|0.2% ||align="right"|{{profit}}&nbsp;0.3% ||align="right"|{{steady}}&nbsp;0.3%
|-
|[[Greek language|Greek]]||align="right"| ||align="right"| ||align="right"|0.2% ||align="right"|{{steady}}&nbsp;0.2% ||align="right"|{{steady}}&nbsp;0.2%
|-
|[[German language|German]]||align="right"| ||align="right"| ||align="right"|0.2% ||align="right"|{{steady}}&nbsp;0.2% ||align="right"|{{steady}}&nbsp;0.2%
|-
||[[Cantonese language|Cantonese]]||align="right"| ||align="right"| ||align="right"|0.2% ||align="right"|{{steady}}&nbsp;0.2% ||align="right"|{{steady}}&nbsp;0.2%
|-
!colspan=3|Religious affiliation !! !! !! !! !!
|-
|rowspan=5 colspan=2|[[Religion in Australia|Religious]] affiliation,<br />top responses ||[[Anglican Church of Australia|Anglican]]||align="right"| ||align="right"| ||align="right"|34.7% ||align="right"|{{loss}}&nbsp;32.0% ||align="right"|{{loss}}&nbsp;30.4%
|-
|[[Roman Catholic Church in Australia|Catholic]]||align="right"| ||align="right"| ||align="right"|27.0% ||align="right"|{{profit}}&nbsp;27.4% ||align="right"|{{profit}}&nbsp;27.5%
|-
|[[Irreligion in Australia|No Religion]]||align="right"| ||align="right"| ||align="right"|11.6% ||align="right"|{{profit}}&nbsp;14.5% ||align="right"|{{profit}}&nbsp;17.8%
|-
|[[Uniting Church in Australia|Uniting Church]]||align="right"| ||align="right"| ||align="right"|5.2% ||align="right"|{{loss}}&nbsp;4.4% ||align="right"|{{loss}}&nbsp;3.9%
|-
|[[List of Presbyterian denominations in Australia|Presbyterian and Reformed]]||align="right"| ||align="right"| ||align="right"|3.9% ||align="right"|{{loss}}&nbsp;3.6% ||align="right"|{{loss}}&nbsp;3.2%
|-
!colspan=3|Median weekly incomes !! !! !! !! !! 
|-
|rowspan=2 colspan=2|Personal income ||Median weekly personal income||align="right"| ||align="right"| ||align="right"| ||align="right"|A$381 ||align="right"|A$469
|-
|align="right"|% of Australian median income||align="right"| ||align="right"| ||align="right"| ||align="right"|81.8% ||align="right"|81.3%
|-
|rowspan=2 colspan=2|Family income  ||Median weekly family income||align="right"| ||align="right"| ||align="right"| ||align="right"|A$770 ||align="right"|A$1,171
|-
|align="right"|% of Australian median income||align="right"| ||align="right"| ||align="right"| ||align="right"|75.0% ||align="right"|79.1%
|-
|rowspan=2 colspan=2|Household income ||Median weekly household income||align="right"| ||align="right"| ||align="right"| ||align="right"|A$1,013 ||align="right"|A$934
|-
|align="right"|% of Australian median income||align="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 [[councillor]]s elected [[Single transferable vote|proportionally]] as two separate [[Ward (country subdivision)|wards]] (previously known as "[[Riding (division)|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:<ref name="EC-A"/><ref name="EC-B"/>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Ward!!colspan="2"|Councillor!!Party!!Notes
|-
| rowspan="5"|A Ward<ref name="EC-A">{{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}}</ref>
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| Doug Vincent
| [[Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch)|Labor]]
| Elected 2008–2016.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
| Luke Nayna
| [[Liberal Party of Australia (New South Wales Division)|Liberal]]
| Elected 2012–2015. Resigned 11 September 2015, no by-election held.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;
| Greg Best
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| Elected 1995–2016. Deputy Mayor 1996–1997, 2001–2002. Mayor 2002–2004.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;
| Adam Troy
| Save Tuggerah Lakes
| Elected 2012–2016.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| Ken Greenwald
| Labor
| Elected 2012–2016.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="5"|B Ward<ref name="EC-B">{{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}}</ref>
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
| Lynne Webster
| Liberal
| Elected 2008–2016. Deputy Mayor 2012–2016.<ref name=mayor/><ref>{{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}}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;
| [[Bob Graham (Australian politician)|Bob Graham]]
| Independent
| Elected 1999–2016. Mayor 2005–2007, 2008–2010, 2011–2012. Deputy Mayor 1999–2000, 2002–2004, 2010–2011.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| Lisa Matthews 
| Labor
| Elected 2008–2016. Deputy Mayor 2009–2010.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref name="GrahamMatthews"/>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;
| Lloyd Taylor
| Save Tuggerah Lakes 
| Elected 2012–2016.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;
| Doug Eaton
| Independent
| Elected 1991–2016. Mayor 1995–1996, 2010–2011, 2012–2016.<ref name=mayor>{{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 }}</ref>
|}

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.<ref name=Mayor>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>

==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.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! # !! Shire President !! Term start !! Term end !! Time in office !! Notes
|-
| align=center|{{nts|1}} || Albert Charles Leslie Taylor || align=center| January 1947 ||align=center| 13 December 1948 ||  ||<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
|-
| align=center|{{nts|2}} || Robert Brownlee ||align=center| 13 December 1948 ||align=center| 8 December 1952 || align=right|{{ayd|1948|12|13|1952|12|08}} ||<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
|-
| align=center|{{nts|3}} || Owen Chapman ||align=center| 8 December 1952 ||align=center| 15 December 1953 || align=right|{{ayd|1952|12|08|1953|12|15}} ||<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
|-
| align=center|{{nts|4}} || Horace Fulcher ||align=center| 15 December 1953 ||align=center| December 1962 ||  ||<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
|-
| align=center|{{nts|5}} || Wilfred Barrett ||align=center| December 1962 ||align=center| December 1970 ||  ||
|-
| align=center|{{nts|6}} || Charles Hinds ||align=center| December 1970 ||align=center| September 1971 ||  ||
|-
| align=center|{{nts|7}} || Hugh Chalmers ||align=center| September 1971 ||align=center| September 1974 ||  ||
|-
| align=center|{{nts|8}} || Francis Farrell ||align=center| September 1974 ||align=center| September 1982 ||  ||
|-
| align=center|{{nts|9}} || Tony Sheridan (ALP) ||align=center| September 1982 ||align=center| September 1985 ||  ||
|-
| align=center|{{nts|10}} || Stephen Cutler ||align=center| September 1985 ||align=center| September 1987 ||  ||
|-
| align=center|– || Francis Farrell ||align=center| September 1987 ||align=center| September 1988 ||  ||
|-
| align=center|{{nts|11}} || Leonard Payne ||align=center| September 1988 ||align=center| September 1989 ||  ||
|-
| align=center|– || Tony Sheridan (ALP) ||align=center| September 1989 ||align=center| 30 June 1993 ||  ||
|- bgcolor="#FFCC33"
! # !! Mayor !! Term start !! Term end !! Time in office !! Notes
|-
| align=center|– || Tony Sheridan (ALP) ||align=center| 1 July 1993 ||align=center| September 1996 ||  ||<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Llewellyn |first1=Marc |title=Victories for women |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=5 October 1995 |page=7}}</ref>
|-
| align=center|{{nts|12}} || Doug Eaton (IND) ||align=center| September 1996 ||align=center| September 1997 ||  ||
|-
| align=center|{{nts|13}} || Fay Brennan (ALP) ||align=center| September 1997 ||align=center| September 1998 ||  ||
|-
| align=center|{{nts|14}} || Cliff Russell (ALP) ||align=center| September 1998 ||align=center| September 1999 ||  ||<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|-
| align=center|– || Fay Brennan (ALP) ||align=center| September 1999 ||align=center| 19 September 2001 ||  ||
|-
| align=center|{{nts|15}} || Neil Rose (ALP) ||align=center| 19 September 2001 ||align=center| 19 September 2002 || align=right|{{ayd|2001|09|19|2002|09|19}} ||<ref name=PavierRose/><ref>{{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}}</ref>
|-
| align=center|{{nts|16}} || Gregory Best (LIB) ||align=center| 19 September 2002 ||align=center| 15 April 2004 || align=right|{{ayd|2002|09|19|2004|04|15}} ||<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|-
| align=center|{{nts|17}} || Brenton Pavier (LIB) ||align=center| 15 April 2004 ||align=center| 21 September 2005 || align=right|{{ayd|2004|04|15|2005|09|21}} ||<ref name=PavierRose>{{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}}</ref>
|-
| align=center|{{nts|18}} || [[Bob Graham (New South Wales politician)|Bob Graham]] (LIB) ||align=center| 21 September 2005 ||align=center| 15 September 2007 || align=right|{{ayd|2005|09|21|2007|09|15}} ||<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
|-
| align=center|{{nts|19}} || Warren Welham (ALP) ||align=center| 15 September 2007 ||align=center| 1 October 2008 || align=right|{{ayd|2007|09|15|2008|10|01}} ||<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|-
| align=center|– || [[Bob Graham (New South Wales politician)|Bob Graham]] (IND) ||align=center| 1 October 2008 ||align=center| 15 September 2010 || align=right|{{ayd|2008|10|01|2010|09|15}} ||<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref name="GrahamMatthews">{{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}}</ref>
|-
| align=center|– || Doug Eaton (IND) ||align=center| 15 September 2010 ||align=center| 21 September 2011 || align=right|{{ayd|2010|09|15|2011|09|21}} ||<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|-
| align=center|– || [[Bob Graham (New South Wales politician)|Bob Graham]] (IND) ||align=center| 21 September 2011 ||align=center| 3 October 2012 || align=right|{{ayd|2011|09|21|2012|10|03}} ||<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|-
| align=center|– || Doug Eaton (IND) ||align=center| 3 October 2012 ||align=center| 12 May 2016 || align=right|{{ayd|2012|10|03|2016|05|12}} ||<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
|}

==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.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Shire Clerk
!Term
!Notes
|-
| Jack Golding
| 1 January 1947 – 1973
| <ref>{{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}}</ref>
|-
| John S. Dawson
| 1973 – 30 June 1993
| <ref>{{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}}</ref>
|-
!General Manager
!Term
!Notes
|-
| John S. Dawson
| 1 July 1993 – September 2003
| <ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
|-
| Kerry Yates
| September 2003 – 17 May 2010
| <ref>{{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}}</ref>
|-
| Michael Whittaker
| 17 May 2010 – 14 September 2015
| <ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
|-
!Chief Executive Officer
!Term
!Notes
|-
| Rob Noble (''Acting'')
| 14 September 2015 – 12 May 2016
| <ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
|}

==Sister cities==
Wyong Shire was a sister city to [[Tanabe, Wakayama|Tanabe]], [[Wakayama Prefecture]], [[Japan]], and [[Southland District]], [[New Zealand]] until 2010 when ties were severed for financial reasons.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>

==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.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> 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)<ref name=nswshr-1753>{{cite NSW SHR|5051885|Norah Head Lightstation Precinct|hr=01753|fn=EF14/5924; H00/182|access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref>
* Noraville, 3 Elizabeth Drive: [[Hargraves House, Noraville]] (SHR & LEP)<ref name=nswshr-131>{{cite NSW SHR|5045578|Noraville, Hargraves House|hr=00131|fn=S90/06143 & HC 32131 Pt 2|access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref>
* Ourimbah, Pacific Highway: [[Ourimbah railway station]] (s.170 & LEP)<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
* The Entrance, 71-78 The Entrance Road: The Entrance Hotel (LEP)<ref>{{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}}</ref>
*The Entrance, 199-209 The Entrance Road: The Lakes Hotel (LEP)<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* The Entrance, Ocean Parade: [[The Entrance Ocean Pools]] (SHR & LEP)<ref name=nswshr-1663>{{cite NSW SHR|5053929|Entrance Ocean Pools, The|hr=01663|fn=10/2318; H03/00058|access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref>
* Wyong, 2 Hely Street: Wyong Shire Council Chambers (LEP)<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* Wyong, Pacific Highway: [[Wyong railway station]] (s.170 & LEP)<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
* Wyong, 98 Pacific Highway: Rural Bank (former) (LEP)<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* Wyong, 8 Rankens Court: [[Wyong Public School|Wyong Public School (Former)]] (LEP)<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* Yarramalong, Yarramalong Road: [[St Barnabas Anglican Church, Yarramalong|St Barnabas Anglican Church]] (SHR & LEP)<ref name=nswshr-201>{{cite NSW SHR|5045278|St. Barnabas Anglican Church|hr=00201|fn=S90/06084 & HC 32219|access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160220134606/https://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/ Wyong Shire Council website (''Archived'')]

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