Lockhart Shire Council

LOCKHART
SHIRE COUNCIL

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Welcome to
Lockhart Shire Council

Lockhart Shire nestles in the heart of the Riverina and is one of the region’s most productive agricultural and pastoral areas. With a strong pioneering heritage and steeped in history, Lockhart Shire’s main towns and villages include Lockhart, The Rock, Yerong Creek, Pleasant Hills and Milbrulong. Each community has its own unique character and history, and the Shire offers visitors a relaxed country atmosphere steeped in history.

Lockhart is centrally situated 62km southwest of Wagga Wagga, 62km east of Narrandera and 105km north of Albury. The Rock is on the Olympic Highway 25km south of Wagga Wagga with Yerong Creek another 15km down the highway.

Land use planning

Have your say on the future of Land Use Planning in Lockhart Shire !

Please join us at any of our community sessions below.

Lockhart Shire History

If you would like to read an account of the Lockhart Shire History an account compiled and written by F.A.Prichard from Council minutes, letters and other Council records with some information gleaned from newspapers is available here…

Latest News

Australia Day Awards 2025

Nominations are now open for the 2025 Australia Day Awards. Click on the image below to download the criteria and nomination form.

Nominations close on 29 November 2024.

Looking For Australia Day Host

Council is looking for a community organisation or committee to host Australia Day in 2025.

Australia Day commemorations will be held on Sunday, 26 January 2025. Council provides a subsidy of $3,500 to host the event, which also provides a fundraising opportunity for the organisation.

Expressions of interest will be received up to 4pm on Friday, 22 November 2025 and can be submitted to the General Manager as follows:

Email: mail@lockhart.nsw.gov.au

Mail: PO Box 21, Lockhart NSW 2656

By Hand: 65 Green Street, Lockhart

Mayoral Election Results

At the first meeting of the new council, held on 21 October 2024, elections were held for the positions of mayor and deputy mayor.

Cr Peter Sharp of B Ward was elected Mayor and Cr Gail Driscoll (C Ward) was elected Deputy Mayor.

Both Cr Sharp and Cr Driscoll bring years of experience to the roles and will hold the positions until September 2026.

Regional Drought Resilience Plan

Lockhart Shire and Wagga Wagga City Councils have been awarded a $450,000 grant from the Regional Drought Resilience Planning program, which is jointly funded by the NSW Government and the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund.

The purpose of the fund is to assist identified regions in NSW in developing their own Regional Drought Resilience Plans, which can be put into action by councils and their communities to address future risks. The fund aims to promote better drought preparedness in regional communities through proactive planning that takes into consideration environmental and social needs…