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Dungog Shire, the Glossary

Dungog Shire is a local government area in the Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia.^[1]

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Afrikaans

Afrikaans is a West Germanic language, spoken in South Africa, Namibia and (to a lesser extent) Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

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Allyn River

Allyn River, a perennial stream of the Hunter River catchment, is located in the Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia.

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An ancestor, also known as a forefather, fore-elder, or a forebear, is a parent or (recursively) the parent of an antecedent (i.e., a grandparent, great-grandparent, great-great-grandparent and so forth).

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Anglican Church of Australia

The Anglican Church of Australia, formerly known as the Church of England in Australia and Tasmania, is a Christian church in Australia and an autonomous church of the Anglican Communion.

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Anglo-Celtic

Anglo-Celtic people are descended primarily from English and Irish, Scottish or Welsh people.

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Australian Bureau of Statistics

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is an Australian Government agency that collects and analyses statistics on economic, population, environmental, and social issues to advise the Australian Government.

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Australian Electoral Commission

The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) is the independent statutory authority and agency of the Australian Government responsible for the management of federal Australian elections, by-elections and referendums.

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Australian English

Australian English (AusE, AusEng, AuE, AuEng, en-AU) is the set of varieties of the English language native to Australia.

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Australians

Australians, colloquially known as Aussies or Antipodeans, are the citizens, nationals and individuals associated with the country of Australia.

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Barrington Tops National Park

The Barrington Tops National Park is a protected national park in the Hunter Valley in New South Wales, Australia.

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Catholic Church in Australia

The Australian Catholic Church or Catholic Church in Australia is part of the worldwide Catholic Church under the spiritual and administrative leadership of the Holy See.

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Christianity in Australia

Christianity is the largest religion in Australia, with a total of 43.9% of the nation-wide population identifying with a Christian denomination in the 2021 census.

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City of Greater Taree

The Greater Taree City Council (GTCC) was a local government area on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, Australia, until 12 May 2016 when it was amalgamated to form part of the Mid-Coast Council.

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City of Maitland

The City of Maitland is a local government area in the lower Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia.

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City of Newcastle

The City of Newcastle is a local government area in the Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia.

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Clarence Town, New South Wales

Clarence Town is both a primarily rural locality and a township in the Dungog Shire local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia.

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Councillor

A councillor, alternatively councilman, councilwoman, councilperson, or council member, is someone who sits on, votes in, or is a member of, a council.

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Daylight saving time in Australia

Each state and territory of Australia determines whether or not to use daylight saving time (DST).

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Disposable household and per capita income

Household income is a measure of income received by the household sector.

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Division of Lyne

The Division of Lyne is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.

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Dungog Chronicle

Dungog Chronicle, originally published as the Durham Chronicle and Dungog & Williams River Advertiser, is a twice weekly English language newspaper published in Dungog, New South Wales, Australia.

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Dungog, New South Wales

Dungog is a country town on the Williams River in the Hunter region and a small part of the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia.

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East Gresford, New South Wales

East Gresford is a village in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia in Dungog Shire.

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Electoral district of Upper Hunter

Upper Hunter is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales.

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French language

French (français,, or langue française,, or by some speakers) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.

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German language

German (Standard High German: Deutsch) is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, mainly spoken in Western and Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol.

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Germans

Germans are the natives or inhabitants of Germany, or sometimes more broadly any people who are of German descent or native speakers of the German language.

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Government of New South Wales

The New South Wales Government, also known as the NSW Government, is the governing body of New South Wales, Australia.

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Great Lakes Council

Great Lakes Council was a local government area in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia.

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Hunter Region

The Hunter Region, also commonly known as the Hunter Valley, Newcastle Region, or simply Hunter, is a region in northern New South Wales, Australia, extending from approximately to north of Sydney.

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Independent politician

An independent, non-partisan politician or non-affiliated politician is a politician not affiliated with any political party or bureaucratic association.

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Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal of New South Wales

The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal of New South Wales (IPART) is an independent regulatory and pricing tribunal that oversees regulation in water, gas, electricity and transport industries in the Australian state of New South Wales.

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Irish people

Irish people (Muintir na hÉireann or Na hÉireannaigh) are an ethnic group and nation native to the island of Ireland, who share a common ancestry, history and culture.

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Irreligion in Australia

Atheism, agnosticism, scepticism, freethought, secular humanism or general irreligion are increasing in Australia.

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Italian language

Italian (italiano,, or lingua italiana) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire.

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List of Presbyterian and Reformed denominations in Australia

A number of Presbyterian and Reformed denominations exist in Australia.

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Local government in Australia

Local government is the third-level of government in Australia, administered with limited autonomy under the states and territories, and in turn beneath the federal government.

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Maitland Mercury

The Maitland Mercury is Australia's third oldest regional newspaper, preceded only by the Geelong Advertiser (estab. 1840) and the Launceston Examiner (estab. 1842).

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Martins Creek, New South Wales

Martins Creek is a small country town located between Dungog and Maitland in the Hunter Region of Australia.

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Mayor

In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town.

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MidCoast Council

MidCoast Council is a local government area that is located in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia.

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Minister for Local Government (New South Wales)

The Minister for Local Government, currently held since 5 April 2023 by Ron Hoenig, is a minister in the New South Wales Government and has responsibilities which includes all local government areas and related legislation in New South Wales, the most primary of which is the Local Government Act 1993.

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Muswellbrook Shire

Muswellbrook Shire is a local government area in the Upper Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia.

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NBN (TV station)

NBN is an Australian television station based in Newcastle, Australia.

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New South Wales

New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of:Australia.

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New South Wales Electoral Commission

The New South Wales Electoral Commission (NSWEC) is a statutory integrity agency with responsibility for the administration, organisation, and supervision of elections in New South Wales.

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Newcastle Herald

The Newcastle Herald (formerly branded as The Herald) is a local tabloid newspaper published daily, Monday to Saturday, in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.

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Newcastle, New South Wales

Newcastle, also commonly referred to as Greater Newcastle (Mulubinba) is a regional metropolitan area and the second-most-populous district of New South Wales, Australia.

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Office of Local Government (New South Wales)

The New South Wales Office of Local Government, a former agency from 1993 until 2019 of the Department of Planning and Environment in the Government of New South Wales, was responsible for administering legislation in relation to local government areas in New South Wales.

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Paterson River

Paterson River, a perennial river that is part of the Hunter River catchment, is located in the Hunter and Mid North Coast regions of New South Wales, Australia.

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Paterson, New South Wales

Paterson is a small township in the lower Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia.

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Port Stephens Council

Port Stephens Council (also known simply as Port Stephens) is a local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia.

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Port Stephens Examiner

The Port Stephens Examiner is a weekly newspaper published in Raymond Terrace, New South Wales, Australia since 1893.

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Religion in Australia

Religion in Australia is diverse.

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Scottish people

The Scottish people or Scots (Scots fowk; Albannaich) are an ethnic group and nation native to Scotland.

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Single transferable vote

The single transferable vote (STV), sometimes mistakenly conflated with proportional ranked choice voting (P-RCV), is a multi-winner electoral system in which each voter casts a single vote in the form of a ranked-choice ballot.

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Singleton Council

Singleton Council is a local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia.

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Tagalog language

Tagalog (Baybayin) is an Austronesian language spoken as a first language by the ethnic Tagalog people, who make up a quarter of the population of the Philippines, and as a second language by the majority.

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Time in Australia

Australia uses three main time zones: Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST; UTC+10:00), Australian Central Standard Time (ACST; UTC+09:30) and Australian Western Standard Time (AWST; UTC+08:00).

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Uniting Church in Australia

The Uniting Church in Australia (UCA) was founded on 22 June 1977, when most congregations of the Methodist Church of Australasia, about two-thirds of the Presbyterian Church of Australia and almost all the churches of the Congregational Union of Australia united under the Basis of Union.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungog_Shire

Also known as Dungog Shire Council.

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