Editing Wyong Shire (section)

{{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.