Editing Wyong Shire (section)

===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>