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MACQUARIE
Federal House of Representatives
The information on this page was obtained from Australian Electoral Commission publications and the Australian Bureau of Statistics and was correct at February 2008.
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| Current Member
| Bob DEBUS |
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| Current Party
| Australian Labor Party |
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| Description
| Outer Metropolitan |
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| Location
| Macquarie covers an area from Glenbrook in the east, the eastern and northern boundaries of the Lithgow City Council local government area in the north, Bathurst in the west and the Abercrombie, Kowmung and Coxs rivers generally in the south. The main towns include Bathurst, Blackheath, Katoomba, Lithgow, Mount Victoria, Oberon, Portland, Springwood, and Wentworth Falls. |
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| Origin
| Macquarie was named after Governor Lachlan Macquarie (1762-1824) Governor of New South Wales from 1809-1821. Macquarie was first proclaimed in 1900. The first election was held for the Division in 1901. |
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| Products/Industries
| Tourism, coal and gold mining, power generation, cement works, fruit growing, timber, vineyards, wool processing, transport, whitegoods manufacturing, agriculture and pastoral. |
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| State
| NSW |
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| Area
| 12,084 sq kms (approx) |
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| Population
| 133,181 as at 2006 |
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| Enrolled Electors
| 94,879 as at 30/11/07 |
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