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Chalybeate Spring, Mittagong

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Mittagong Mineral Spring 1893
Mittagong Mineral Spring 1893

The Chalybeate Spring at Mittagong, New South Wales, was a perennial, carbonated, chalybeate (iron-rich) mineral spring. The spring was for many years a tourist attraction, mainly during the second half of the 19th century and first few decades of the 20th century. Successive chalybeate springs at Mittagong had, over many thousands of years, created a deposit of iron ore that was mined by the Fitzroy Iron Works, which was closely associated with the early development of the town of Mittagong, in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia. Although there is still some seepage, close to where it once was, the spring itself has now disappeared.

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Chalybeate Spring, Mittagong
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Wingecarribee Shire
Wingecarribee Shire

Wingecarribee Shire is the local government area of the Southern Highlands in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The Wingecarribee Shire is around 110 kilometres (70 mi) southwest of Sydney and is part of regional Capital Country and to some extent can be considered part of the Southern Tablelands. Wingecarribee Shire covers an area of 2,700 square kilometres (1,000 sq mi) that is typically referred to as the Southern Highlands. Wingecarribee Shire is an important catchment area for water supply to Sydney, Wollongong and the Northern Shoalhaven. The Council seat and Chambers is in Moss Vale. However, the centre of commerce of the Shire is in Bowral. The Shire came into existence on 1 January 1981 as an amalgamation of the three previous local government areas that made up the Southern Highlands; Mittagong Shire (itself an amalgamation of Nattai Shire and Mittagong Municipality), Bowral Municipality and the former Wingecarribee Shire (based in Moss Vale). In 2012, the Wingecarribee Shire Council won a landmark class action against Lehman Brothers Australia in the Federal Court after it was found that Lehman Brothers failed to give sound financial advice to the Wingecarribee Shire and other councils through exposure to high-risk investments known as collateralised debt obligations. Wingecarribee Council suffered A$1.5 million of losses on its investments. The Federal Court found that the council was entitled to an initial award of A$9 million. In 2016 Council announced they had recovered $9.5 million of the $11 million in total losses, recovering 85.6% of all losses. Council's total legal costs of $724,894 were also recovered. Before the council was suspended in 2021 and an administrator was appointed, the mayor of Wingecarribee Shire was Duncan Gair. On 20 May 2021, Lisa Miscamble was appointed General Manager.