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Gwydir Shire is located on the northwestern slopes and plains of NSW, approximately 560 kilometres north of Sydney, 160 kilometres north of Tamworth, 430km southwest of Brisbane, 85 kilometres west of Inverell and 80 kilometres east of Moree. Incorporating an area of 9,122 square kilometres, the Shire extends from the Nandewar Range in the south, north to close to the NSW-Queensland border.

Agriculture is the primary land use and economic activity of the Shire. Cattle and Sheep production are the main activities, along with broadacre cropping. At 2016 Census, the Shire had a population of 5,258.