Shellharbour is a City of about 60,000 people, located approximately 100 kilometres from the centre of Sydney, in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia.

Our 154 square kilometres span an area of great natural beauty, stretching west from the picturesque coastline to rolling pastures, against the majestic backdrop of the Illawarra escarpment.

The Shellharbour Local Government Area was formed in 1859. It achieved City status some 136 years later, on 1 January, 1996.

Our shared Vision is a sustainable city: communities living in harmony, balancing nature's beauty with quality rural and urban environments.

Council is delivering the Vision through a Strategic Plan which conserves and enhances our natural and built environments; provides programs which foster a safe, healthy, informed and caring community; and builds a strong and diverse local economy for generations to come.

On 9 July 2008, the Minister for Local Government, Paul Lynch, announced that as a result of a public inquiry, all civic offices at Shellharbour City Council had been declared vacant untl 2012. Mr David Jesson has been appointed Administrator of the Council.