{{Short description|Former local government area in New South Wales, Australia}} {{Use Australian English|date=January 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = lga | name = Harwood Shire | image = | caption = | state = nsw | region = Northern Rivers | area = | area_footnotes = | seat = Maclean | est = {{start date|1906|03|07|df=y}} | abolished = {{end date|1957|01|01|df=y}} | coordinates = | pop = | pop_year = | pop_footnotes = | url = | mayor = | fedgov = | stategov = | near-nw = | near-w = | near-sw = | near-s = | near-se = | near-e = | near-ne = | near-n = }} '''Harwood Shire''' was a local government area in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia.

Harwood Shire was proclaimed on 7 March 1906, one of 134 shires created after the passing of the ''Local Government (Shires) Act 1905''.<ref>{{Gazette NSW| title = Proclamation| issue = 121| page = 1593| date = 7 March 1906| url = https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/226474400| access-date = 15 January 2020| via = National Library of Australia}}</ref>

The shire offices were in Maclean.<ref name="office">{{Gazette NSW| title = Shire of Harwood: Naming of roads| issue = 129| page = 2592| date = 20 August 1954| url = https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/220292769| access-date = 15 January 2020| via = National Library of Australia}}</ref> Other towns and villages in the shire included Angourie, Ashby, Iluka, Lawrence and Yamba.<ref>{{Gazette NSW| title =Overdue rates - Shire of Harwood: Sale of land for default| issue = 166| page = 4466| date = 23 October 1936| url = https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/223041255| access-date = 15 January 2020| via = National Library of Australia}}</ref>

Harwood Shire was amalgamated with Municipality of Maclean to form Maclean Shire on 1 January 1957.<ref>{{Gazette NSW| title = Local Government Act 1919. Proclamation| issue = 129| page = 3503| date = 30 November 1956| url = https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/220347824| access-date = 15 January 2020| via = National Library of Australia}}</ref>

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