Upper Hunter Shire was a local government area in the Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia.
Upper Hunter Shire was proclaimed on 7 March 1906 as Wooluma Shire, one of 134 shires created after the passing of the Local Government (Shires) Act 1905.[1] The shire was renamed Woolooma Shire on 13 February 1907.[2] It was later renamed Upper Hunter Shire on 11 April 1917.[3]
The shire absorbed the Municipality of Aberdeen on 7 October 1937.[4]
The shire office was in Scone.[5]
Upper Hunter Shire amalgamated with the Municipality of Scone on 1 January 1958 to form Scone Shire.[6]