The Shire of Tamborine was a local government area in South East Queensland , Australia, centred on the village of Tamborine . It existed from 1890 to 1949.
17-815: On 11 November 1879, the Tabragalba Division was created as one of 74 divisions within Queensland under the Divisional Boards Act 1879 . On 4 October 1890, part of Tabragalba Division was separated to establish the Tambourine Division . With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902 , the Tambourine Division became the Shire of Tambourine on 31 March 1903. The Shire of Tambourine altered
34-643: A regional population of 38,000. The Shire of Beaudesert included the following settlements: Northern Beaudesert section: - split with the City of Gold Coast - split with Logan City - split with the Scenic Rim Region Southern Beaudesert section: # The estimated 1947 population of the post-1949 area was 8,968. The chairmen and mayors of the Beaudesert Division and Shire of Beaudesert were: The mayors of
51-567: A separate municipality called the Shire of Tiaro. The Tiaro Divisional Board were opposed to the creation of the shire, and had attempted various legal actions to prevent it. The new shire started life in an immediate dispute with the division over the apportionment of the accounts. One of the early actions of the Shire Council was to commission the construction of a shire hall, which many of their ratepayers saw as an unnecessary expense. By April 1886,
68-481: The City of Brisbane and the New South Wales border with only four. The former ten were: The four resulting local government areas were: The Order came into effect on 10 June 1949, when the first elections were held. The enlarged Shire of Beaudesert was split into four divisions with a total of eight councillors—Division 2 with four, Division 4 with two and the others with one each. The chairman (later mayor)
85-625: The Local Authorities Act 1902 , Tabragalba Division became Shire of Tabragalba on 31 March 1903, and on 8 August 1903 was renamed Shire of Beaudesert by an Order in Council. On 23 November 1912, a separate Town of Beaudesert was established to manage the town itself, but on 14 September 1929 it was merged back into the shire. On 9 December 1948, as part of a major reorganisation of local government in South East Queensland , an Order in Council replacing ten former local government areas between
102-528: The Shire of Tinana and part of the Shire of Granville which had governed areas to the north and east of Tiaro since the 1880s. On 15 March 2008, under the Local Government (Reform Implementation) Act 2007 passed by the Parliament of Queensland on 10 August 2007, the Shire of Tiaro was dissolved. Division 3 of the Shire, located generally south of Blowers Road, Wards Road and Ularrah Creek and including
119-439: The 1979 council elections, Beaudesert was resubdivided into eight divisions each electing one councillor. On 15 March 2008, under the Local Government (Reform Implementation) Act 2007 passed by the Parliament of Queensland on 10 August 2007, the Shire of Beaudesert was abolished and became one of only three Queensland councils, alongside Taroom and Tiaro , to be split in two. The northern area, which while still largely rural
136-518: The Town of Beaudesert (1912—1929) were: 27°59′15.01″S 152°59′43.49″E / 27.9875028°S 152.9954139°E / -27.9875028; 152.9954139 Shire of Tiaro The Shire of Tiaro was a local government area in the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland , Australia, between the regional cities of Gympie and Hervey Bay about 220 kilometres (137 mi) north of
153-699: The first elections were held. 27°52′34″S 153°07′48″E / 27.876°S 153.13°E / -27.876; 153.13 Tabragalba Division The Shire of Beaudesert was a local government area located in South East Queensland , Australia, stretching from the New South Wales border, along the Gold Coast hinterland to the urban fringes of the cities of Brisbane and Ipswich . The Shire covered an area of 2,854.3 square kilometres (1,102.1 sq mi), and existed from 1879 until its abolition on 15 March 2008, following which it
170-534: The ratepayers were petitioning to abolish the Shire. As a result, on 16 December 1886, the shire was abolished and the territory returned to authority of the Tiaro Division. With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902 , Tiaro Division became Shire of Tiaro on 31 March 1903. On 17 February 1917, as part of a restructuring of local government in the Wide Bay–Burnett area, the Shire of Tiaro absorbed
187-416: The shire were sugar, beef and dairy cattle, orchards and timber felling and milling. Tiaro Division was created on 11 November 1879 as one of the initial 74 divisions around Queensland under the Divisional Boards Act 1879 with a population of 1852. On 9 February 1884, following a petition by the ratepayers of subdivisions Nos. 2 and 3 of Tiaro Division, part of Tiaro Division was excised to establish
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#1732902247217204-436: The spelling of its name to Shire of Tamborine on 14 January 1939. On 9 December 1948, as part of a major reorganisation of local government in South East Queensland , an Order in Council replacing ten former local government areas between the City of Brisbane and the New South Wales border with only four. The former ten were: The four resulting local government areas were: The Order came into effect on 10 June 1949, when
221-566: The state capital, Brisbane . The shire covered an area of 2,185.3 square kilometres (843.7 sq mi), and existed as a local government area from 1879 until 2008, when it was dissolved and split between two new local government areas, the Gympie Region and the Fraser Coast Region . The name "Tiaro" is of Aboriginal origin, meaning withered or dead tree. 43 per cent of the Shire was covered by State forest. The main industries in
238-527: The towns of Theebine , Curra and Gunalda , became part of the new Gympie Region together with the Shires of Cooloola and Kilkivan . The other two divisions amalgamated with Woocoo and the Cities of Hervey Bay and Maryborough to create Fraser Coast Region . In doing so, Tiaro became one of the only three former shires in Queensland not to stay intact, alongside Taroom and Beaudesert . The Shire of Tiaro
255-655: Was part of Brisbane 's growth corridor, became part of Logan City , while the southern rural section became part of the Scenic Rim Region alongside the Shire of Boonah . Beaudesert became the administrative centre for the Scenic Rim Region and the Beaudesert Shire Council building now houses the Scenic Rim Regional Council. There are 6 Councillors and a Mayor for an area of 4,238sq km and
272-457: Was split between Logan City and the new Scenic Rim Region . The Tabragalba Division was incorporated on 11 November 1879 under the Divisional Boards Act 1879 with a population of 869, centred on Beaudesert . On 18 January 1884, there was an adjustment of boundaries between subdivision No. 1 of Tabragalba Division and subdivision No.2 of the Coomera Division . With the passage of
289-455: Was to be chosen from amongst the councillors. The new council was formally established at elections on 31 May 1949 and a Special Meeting was held on 7 June. It had grown 40% in population and gained 1,045 km (403 sq mi) in the process. On 8 June 1978, the Shire of Logan was created out of parts of Beaudesert and the Shire of Albert . The council lost 146.1 km (56.4 sq mi) of its area and 11,550 people to Logan. At
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