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City of Maryborough (Queensland)

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{{Infobox Australian place | type = lga

| name = City of Maryborough

| state = qld

| image = Maryborough LGA Qld.png

| image_upright = 0.81

| caption = Location within Queensland

| pop = 25,705

| pop_year = 2006 census

| pop_footnotes ={{Census 2006 AUS | id = LGA34950 | name = Maryborough (C) (Local Government Area) | accessdate=18 March 2008|quick = on}}

| area = 1233.9

| est = 1861

| seat = Maryborough

| region = Wide Bay–Burnett

| logo = Maryborough QLD Logo.png

| url = http://www.maryborough.qld.gov.au/

| near-nw = Hervey Bay

| near-n = Hervey Bay

| near-ne = Pacific Ocean

| near-w = Woocoo

| near-e = Pacific Ocean

| near-sw = Tiaro

| near-s = Tiaro

| near-se = Pacific Ocean

}}

The City of Maryborough was a local government area located in the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland, Australia, containing the urban locality of Maryborough as well as the southern half of Fraser Island (also known as K'Gari and Gari). The City covered an area of {{convert|1233.9|km2|sqmi|1}}, and existed as a local government entity from 1861 until 2008, when it was amalgamated with the City of Hervey Bay, Shire of Woocoo and the 1st and 2nd divisions of the Shire of Tiaro to form the Fraser Coast Region.

History

Wharves were established at Maryborough in 1847–1848 to provide transport for wool from sheep stations on the Burnett River. The town was initially located further south on the Mary River, but moved to its present location in 1852. It was declared a port in 1859.

On 10 March 1861, the Municipal Borough of Maryborough, governed under the Municipalities Act 1858 which had been inherited from New South Wales upon the separation of Queensland in 1859, was proclaimed, becoming the sixth municipal government in Queensland. Henry Palmer was appointed as its first Mayor. On 15 September 1883, the Granville Division was established under the Divisional Boards Act 1879 to serve the surrounding district.

With the passing of the Local Authorities Act 1902, on 31 March 1903 the Borough of Maryborough became the Town of Maryborough and Granville Division became the Shire of Granville. On 7 January 1905 Maryborough achieved City status, and a Town Hall was built on the corner of Kent and Adelaide Streets and became the administrative centre of the City. On 17 February 1917, as part of a restructuring of local government in the Wide Bay–Burnett area, the Shire of Granville was abolished and split between the Shire of Tiaro and City of Maryborough.

At the local government elections of 27 March 1976, with the neighbouring Shire of Burrum being renamed Hervey Bay and retreating to the coast, Maryborough changed from being an urban municipality of {{convert|26|km2|sqmi|0|abbr=on}} to one of {{convert|1115|km2|sqmi|0|abbr=on}} with a considerable rural area. The City grew by an estimated 1,119 people in the transfer.

The Local Government (Maryborough and Woocoo) Regulation 1993, which took effect on 31 March 1994, effected the City's annexation of about {{convert|700|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} of the Shire of Woocoo. At this time, Maryborough was re-subdivided into eight divisions each with one councillor, plus an elected mayor.

On 15 March 2008, under the Local Government (Reform Implementation) Act 2007 passed by the Parliament of Queensland on 10 August 2007, Maryborough merged with the City of Hervey Bay, Shire of Woocoo and part of Tiaro to form the Fraser Coast Region.

Towns and localities

The City of Maryborough included the following settlements:

Population

Image:Maryborough.png

class="wikitable"
Year

! Population

192110,629
193311,415
194714,395
195417,952
196119,126
196619,659
197120,587
197621,527
198121,530
198622,430
199122,977
199624,681
200124,465
200625,705

Mayors

The 52 men and women who served as mayor of Maryborough between 1861 and 2008 are covered in the book "Public Life: the Mayors of Maryborough" by the current Fraser Coast mayor George Seymour.{{cite book |last1=Seymour |first1=George |title=Public Life: the Mayors of Maryborough |date=2022 |publisher=Watson Ferguson & Co |location=Brisbane |isbn=9780645508338}}

Mayors of Maryborough include:{{cite news |url=http://fclibrarieslocalstudies.blogspot.com/2017/04/henry-stoward-mayor-of-maryborough-1867.html |title=Henry Stoward - Mayor of Maryborough 1867-1874 |website=Fraser Coast Libraries Local History Blog |location=Maryborough |date=5 April 2017 |access-date=30 September 2020 |archive-date=2 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002001056/http://fclibrarieslocalstudies.blogspot.com/2017/04/henry-stoward-mayor-of-maryborough-1867.html |url-status=live }}

  • 1861–1861: Henry Palmer{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4598874 |title=EPITOME TO DATE. |newspaper=The Courier |location=Brisbane |date=14 May 1861 |access-date=28 September 2013 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=2 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002001043/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4598874 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4601061 |title=MARYBOROUGH. |newspaper=The Courier |location=Brisbane |date=17 September 1861 |access-date=28 September 2013 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=2 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002001058/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4601061 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourfrasercoast.com.au/Portals/0/Walk%20of%20Achievers_booklet_2017_WEB.pdf|title=Walk of Achievers|date=2017|website=Fraser Coast Regional Council|access-date=30 April 2019|archive-date=2 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002001040/https://www.ourfrasercoast.com.au/Portals/0/Walk%20of%20Achievers_booklet_2017_WEB.pdf|url-status=live}}
  • 1861: John Eaton{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article150316895|title=Advertising|date=3 October 1861|newspaper=Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser|access-date=30 April 2019|issue=46|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=I|page=3|via=National Library of Australia}}
  • 1862: James Dowzer {{cite QHR|15481|Eskdale|600706|access-date=1 August 2014}}
  • 1863-1864 Andrew Melville {{cite news |title=Maryborough Mayors |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/149301172? |publisher=Maryborough Chronicle |date=6 March 1933}}
  • 1864: Robert Case{{cite news |title=Local Intelligence |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/150314121? |publisher=Maryborough Chronicle |date=25 February 1864}}
  • 1865: Henry Palmer{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article77439030 |title=The North Australian. THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1865. |newspaper=The North Australian |location=Brisbane |date=16 March 1865 |access-date=28 September 2013 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}
  • 1869 - 1870 Thomas Milner{{cite book |last1=Seymour |first1=George |title=Public Life: the Mayors of Maryborough |date=2022 |publisher=Watson Ferguson & Co |location=Brisbane |isbn=9780645508338 |page=80-92}}
  • 1883: Charles Thomas Powers
  • 1865: Henry Palmer{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1274270|title=MARYBOROUGH.|date=24 June 1865|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|access-date=30 April 2019|issue=2,310|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=XX|page=5|via=National Library of Australia}}
  • 1866: George Nightingale{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1277340 |title=MARYBOROUGH. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=1 December 1866 |access-date=28 September 2013 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}
  • 1877: John Thomas Annear{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article169510193|title=MARYBOROUGH.|date=16 February 1877|newspaper=The Telegraph|access-date=30 April 2019|issue=1,357|location=Queensland, Australia|page=2|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=2 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002001120/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/169510193|url-status=live}}
  • 1878: Richard Matthews Hyne{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1370099 |title=Telegraphic. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=20 February 1878 |access-date=28 September 2013 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=2 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002001100/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1370099 |url-status=live }}
  • William Pettigrew
  • 1880: Nicholas Tooth{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article148732950|title=THE BAZAAR.|date=22 May 1880|newspaper=Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser|access-date=30 April 2019|issue=2,457|location=Queensland, Australia|page=2|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=2 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002001101/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/148732950|url-status=live}}
  • 1890: George Stupart{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article146755328|title=ELECTION OF MAYOR.|date=11 February 1890|newspaper=Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser|access-date=30 April 2019|issue=5,161|location=Queensland, Australia|page=3|via=National Library of Australia}}
  • 1894: J. Batholomew{{cite book|title=Consolidated Index to Queensland Government Gazette 1859–1919|year=2004|publisher=Queensland Family History Society|isbn=1-876613-79-3}}{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article173754909|title=Maryborough Mayor.|date=10 April 1895|newspaper=The Telegraph|access-date=30 April 2019|issue=7013|location=Queensland, Australia|page=2|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=2 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002001104/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/173754909|url-status=live}}
  • 1895: Fritz Kinne{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article173754909|title=Maryborough Mayor.|date=10 April 1895|newspaper=The Telegraph|access-date=30 April 2019|issue=7013|location=Queensland, Australia|page=2|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=2 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002001104/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/173754909|url-status=live}}
  • 1901: John Norman{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article146933750 |title=OBITUARIES. |newspaper=Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser |issue=2,230 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=12 July 1912 |access-date=26 May 2016 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=2 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002001105/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/146933750 |url-status=live }}
  • 1903: Andrew Dunn{{cite web|last=Kirkpatrick|first=Rod|title=Development of a Great Newspaper Chain: the Provincial Story|url=http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/eserv/UQ:201586/s00855804_1984_12_1_83.pdf|access-date=17 January 2014|archive-date=1 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201161948/http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/eserv/UQ:201586/s00855804_1984_12_1_83.pdf|url-status=live}}
  • 1906: William Dawson {{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20823471 |title=Queensland Mayors and Shire Chairmen. |newspaper=The Queenslander |date=24 February 1906 |access-date=1 October 2015 |page=22 |via=National Library of Australia}}
  • 1909: Charles Rabaa
  • 1914: Andrew Dunn
  • 1915 John Blackley
  • 1913–1918: Henry James Hyne
  • 1924 - 1930: Charles Adam{{cite book|last1=Pugh|first1=Theophilus Parsons|title=Pugh's Almanac for 1927|date=1927|url=http://www.textqueensland.com.au/pughs-almanac|access-date=13 June 2014|archive-date=4 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304095034/http://www.textqueensland.com.au/pughs-almanac|url-status=live}}{{cite book |last1=Seymour |first1=George |title=Public Life: the Mayors of Maryborough |date=2022 |publisher=Watson Ferguson & Co |location=Brisbane |isbn=9780645508338 |page=244-259 |edition=1st }}
  • 1930-1933 Henry Bashford{{cite book |last1=Seymour |first1=George |title=Public Life: the Mayors of Maryborough |date=2022 |publisher=Watson Ferguson & Co |location=Brisbane |isbn=9780645508338 |page=260-268 |edition=1st }}
  • 1933-1939: William Halliway (Billy) Domaine{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71366186|title=THE PASSING OF "BILLY" DEMAINE|date=22 August 1939|newspaper=Worker|access-date=30 April 2019|issue=2720|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=50|page=1|via=National Library of Australia}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=629289466|title=Demaine, William Halliwell|date=27 June 2017|website=Queensland Parliament|access-date=30 April 2019|archive-date=2 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002001112/https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=629289466|url-status=live}}{{Citation|author1=Australian History Publishing Co|title=Queensland and Queenslanders : incorporating 'Prominent Queenslanders'|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/19162207|page=93|date=1936|publisher=Australian History Publishing Co|access-date=1 October 2015|archive-date=2 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002055740/http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/19162207|url-status=live}} — available [http://ncb.anu.edu.au/sites/default/files/documents/Queensland%20and%20Queenslanders.pdf online] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216155301/http://ncb.anu.edu.au/sites/default/files/documents/Queensland%20and%20Queenslanders.pdf |date=16 February 2017 }}
  • 1939 - 1950 Robert McDowall{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article114178745|title=MUST OBTAIN LEAVE.|date=9 October 1939|newspaper=Queensland Times|access-date=30 April 2019|issue=16,498|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=LXXIX|page=7 (DAILY.)|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=17 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220717005443/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/114178745|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article114167403|title=Maryborough Mayor Not Accepted.|date=24 April 1941|newspaper=Queensland Times|access-date=30 April 2019|issue=16977|location=Queensland, Australia|page=10 (DAILY.)|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=2 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002001151/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/114167403|url-status=live}}
  • 1950-1955: Cyril Tanner{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article147805059|title=Aid. Tanner's History|date=19 June 1950|newspaper=Maryborough Chronicle|access-date=30 April 2019|issue=24,443|location=Queensland, Australia|page=1|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=2 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002001118/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/147805059|url-status=live}}
  • 1955-1956: Herbert Leslie Jones
  • 1956–1965: Robert Alexander Hunter{{Cite web|title = Past students|url = https://maryboroshs.eq.edu.au/Ourcommunity/Paststudents/Pages/Paststudents.aspx|website = maryboroshs.eq.edu.au|access-date = 2015-11-22|language = en|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053606/https://maryboroshs.eq.edu.au/Ourcommunity/Paststudents/Pages/Paststudents.aspx|archive-date = 4 March 2016|url-status = dead}}
  • 1964-1970: Ralph Stafford
  • 1970-1988:John Anderson
  • (number of years) R. J. Hyne {{Citation|author1 = Australian History Publishing Co|title = Queensland and Queenslanders : incorporating 'Prominent Queenslanders'|date = 1936|publisher = Australian History Publishing Co|url = http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/19162207|access-date = 1 October 2015|page = 144|archive-date = 2 October 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151002055740/http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/19162207|url-status = live}} — available [http://ncb.anu.edu.au/sites/default/files/documents/Queensland%20and%20Queenslanders.pdf online] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216155301/http://ncb.anu.edu.au/sites/default/files/documents/Queensland%20and%20Queenslanders.pdf |date=16 February 2017 }}
  • 1988-1991: Ronald James Peters
  • N. A. Reed {{Citation | author1=Australian History Publishing Co | title=Queensland and Queenslanders : incorporating 'Prominent Queenslanders' | date=1936 | publisher=Australian History Publishing Co | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/19162207 | page=240 | access-date=1 October 2015 | archive-date=2 October 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002055740/http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/19162207 | url-status=live }} — available [http://ncb.anu.edu.au/sites/default/files/documents/Queensland%20and%20Queenslanders.pdf online] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216155301/http://ncb.anu.edu.au/sites/default/files/documents/Queensland%20and%20Queenslanders.pdf |date=16 February 2017 }}
  • 1991–2004: Alan Brown
  • 2004–2008: Barbara Hovard

Notable people

In addition to the mayors listed above, other notable people associated with the local government include:

  • Walter Adams, an alderman of Maryborough and a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly

References

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See also

{{Queensland former LGAs}}

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Category:Former local government areas of Queensland

Category:1861 establishments in Australia

Category:2008 disestablishments in Australia

Category:Populated places disestablished in 2008