Shire of Aramac
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox Australian place | type = lga
| name = Shire of Aramac
| state = qld
| image = Aramac LGA Qld.png
| image_upright = 0.81
| caption = Location within Queensland
| image2 = Muttaburra Library, Aramac Shire, Queensland.jpg
| caption2 = Muttaburra Library, operated by the Aramac Shire Council
| pop = 754
| pop_year = 2006 census
| pop_footnotes ={{Census 2006 AUS | id = LGA30150 | name = Aramac (S) (Local Government Area) | accessdate=17 September 2009|quick = on}}
| area = 23364.1
| est = 1879
| seat = Aramac
| region = Central Queensland
| logo = Aramac Shire logo.jpg
| url =
| near-nw = Winton
| near-n = Flinders
| near-ne = Dalrymple
| near-e = Belyando
| near-w = Longreach
| near-sw = Ilfracombe
| near-s = Barcaldine
| near-se = Jericho
}}
The Shire of Aramac was a local government area located in central Queensland about {{convert|1100|km|mi|0}} north west of the state capital, Brisbane, between the towns of Barcaldine and Winton. It covered an area of {{convert|23364.1|km2|sqmi|1}}, and existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 2008, when it amalgamated with the Shires of Barcaldine and Jericho to form the Barcaldine Region.
History
File:Aramac Division, March 1902.jpg
The Aramac Division was created on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 divisions around Queensland under the Divisional Boards Act 1879 with a population of 841.{{Gazette QLD|title=Proclamation [Aramac Division]|volume=25|page=1005|date=11 November 1879}}
On 9 May 1900, part of the Aramac Division was excised to create the new Longreach Division under the Divisional Boards Act 1887.{{cite QSA Agency|11204|Longreach Divisional Board|21 September 2013}}
On 27 December 1902, part of the Aramac Division was excised to create the Ilfracombe Division under the Divisional Boards Act 1887.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article52979957 |title=WESTERN DIVISIONAL BOARDS. |newspaper=The Morning Bulletin |location=Rockhampton, Qld. |date=2 January 1903 |access-date=21 September 2013 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}
With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, Aramac Division became the Shire of Aramac on 31 March 1903.{{cite QSA Agency|296|Aramac Shire Council|21 September 2013}}
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 Aramac merged with the Shires of Barcaldine and Jericho to form the Barcaldine Region.{{cite QSA Agency|11031|Barcaldine Regional Council|21 September 2013}}
The Shire operated the Aramac Tramway from Aramac to its junction near Barcaldine with the Central Western railway line from Rockhampton to Longreach from 1911 to 1975.The Aramac Tramway Preston, R & Tonkies, R. Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, August 1957 pp118-123
Towns and localities
The Shire of Aramac included the following settlements:
Chairmen
{{Expand list|date=November 2017}}
- 1880: T. Whannell {{Cite book|title=This El Dorado of Australia : a centennial history of Aramac Shire|author1=Smith, Anne|author2=James Cook University of North Queensland. Department of History and Politics|publisher=Dept. of History and Politics, James Cook University|isbn=978-0-86443-520-0|publication-date=1994|pages=428–433}}
- 1881: J. Tilbury (resigned November 1881)
- 1882: E.R. Edkins (resigned March 1882)
- 1882: W. Forsyth
- 1883–1884: T. Whannell
- 1885: W. Forsyth
- 1886–1888: E.R. Edkins
- 1889–1890: S.P. Fraser
- 1891: E.R. Edkins
- 1892–1901: S.P. Fraser
- 1902: E.R. Edkins
- 1903–1905: S.P. Fraser
- 1906: D.C.K. Cameron
- 1907–1914: S.P. Fraser
- 1915 – December 1923: E.W. Bowyer
- 1924–1936: Sydney Harold Fraser {{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}}
- 1936–1939: B. Duke
- 1939–1946: Sydney Harold Fraser
- 1946–1955: R.A. Stobo
- 1955–1976: J.T. Neill
- 1976–1982: O.N. Landers
- 1986: Antonio Monte de Ramos Jr {{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}}
Population
| class="wikitable" | |
| Year
! Population | |
|---|---|
| 1933 | 1,679 |
| 1947 | 1,592 |
| 1954 | 1,714 |
| 1961 | 1,790 |
| 1966 | 1,652 |
| 1971 | 1,168 |
| 1976 | 1,059 |
| 1981 | 1,082 |
| 1986 | 1,097 |
| 1991 | 832 |
| 1996 | 778 |
| 2001 | 742 |
| 2006 | 754 |
See also
References
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External links
{{commons category|Shire of Aramac}}
- {{cite web|title=Aramac Shire|url=http://www.queenslandplaces.com.au/aramac-shire|work=Queensland Places|publisher=Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland}}
{{Queensland former LGAs}}
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Category:Former local government areas of Queensland
Category:1879 establishments in Australia