Shire of Clifton
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{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox Australian place | type = lga
| name = Shire of Clifton
| state = qld
| image = Clifton LGA Qld.png
| image_upright = 0.81
| caption = Location within Queensland
| pop = 2549
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2006}}
| pop_footnotes ={{Census 2006 AUS | id = LGA32400 | name = Clifton (S) (Local Government Area) | accessdate=2008-03-18|quick = on}}
| area = 867.5
| est = 1879
| seat = Clifton
| region = Darling Downs
| logo = Clifton Logo.png
| url = http://www.clifton.qld.gov.au/
| near-nw = Pittsworth
| near-n = Cambooya
| near-ne = Cambooya
| near-w = Millmerran
| near-e = Gatton
| near-sw = Warwick
| near-s = Warwick
| near-se = Warwick
}}
The Shire of Clifton was a local government area in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia, southwest of the regional city of Toowoomba. The shire, administered from the town of Clifton, covered an area of {{convert|867.5|km2|sqmi|1}}, and existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 2008, when it amalgamated with several other councils in the Toowoomba area to form the Toowoomba Region.
History
File:Clifton Division, March 1902.jpg
The Clifton Division was incorporated on 11 November 1879 under the Divisional Boards Act 1879 with a population of 1382.{{Gazette QLD|title=Proclamation [Clifton Division]|volume=25|page=995|date=11 November 1879}}
With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, the Clifton Division became the Shire of Clifton on 31 March 1903.{{cite QSA Agency|577|Clifton Shire Council|10 September 2013}}
On 23 January 1915, part of the Shire of Clifton was amalgamated with the Town of Allora to create the new Shire of Allora. The Shire of Clifton continued with smaller boundaries.{{cite QSA Agency|293|Allora Town Council|10 September 2013}}{{cite QSA Agency|292|Allora Shire Council|10 September 2013}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article82822348 |title=NEW SHIRE OF ALLORA,. |newspaper=Warwick Examiner and Times (Qld. : 1867 - 1919) |location=Qld. |date=23 January 1915 |access-date=10 September 2013 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
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 Clifton merged with the City of Toowoomba and the Shires of Cambooya, Crows Nest, Jondaryan, Millmerran, Pittsworth and Shire of Rosalie to form the Toowoomba Region.{{cite QSA Agency|11041|Toowoomba Regional Council|10 September 2013}}
Towns and localities
The Shire of Clifton includes the following settlements:
1 - split with the former Shire of Cambooya
Population
| class="wikitable" | |
| Year
! Population | |
|---|---|
| 1933 | 3,105 |
| 1947 | 2,760 |
| 1954 | 2,542 |
| 1961 | 2,572 |
| 1966 | 2,549 |
| 1971 | 2,378 |
| 1976 | 2,260 |
| 1981 | 2,188 |
| 1986 | 2,354 |
| 1991 | 2,301 |
| 1996 | 2,308 |
| 2001 | 2,327 |
| 2006 | 2,549 |
Chairmen and mayors
The leaders of the Clifton Division and Clifton Shire were:{{cite web|url=http://www.toowoombarc.qld.gov.au/our-region/history/tmbacitymayors/clifton/5628-clifton-shire-council-past-chairmen-and-mayors|title=Clifton Shire Council - Past Chairmen and Mayors|date=7 December 2012|publisher=Toowoomba Regional Council|access-date=17 January 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201154353/http://www.toowoombarc.qld.gov.au/our-region/history/tmbacitymayors/clifton/5628-clifton-shire-council-past-chairmen-and-mayors|archive-date=1 February 2014}}
=Clifton Divisional Board=
- Charles Clarke (1880—1881)
- James Hanly (1881—1882)
- Thomas Grimes (1882—1883)
- William Deacon (1883—1885)
- George Clarke (1886—1888)
- William Deacon (1889—1890)
- James Hanly (1890—1891)
- John Logan (1891—1892)
- John Keleher (1892—1893)
- Andrew Gordon (1893—1894)
- James Hanly (1894—1895)
- Edward Harvey (1895—1896)
- John Logan (1896—1897)
- Edward Harvey (1897—1898)
- Maas Henry Hinz (1899—1900)
- James Bourke (1900—1901)
- Jeremiah Collins (1901—1902)
- John Keleher (1902—1903)
=Clifton Shire Council=
- Charles Young Gillam (1903—1904)
- Bernard McGovern (1904—1905)
- John Logan (1905—1906)
- Charles Young Gillam (1906—1907)
- John O'Sullivan (1907—1908)
- Edward Cooper (1908—1909)
- Phillip Henry Imhoff (1909—1910)
- John Logan (1910—1911)
- James Purcell (1911—1913)
- Henry Allen Smith (1913—1914)
- James Bourke (1914—1915)
- John Logan (1915—1916)
- John Gallagher (1916—1917)
- James Meara (1917—1921)
- Walter Robert Ross (1922—1923)
- James Meara (1924—1947)
- Heinrich Heinrichsen (1947—1949)
- Herbert Warfield (1949—1955)
- William Bourke (1955—1967)
- William Finlay (1967—1976)
- Virgil O'Leary (1976—1979)
- William Bishop (1979—1982)
- Emmett Lyons (1982—1991)
- Ian Jones (1991—1994)
- Reg Murphy (1994—1997)
- Patricia Collins (1997—2004)
- Ian Jones (2004—2008)
References
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External links
- {{cite web|title=Clifton Shire|url=http://www.queenslandplaces.com.au/clifton-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