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Shire of Duaringa

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{{Infobox Australian place | type = lga

| name = Shire of Duaringa

| state = qld

| image = Duaringa LGA Qld.png

| image_upright = 0.81

| caption = Location within Queensland

| pop = 6744

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2006}}

| pop_footnotes = {{Census 2006 AUS|id=|name= Duaringa (S) (Local Government Area)|accessdate=7 January 2017|quick=on}}

| area = 18201

| est =

| seat = Duaringa

| region = Capricornia

| logo = Duaringa Logo.png

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

| near-nw = Broadsound

| near-n = Broadsound

| near-ne = Livingstone

| near-w = Emerald

| near-e = Fitzroy

| near-sw = Bauhinia

| near-s = Taroom

| near-se = Banana

}}

The Shire of Duaringa was a local government area in the Capricornia region of Queensland, Australia. Duaringa Shire covered an area of 18,201 square kilometres and had a population of 6,744 according to the {{CensusAU|2006}}. On 15 March 2008 the shires of Duaringa, Emerald, Bauhinia and Peak Downs were amalgamated to form the Central Highlands Region.

History

File:Duaringa Division, March 1902.jpg

Banana Division was created on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 divisions around Queensland under the Divisional Boards Act 1879.{{Gazette QLD|title=Proclamation [Nogoa Division]|volume=25|page=1004|date=11 November 1879}}

On 20 April 1881 part of Banana Division was separated to create Duaringa Division.{{Gazette QLD | title = Proclamation [Banana & Duaringa Divisions] | volume = 28 | page = 1068-1069 | date = 23 April 1881}}

On 4 January 1884, there was an adjustment of boundaries between Bauhinia Division's subdivisions Nos. 2 and 3 and the Duaringa Division.{{Gazette QLD | title = Proclamation [Bauhinia Division amended] | volume = 34 | page = 19 | date = 5 January 1884}}{{Gazette QLD | title = Proclamation [Duaringa Division amended] | volume = 34 | page = 20-21 | date = 5 January 1884}} Soon after, on 20 March 1884, there was a further adjustment of boundaries between Bauhinia Division's subdivisions Nos. 1 and 3 and Duaringa Division.{{Gazette QLD | title = Proclamation [Bauhinia Division amended] | volume = 34 | page = 893 | date = 22 March 1884}}{{Gazette QLD | title = Proclamation [Duaringa Division amended] | volume = 34 | page = 894 | date = 22 March 1884}}

On 3 March 1892, part of subdivision 2 of the Broadsound Division was transferred to subdivision 3 of the Gogango Division, while another part of subdivision 2 of the Broadsound Division was transferred to the Duaringa Division.{{Gazette QLD | title=Order in Council [Broadsound, Gogango and Duaringa Divisions] | volume = 55 | page = 920 | date = 5 March 1892}}

With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, Banana Division became Shire on Banana on 31 March 1903.

On 15 March 2008 the Shires of Duaringa, Emerald, Bauhinia and Peak Downs were amalgamated to form the Central Highlands Region.{{cite QSA Agency|11030|Central Highlands Regional Council|8 September 2013}}

Towns and localities

The Shire of Duaringa included the following settlements:

Towns:

Township:

=Others=

The Aboriginal Shire of Woorabinda is located in five separate locations inside the former Shire of Duaringa - three of them wholly surrounded by Duaringa, and two on the border with Fitzroy Shire.

Economy

Duaringa is a local centre for the region's farmers, who cultivate sorghum and wheat, and graze beef cattle. Mining is another major industry within the Shire, due to the vast coal deposits around Blackwater.

Chairmen

  • Archibald Francis Dutton (1881) (brother of Charles Boydell Dutton)Turner, Denise | Duaringa Shire : 100 years of local government, 1881-1981 | published in 1981 | published by Duaringa Shire Council | {{ISBN|978-0-9593293-0-8}}
  • Albert Andrew Wright (1882, 1883, 1884) (father of Phillip Wright)
  • John Hay Ross (1885, 1886, 1887, 1888)
  • Arthur Herbert MacDonald (1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893)
  • William Irving Bell (after whom Bell Park at Emu Park is named) (1892, 1895, 1898, 1907) {{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article213559892|title=Duaringa Divisional Board.|date=26 September 1892|newspaper=The Daily Northern Argus|issue=2319|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=1|page=5|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=2 November 2016}}{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article52496598|title=DUARINGA DIVISIONAL BOARD.|date=13 May 1895|newspaper=Morning Bulletin|issue=9689|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=XLVIII|page=6|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=2 November 2016}}{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article52592877|title=QUEENSLAND NEWS.|date=4 April 1898|newspaper=Morning Bulletin|issue=10,520|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=LXI|page=5|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=2 November 2016}}
  • Edmund Dempsey (1894, 1896, 1897, 1901)
  • Somerled William MacDonald (1899, 1900)
  • Charles Ashmall Barnard (1902, 1903, 1912, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1921-1924, 1924-1927) {{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}}
  • William Officer (1904, 1905, 1906, 1907)
  • Henry Greensill Barnard (1908, 1909)
  • Peter Diamond (1910, 1911, 1912, 1919)
  • Richard Stewart Walsh (1913, 1914, 1915)
  • Henry Richard Bauman (1920)
  • James Thomas Dunne (1927-1930)
  • Lorne Alexander MacKenzie (1930-1933)
  • Edward Adams (1933-1936,1936-1939, 1939-1943, 1943-1946){{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article54761339|title=COUNTRY WOMEN|date=27 April 1934|newspaper=Morning Bulletin|issue=21,141|location=Queensland, Australia|page=14|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=2 November 2016}}
  • Harold Park (1946-1949, 1949-1952, 1952-1955, 1955-1958)
  • William Graeme (Tom) Graham (1958-1961, 1961-1964)
  • Harold Joseph George Bauman (1964-1967, 1967-1970, 1970-1973)
  • William Kerrod Park OBE (1973-1976, 1976-1979, 1979-1982, 1982-1985, 1985-1988, 1988-1991, 1991-1994){{Cite web|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1108898|title=PARK, William Kerrod|website=It's An Honour|publisher=Australian Government|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106055101/https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1108898|archive-date=6 January 2019|url-status=live|access-date=6 January 2019}}
  • Tom Hall (1994-1997, 1997-2000, 2000–2004)[http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/former-mayor-denies-agreement-for-duaringa-shire-to-build-australianthemed-playground-in-japan/news-story/fd2f3c5d1eda7ea3d6022ca7c42c2c98 Former mayor denies agreement for Duaringa Shire to build 'Australian-themed playground' in Japan], Matthew Killoran, The Sunday Mail, 24 May 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  • Gary Howard (2004-2008)[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2004-04-07/duaringa-mayor-sworn-in-today/165766 Duaringa mayor sworn in today], ABC News, 7 April 2004. Retrieved 18 December 2016.

References

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External links

  • [http://queenslandplaces.com.au/duaringa-and-duaringa-shire University of Queensland: Queensland Places: Duaringa and Duaringa Shire]
  • {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100305182036/duaringa.qld.gov.au |date=March 5, 2010 |title=Official website }}

{{Queensland former LGAs}}

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Category:Former local government areas of Queensland

Category:2008 disestablishments in Australia

Category:Populated places disestablished in 2008

Category:Central Highlands Region