Shire of Kilkivan

{{Infobox Australian place | type = lga

| name = Shire of Kilkivan

| state = qld

| image = Kilkivan LGA Qld.png

| image_upright = 0.81

| caption = Location within Queensland

| area = 3263.4

| est = 1886 – 15 March 2008

| seat = Kilkivan

| pop = 3,431

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2006}}

| pop_footnotes ={{Census 2006 AUS | id = LGA34300 | name = Kilkivan (S) (Local Government Area) | access-date=18 March 2008|quick = on}}

| region =

| logo = KilkivanSCLogo.png

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

| near-nw = Gayndah

| near-n = Woocoo

| near-ne = Tiaro

| near-e = Cooloola

| near-w = Murgon

| near-sw = Nanango

| near-s = Esk

| near-se = Kilcoy

}}

The Shire of Kilkivan was a local government area about {{convert|180|km|mi|0}} north-northwest of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia. The shire covered an area of {{convert|3263.4|km2|sqmi|1}}, and existed from 1886 until its merger with several other local government areas to form the Gympie Region on 15 March 2008.

History

The Kilkivan area was the centre of a gold rush in the late 1860s. As the gold was mined out, agriculture became established in the region.

Kilkivan Division was created on 1 July 1886 from the western part of the Widgee Division and part of the Barambah Division under the Divisional Boards Act 1879.{{Gazette QLD|title=Proclamation [Kilkivan Division constituted]|volume=39|page=4-5|date=3 July 1886}} However, the changes to Widgee's boundaries were not welcomed by the Widgee Divisional Board; they felt so much territory had been removed from Widgee Division that it was effectively abolished and the board members all threatened to resign in protest.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4494730 |title=COUNTRY MAILS. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=13 July 1886 |access-date=7 October 2013 |page=6 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4484745 |title=COUNTRY MAILS. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=20 July 1886 |access-date=7 October 2013 |page=6 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} The government then hastily abolished Kilkivan Division on 30 July 1886, only four weeks after it was created,{{Gazette QLD|title=Proclamation [Kilkivan Division abolished]|volume=39|page=324|date=31 July 1886}} leading to protests by the residents of Kilkivan.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4495320 |title=COUNTRY MAILS. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=9 August 1886 |access-date=7 October 2013 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} Arguments about boundaries continued for a year.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3469933 |title=COUNTRY MAILS. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=20 May 1887 |access-date=7 October 2013 |page=2 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3470170 |title=KILKIVAN TROUBLES. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=23 May 1887 |access-date=7 October 2013 |page=6 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3470217 |title=PROPOSED NEW KILKIVAN DIVISION. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=24 May 1887 |access-date=7 October 2013 |page=5 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3481764 |title=The Brisbane Courier. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=24 October 1887 |access-date=7 October 2013 |page=4 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} Kilkivan Division was eventually re-constituted on 17 November 1887, comprising part of No. 2 subdivision of Widgee Division and part of the No. 2 subdivision and all of the No. 3 subdivision of Barambah Division, to be governed by a board of six members.{{Gazette QLD|title=Proclamation [Kilkivan Division re-constituted]|volume=42|page=979|date=19 November 1887}}{{cite QSA Agency|1013|Kilkivan Divisional Board|21 September 2013}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19928298 |title=Current News. |newspaper=The Queenslander |date=5 November 1887 |access-date=7 October 2013 |page=725 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}

With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, Kilkivan Division became the Shire of Kilkivan on 31 March 1903.{{cite QSA Agency|1014|Kilkivan Shire Council|21 September 2013}} The Shire was not subdivided into wards or divisions, and the council consisted of an elected mayor and six councillors.

File:Sketch_map_of_portions_61,_62,_...,_parish_of_Murgon,_portions_168_&_169,_parish_of_Goomeribong_&_portions_49,_50_&_53,_parish_of_Barambah_..._county_of_Fitzroy.jpg

In July 1906, 32 allotments were advertised for selection by the Department of Public Lands Office. The map advertising the land selection states the allotments are portions in the Parishes of Murgon, Goomeribong and Barambah.{{cite archive |first= |last= |item=Sketch map of portions 61, 62, ..., parish of Murgon, portions 168 & 169, parish of Goomeribong & portions 49, 50 & 53, parish of Barambah ... county of Fitzroy |type=Map |date=1906 |series= |file= |box= |collection=Collections |repository= |institution=State Library of Queensland |location= |item-url=https://hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/264327}} The portions were left over from April 5th.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article187801623|title=Notes and News.|date=26 June 1906|newspaper=Gympie Times And Mary River Mining Gazette|access-date=25 March 2019|issue=5003|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=XXXVIII|page=6|via=National Library of Australia}}

The Kilkivan and District Historical Society was founded in 1979 and established a Shire Museum in Bligh Street, Kilkivan, near the site of a former goldfield. The shire came to host two major annual festivals—the Kilkivan Great Horse Ride in April, and the Goomeri Pumpkin Festival on the last Sunday in May.

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 Kilikivan merged with the Shire of Cooloola and Division 3 of the Shire of Tiaro (Theebine/Gunalda areas) to form the Gympie Region.{{cite QSA Agency|11054|Gympie Regional Council|21 September 2013}}{{cite news|url=http://www.gympietimes.com.au/storydisplay.cfm?storyid=3766352|title=Sad end to Kilkivan Shire|date=12 March 2008|work=Gympie Times|access-date=19 March 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080722064730/http://www.gympietimes.com.au/storydisplay.cfm?storyid=3766352|archive-date=22 July 2008|df=dmy-all}} At the elections on that day, Kilkivan's mayor, Ron Dyne, became the first mayor of the new council.{{cite news|url=http://abc.com.au/news/stories/2008/03/19/2194266.htm|title=Dyne scores Gympie Regional Council's top job|date=19 March 2008|work=ABC Online|access-date=19 March 2008}}

Towns and localities

File:Kilkivan Division, March 1902.jpg

The Shire of Kilkivan included the following settlements:

Population

Year ! Population
class="wikitable"
1921	3,047
1933	4,287
1947	4,141
1954	3,923
1961	3,636
1966	3,345
1971	2,972
1976	2,651
1981	2,500
1986	2,718
1991	2,853
1996	3,203
2001	3,134
2006	3,431

Chairmen and mayors

The following were the leaders of the divisional board and shire council:

29 February 1888 – 25 February 1891: George Hall Jones,{{Citation | author1=Logan, Dulcie | author2=Dale, John | author3=Kilkivan (Qld. : Shire). Council | title=Where two rivers run: a history of Kilkivan Shire | date=1988 | publisher=Kilkivan Shire Council | isbn=978-0-7316-1928-3 }} son of David Jones, the founder of the department store David Jones Limited
25 February 1891 – 7 March 1893: J. Broadbent
7 March 1893 – 27 June 1893: Llewellyn Mander Jones, nephew of George Hall Jones, and grandson of David Jones{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22144404 |title=Mr. L. M. Jones. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=1 April 1933 |access-date=30 January 2014 |page=15 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
27 June 1893 – 2 February 1898: George Hall Jones
2 February 1898 – 25 January 1899: William Burnett Lawless
25 January 1899 – 28 February 1900: Hugh Moore
28 February 1900 – 30 January 1901: Llewellyn Mander Jones
30 January 1901 – 26 February 1902: Hugh Moore
26 February 1902 – 25 February 1903: Aubrey Edward Jones, another member of the Jones family{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article97173499 |title=THE REAPER. |newspaper=Queensland Country Life (Qld. : 1900 – 1954) |location=Qld. |date=5 August 1937 |access-date=30 January 2014 |page=4 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
25 February 1903 – 4 November 1903: James Phillip Voss
4 November 1903 – 24 February 1904: William Burnett Lawless
24 February 1904 – 30 January 1907: Llewellyn Mander Jones
30 January 1907 – 29 January 1908: William Burnett Lawless
29 January 1908 – 24 February 1909: James Alexander Slater
24 February 1909 – 9 February 1910: Llewellyn Mander Jones
9 February 1910 – 8 February 1911: Thomas Holden Tennison
8 February 1911 – 31 January 1912: William Burnett Lawless
31 January 1912 – 5 February 1913: Norman Jones, another member of the Jones family{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20823833 |title=AMONG THE BURNETT STATIONS. |newspaper=The Queenslander |date=10 March 1906 |access-date=30 January 2014 |page=29 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
5 February 1913 – 4 February 1914: Isaac John Moore, brother of Hugh Moore{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19584595 |title=PERSONAL. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=12 July 1909 |access-date=30 January 2014 |page=7 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
4 February 1914 – 3 February 1915: Frederick Stonard Schollick
3 February 1915 – 5 April 1916: Llewellyn Mander Jones
5 April 1916 – 4 April 1917: Frederick Stonard Schollick
4 April 1917 – 13 February 1918: Isaac John Moore
13 February 1918 – 12 February 1919: William Burnett Lawless
12 February 1919 – 3 August 1921: Frederick Stonard Schollick
3 August 1921 – 4 May 1927: William Burnett Lawless
4 May 1927 – May 1930: John Edward Stanton
May 1930 – May 1933: Robert Pride Stumm
May 1933 – May 1936: John Edward Stanton
May 1936 – May 1943: Thomas Herbert Spencer
May 1943 – April 1970: Charles Clarence Jones
April 1970 – 1994: Alec Frederick McIntosh{{Cite news|url=http://southburnett.com.au/news2/2018/02/memorial-service-for-former-mayor/|title=Memorial Service For Former Mayor|date=3 February 2018|work=southburnett.com.au|access-date=5 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180205053624/http://southburnett.com.au/news2/2018/02/memorial-service-for-former-mayor/|archive-date=5 February 2018|url-status=live}}{{Expand list|date=February 2018}}
1994–2004: David Lahiff
2004–2008: Ron Dyne

Shire of Kilkivan

History

Towns and localities

Population

Chairmen and mayors

References

Further reading