Shire of Nerang

On 11 November 1879, the Nerang Division was created as one of 74 divisions within Queensland under the Divisional Boards Act 1879 with a population of 652.{{Gazette QLD|title=Proclamation [Nerang Division]|volume=25|page=987|date=11 November 1879}}{{cite QSA Agency|1447|Nerang Divisional Board|6 September 2013}}

On 6 July 1883, Southport Division was formed from part of subdivision No. 1 of Nerang Division and part of subdivision No. 1 of Coomera Division.{{Gazette QLD|title=Proclamation [Southport Division constituted]|volume=33|page=255|date=14 July 1883}}{{Gazette QLD|title=Proclamation [Cooma Division amended]|volume=33|page=254|date=14 July 1883}}{{Gazette QLD|title=Proclamation [Nerang Division amended]|volume=33|page=253|date=14 July 1883}}{{cite QSA Agency|1835|Southport Divisional Board|6 September 2013}}

With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, the Nerang Division became the Shire of Nerang on 31 March 1903.{{cite QSA Agency|1448|Nerang Shire Council|6 September 2013}}

On 12 June 1914, part of Nerang Shire was separated to enable the establishment of the Town of Coolangatta.{{cite QSA Agency|10376|Coolangatta Town Council|6 September 2013}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19954276 |title=NEW TOWN OF COOLANGATTA. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=13 June 1914 |access-date=6 September 2013 |page=5 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}

In 1927 the council met in their offices at Mudgeeraba.

On 9 December 1948, as part of a major reorganisation of local government in South East Queensland, an Order in Council replacing ten former local government areas between the City of Brisbane and the New South Wales border with only four.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49928855 |title=New coast names. |newspaper=The Courier-Mail |location=Brisbane |date=10 December 1948 |access-date=5 September 2013 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article117114627 |title=DETAILS OF SOUTH COAST SHIRES. |newspaper=Queensland Times |location=Ipswich, Queensland |date=10 December 1948 |access-date=5 September 2013 |page=1 |edition=DAILY |publisher=National Library of Australia}} The former ten were:

• Beaudesert
• Beenleigh
• Cleveland
• Coolangatta
• Coomera
• Nerang
• Southport
• Tamborine
• Tingalpa
• Waterford

The four resulting local government areas were:

• the new Shire of Albert: a merger of Beenleigh, Coomera, Nerang (except for the Burleigh Heads area), the southern part of Tingalpa and the eastern part of Waterford{{cite QSA Agency|290|Albert Shire Council|4 September 2013}}
• Town of South Coast, an amalgamation of the Towns of Southport and Coolangatta with the Burleigh Heads part of Nerang (which later became City of Gold Coast)
• an enlarged Shire of Beaudesert, an amalgamation of Beaudesert and Tamborine with the western part of Waterford
• the new Redland Shire, an amalgamation of Cleveland and the northern part of Tingalpa (which later became Redland City)

The Order came into effect on 10 June 1949, when the first elections were held.

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• 1880-1881: Walter John Browne {{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20331772 |title=General News. |newspaper=The Queenslander |location=Brisbane |date=13 March 1880 |access-date=11 May 2014 |page=326 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}{{Citation|author1=Longhurst, Robert|title=Nerang shire : a history to 1949|pages=88|publication-date=1994|publisher=Albert Shire Council|isbn=978-0-646-20287-7|author2=Albert (Qld.). Council}}
• 1881-1884: Robert Hope{{Citation|author1=Longhurst, Robert|title=Nerang shire : a history to 1949|pages=88–89|publication-date=1994|publisher=Albert Shire Council|isbn=978-0-646-20287-7|author2=Albert (Qld.). Council}}
• 1914 - 1917: William Stephens{{Citation|author1=Longhurst, Robert|title=Nerang shire : a history to 1949|pages=192|publication-date=1994|publisher=Albert Shire Council|isbn=978-0-646-20287-7|author2=Albert (Qld.). Council}}
• 1917— March 1928: Walter James Brake (died in office){{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}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21242276 |title=THE LATE MR. W. J. BRAKE. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=13 April 1928 |access-date=18 June 2014 |page=15 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
• April 1928 - 1948 (died in office): William Godfrey Holden (Goff) Rudd
• 1948 - 1949: Eric John Gaven, last chairman of Nerang Shire Council and first chairman of Albert Shire Council{{Citation|author1=Longhurst, Robert|title=Nerang shire : a history to 1949|pages=223–225|publication-date=1994|publisher=Albert Shire Council|isbn=978-0-646-20287-7|author2=Albert (Qld.). Council}}

William Stephens, a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly and a Member of the Queensland Legislative Council and mayor of the South Brisbane City Council, was a long-term councillor at Nerang, first serving in 1882 and serving for a total of 36 years.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20922808 |title=MR. WILLIAM STEPHENS. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=1 May 1925 |access-date=15 December 2014 |page=10 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}

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• {{Citation|author1=Longhurst, Robert|title=Nerang shire : a history to 1949|publication-date=1994|publisher=Albert Shire Council|isbn=978-0-646-20287-7|author2=Albert (Qld.). Council}}

• {{cite web|title=Nerang and Nerang Shire|url=http://www.queenslandplaces.com.au/nerang-and-nerang-shire|work=Queensland Places|publisher=Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland}}

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