Shire of Perry
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox Australian place | type = lga
| name = Shire of Perry
| state = qld
| image = Perry LGA Qld.png
| image_upright = 0.81
| caption = Location within Queensland
| pop = 445
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2006}}
| pop_footnotes ={{Census 2006 AUS | id = LGA35900 | name = Perry (S) (Local Government Area) | accessdate=2008-03-18|quick = on}}
| area = 2357.7
| est = 1880
| seat = Mount Perry
| region = Wide Bay-Burnett
| logo = Perry Logo.jpg
| url = http://www.perry.qld.gov.au/
| near-nw = Monto
| near-n = Monto
| near-ne = Kolan
| near-w = Eidsvold
| near-e = Kolan
| near-sw = Gayndah
| near-s = Gayndah
| near-se = Biggenden
}}
The Shire of Perry was a local government area in the northern catchment of the Burnett River, Queensland, Australia. The Shire covered an area of {{convert|2357.7|km2|sqmi|1}}, and existed as a local government area from 1880 until 2008, when it amalgamated with several other shires to form the North Burnett Region.
Its administrative centre was the town of Mount Perry.
History
File:Perry Division, March 1902.jpg
The Perry Division was one of the original divisions created under the Divisional Boards Act 1879 with a population of 1664.{{Gazette QLD|title=Proclamation [Perry Division]|volume=25|page=1003|date=11 November 1879}} It held its first meeting on 6 March 1880.
With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, Perry Division became the Shire of Perry on 31 March 1903.
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 Perry merged with the Shires of Biggenden, Eidsvold, Gayndah, Monto and Mundubbera to form the North Burnett Region.{{cite QSA Agency|11035|North Burnett Regional Council|23 September 2013}}
Towns and localities
The Shire of Perry included the following settlement:
Population
| class="wikitable" | |
| Year
! Population | |
|---|---|
| 1933 | 795 |
| 1947 | 628 |
| 1954 | 496 |
| 1961 | 455 |
| 1966 | 374 |
| 1971 | 376 |
| 1976 | 304 |
| 1981 | 309 |
| 1986 | 310 |
| 1991 | 374 |
| 1996 | 351 |
| 2001 | 426 |
| 2006 | 445 |
Chairmen and mayors
- 1902—1933: Robert Hodnett {{cite book|title=Consolidated Index to Queensland Government Gazette 1859-1919|year=2004|publisher=Queensland Family History Society|isbn=1-876613-79-3}}{{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-article22137688 |title=LOCAL GOVERNMENT. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=26 April 1933 |access-date=18 June 2014 |page=8 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
- 1933: William John Maynard
- 2008: Joy Jensen
Joy Jensen was the last mayor of the Shire of Perry. Despite leading the smallest of the six North Burnett councils, she won the mayoralty of the new North Burnett Region at the elections on 15 March 2008.
References
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Category:Former local government areas of Queensland
Category:1880 establishments in Australia