Shire of Taringa
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File:Taringa Division, March 1902.jpg
The Shire of Taringa is a former local government area of Queensland, Australia, located in western Brisbane. Its administrative centre was Taringa (now a suburb of City of Brisbane). It existed from 1890 to 1925.
History
Toowong Division was one of the original divisions created on 11 November 1879 under the Divisional Boards Act of 1879.{{Gazette QLD|title=Proclamation [Toowong Division constituted]|volume=25|page=993|date=11 November 1879}} On 20 May 1880, the more populated area of the district was proclaimed as the Shire of Toowong, with the remaining part of the Toowong Division being renamed Indooroopilly Division on 2 June 1880.{{cite QSA Agency|10768|Indooroopilly Divisional Board|26 August 2013}}
In 1890, residents in the Taringa area of the Indooroopilly Division began to agitate for the establishment of a separate division for Taringa. Their rationale was that the area around Taringa railway station had grown in population and was of a suburban character and that the interests of this community were different from those of the farming community that comprised the rest of Indooroopilly Division.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71180573 |title=Our Queensland Letter. |newspaper=Australian Town and Country Journal |location=NSW |date=16 August 1890 |access-date=1 September 2013 |page=10 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} On 11 October 1890, Taringa Division was separated from Indooroopilly Division.{{cite journal|title=Proclamation|journal=Queensland Government Gazette|date=11 October 1890|volume=51|page=436|url=http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/eserv/UQ:246877/Queensland_Gov_Gazette_1890_v51.pdf}}
With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, Taringa Division became a Shire on 31 March 1903.{{cite QSA Agency|9630|Taringa Shire Council|1 September 2013}}
On 1 October 1925, the Shire of Taringa was amalgamated into the City of Brisbane.{{Gazette QLD|volume=125|page=1288|title=Order in Council|date=26 September 1925}}
Chairmen
File:StateLibQld 2 76779 A. D. Guyatt, chairman of the Taringa Shire Council, Brisbane, 1909.jpg
- 1900: Mr Guyatt{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19120645 |title=SUMMARY OF NEWS. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=31 January 1901 |access-date=4 October 2013 |page=4 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
- 1909: A.D. Guyatt
- 1925: A. Burton{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20965022 |title=Mayors and Chairmen of Councils Who Were Entertained Yesterday By Alderman Jolly |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=1 October 1925 |access-date=26 December 2013 |page=9 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
References
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External links
- {{cite web|title=Taringa|url=http://www.queenslandplaces.com.au/taringa|work=Queensland Places|publisher=Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland}}
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Category:Former local government areas of Queensland