Shire of Waggamba

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The Waggamba Division was created on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 divisions around Queensland under the Divisional Boards Act 1879 with a population of 1176.{{Gazette QLD|title=Proclamation [Waggamba Division]|volume=25|page=998|date=11 November 1879}} Its headquarters were in the town of Goondiwindi.

In 1888, the urban area of Goondiwindi was excised from the Waggamba Division to create a separate municipality, the Borough of Goondiwindi.

With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, Waggamba Division became the Shire of Waggamba 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 Waggamba merged with the Shire of Inglewood and Town of Goondiwindi to form the Goondiwindi Region.{{cite web|title=Waggamba Shire|url=http://queenslandplaces.com.au/waggamba-shire|work=Queensland Places|publisher=Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland|access-date=21 September 2013}}

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The Shire of Waggamba included the following settlements:

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Towns:

• Bungunya
• Daymar
• Kurumbul
• Talwood
• Toobeah
• Yelarbon

State forests:

• Calingunee State Forest
• Kerimbilla State Forest

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Localities:

• Billa Billa
• Callandoon
• Calingunee
• Kerimbilla
• Kindon
• Lundavra
• Moonie
• Tarawera
• Weengallon
• Wondalli
• Wyaga

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• April 1890 – April 1900: William James Hooper{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3512850 |title=GOONDIWINDI. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=17 April 1890 |access-date=2 January 2014 |page=6 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3525128 |title=COUNTRY MAILS. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=22 April 1891 |access-date=2 January 2014 |page=6 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21447937 |title=QUEENSLAND. |newspaper=The Queenslander |location=Brisbane |date=23 April 1898 |access-date=2 January 2014 |page=772 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3692243 |title=QUEENSLAND. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=20 April 1899 |access-date=2 January 2014 |page=5 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19051002 |title=QUEENSLAND. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=19 April 1900 |access-date=2 January 2014 |page=5 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
• May 1900 – 1901: G.W. Watson{{cite book|title=Consolidated Index to Queensland Government Gazette 1859-1919|year=2004|publisher=Queensland Family History Society|isbn=1-876613-79-3}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19054426 |title=OFFICIAL NOTIFICATIONS. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=28 May 1900 |access-date=2 January 2014 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
• 1901 – May 1905: Harry Marshall{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19132119 |title=GOONDIWINDI. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=17 April 1902 |access-date=2 January 2014 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21812044 |title=QUEENSLAND NEWS. |newspaper=The Queenslander |location=Brisbane |date=25 April 1903 |access-date=2 January 2014 |page=901 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19347904 |title=COUNTRY NEWS. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=5 May 1905 |access-date=2 January 2014 |page=8 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
• 1905 – April 1907: Donald Gunn{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19451468 |title=BELOW THE RANGE. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=26 May 1906 |access-date=2 January 2014 |page=6 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19472179 |title=LOCAL GOVERNMENT. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=25 April 1907 |access-date=2 January 2014 |page=7 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
• April 1907 – April 1908: J. Gore
• April 1908 – : Richard Hugo Treweeke{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19518528 |title=WAGGAMBA SHIRE COUNCIL. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=21 April 1908 |access-date=2 January 2014 |page=8 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
• 1927: Donald Weir Oliver McIntyre{{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}}

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• {{Citation | author1=Armstrong, G. O. (Geoffrey Owen) | author2=Waggamba Shire Council, Queensland | title=Waggamba Shire story : a history of the Waggamba Shire | year=1973 | publication-date=1973 | publisher=Waggamba Shire Council | isbn=978-0-9598770-0-7 |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/version/45251558 }}

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

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