Town of Hamilton

File:Hamilton Division, March 1902.jpg

The Divisional Boards Act 1879 established Divisional Boards as a form of local government for area outside the boundaries of recognised municipalities. The Kedron Division was one of those initially established on 11 November 1879,{{cite QSA Agency|246|Kedron Divisional Board|25 August 2013}} but on 3 November 1883 the Toombul Division was separated from the Kedron Division.{{cite QSA Agency|1895|Toombul Divisional Board|25 August 2013}} Following agitation by Toombul board member Andrew Lang Petrie, the Hamilton Division was then separated from the Toombul Division on 2 October 1890 and Petrie become its first chairman.{{cite web|title=Agency ID9637, Hamilton Divisional Board|url=http://www.archivessearch.qld.gov.au/Search/AgencyDetails.aspx?AgencyId=9637|publisher=Queensland State Archives|access-date=15 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006100339/http://www.archivessearch.qld.gov.au/Search/AgencyDetails.aspx?AgencyId=9637|archive-date=6 October 2013|url-status=live}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20286685 |title=Current News|newspaper=The Queenslander(1866–1939)|location=Brisbane, Queensland|date=11 October 1890|access-date=25 August 2013|page=714|publisher=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20344924 |title=Our Legislators |newspaper=The Queenslander |location=Brisbane |date=16 September 1893 |access-date=24 December 2013 |page=552 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}

In 1902, the Local Authorities Act 1902 replaced all divisions with towns and shires, creating the Shire of Hamilton on 31 March 1903.{{cite web|title=Agency ID10780, Hamilton Shire Council|url=http://www.archivessearch.qld.gov.au/Search/AgencyDetails.aspx?AgencyId=10780|publisher=Queensland State Archives|access-date=15 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014010216/http://www.archivessearch.qld.gov.au/Search/AgencyDetails.aspx?AgencyId=10780|archive-date=14 October 2013|url-status=live}}

In 1904, it was proclaimed the Town of Hamilton.{{cite web|title=Agency ID2200, Hamilton Town Council|url=http://www.archivessearch.qld.gov.au/Search/AgencyDetails.aspx?AgencyId=2200|publisher=Queensland State Archives|access-date=15 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006100342/http://www.archivessearch.qld.gov.au/Search/AgencyDetails.aspx?AgencyId=2200|archive-date=6 October 2013|url-status=live}}

In 1925, it was amalgamated into the City of Brisbane.

The Hamilton Town Hall was built in 1920 and is located at the north-west corner of the intersection of Racecourse Road and Rossiter Street, Hamilton. After the amalgamation into the City of Brisbane, the Hamilton Town Hall was used as a School of Arts. In World War II it was used by the Australian Army. After the war, the Hamilton branch of the Brisbane City Council library was located in the building, a role which continues to the present day. There are also meeting rooms available for use by community groups.{{cite web|title=Hamilton Town Hall|url=http://www.yourbrisbanepastandpresent.com/2010/08/hamilton-town-hall.html|publisher=Your Brisbane: Past and Present (Blogger: the foto fanatic)|access-date=15 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006122331/http://www.yourbrisbanepastandpresent.com/2010/08/hamilton-town-hall.html|archive-date=6 October 2013|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Hamilton Town Hall|url=http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/facilities-recreation/libraries/opening-hours-locations/hamilton-library/index.htm|publisher=Brisbane City Council|access-date=15 August 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130802172141/http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/facilities-recreation/libraries/opening-hours-locations/hamilton-library/index.htm|archive-date=2 August 2013|df=dmy-all}}

The town hall was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register in 2005.{{cite QHR|4161|Hamilton Town Hall|602444|access-date=15 August 2013}}

File:Sketch of Andrew Lang Petrie.jpg

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The list of chairmen (to 1902) and mayors (1903–1925) include:

• 1891: Andrew Lang Petrie{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article177079860 |title=Brisbane and Environs. |newspaper=The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872–1947)|date=5 October 1925 |access-date=22 July 2020|page=9 Edition: City Edition |via=Trove, National Library of Australia}}
• 1903: John Brett Charlton
• 1905–1906: George Samuel Hutton
• 1907–1908: John Appel
• 1909–1910: Charles Edward Lever
• 1911: John Irving
• 1912–1913: Isaac William Butters{{cite news|date=2 April 1912|title=LICENSING COURTS.|page=3 (SECOND EDITION)|newspaper=The Telegraph|issue=12,285|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article175243446|access-date=24 July 2020|via=National Library of Australia}}
• 1914–1915: Hugh Russell
• 1916–1917: C. W. Campbell
• 1918–1920: George Rees
• 1921–1924: Charles Moffatt Jenkinson
• 1924: Frederick Annand{{Citation | author1=Australian History Publishing Co | title=Queensland and Queenslanders : incorporating 'Prominent Queenslanders' | publication-date=1936 | publisher=Australian History Publishing Co | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/19162207 | access-date=1 October 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002055740/http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/19162207 | archive-date=2 October 2015 | url-status=live }} — available [http://ncb.anu.edu.au/sites/default/files/documents/Queensland%20and%20Queenslanders.pdf online] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216155301/http://ncb.anu.edu.au/sites/default/files/documents/Queensland%20and%20Queenslanders.pdf |date=16 February 2017 }} (the first City of Brisbane town clerk)
• 1924–1925: George Waugh{{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 |archive-date=27 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527030946/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/20965022 |url-status=live }}

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