Shire of Inglewood

Shire of Inglewood
Queensland

Location within Queensland
Population 2,575 (2006 census)[1]
 • Density 0.43817/km2 (1.13486/sq mi)
Established 1879
Area 5,876.7 km2 (2,269.0 sq mi)
Council seat Inglewood
Region Darling Downs
LGAs around Shire of Inglewood:
Waggamba Millmerran Warwick
Waggamba Shire of Inglewood Stanthorpe
Inverell (NSW) Inverell (NSW) Tenterfield (NSW)

The Shire of Inglewood was a local government area of Queensland, Australia on the Queensland-New South Wales border in the Darling Downs region, about halfway between the towns of Goondiwindi and Warwick. Administered from the town of Inglewood, it covered an area of 5,876.7 square kilometres (2,269.0 sq mi), and existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 2008, when it amalgamated with the Shire of Waggamba and the Town of Goondiwindi to form the Goondiwindi Region.

History

Map of Inglewood Division and adjacent local government areas, March 1902

The Inglewood Division was created on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 divisions around Queensland under the Divisional Boards Act 1879 with a population of 1378.[2]

Following a petition by residents, the Rosenthal Division was created on 18 April 1889 under the Divisional Boards Act 1879 from Subdivision No. 1 of the Inglewood Division.[3][4][5][6]

With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, Inglewood Division became the Shire of Inglewood 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 Inglewood was merged with the Shire of Waggamba and the Town of Goondiwindi to form the Goondiwindi Region.[7]

Major industries in the Shire included beef cattle, grains, export fruit, olives and wool growing.

Towns and localities

The Shire of Inglewood included the following settlements:

Towns:

State forests:

  • Bringalily State Forest
  • Yelarbon State Forest

Localities:

  • Beebo
  • Bonshaw
  • Brush Creek
  • Bybera
  • Coolmunda
  • Glenarbon
  • Greenup
  • Limevale
  • Maidenhead
  • Mosquito Creek
  • Oman Ama
  • Riverton
  • Smithlea
  • Terrica
  • Waroo
  • Watson Crossing
  • Whetstone

Chairmen

Population

Civic centre at Inglewood
Year Population
1933 4,297
1947 4,057
1954 4,441
1961 4,868
1966 4,184
1971 3,645
1976 3,229
1981 3,026
1986 2,999
1991 2,952
1996 2,771
2001 2,613
2006 2,575

References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Inglewood (S) (Local Government Area)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 18 September 2009.
  2. ↑ "Proclamation [Inglewood Division constituted]". Queensland Government Gazette. 11 November 1879. p. 25:994.
  3. ↑ "ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE.". Warwick Examiner and Times (Qld. : 1867 - 1919). Qld.: National Library of Australia. 13 April 1889. p. 2. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  4. ↑ "THE Warwick Argus.". Warwick Argus (Qld. : 1879 - 1901). Qld.: National Library of Australia. 25 May 1889. p. 2. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  5. ↑ "Proclamation [Rosenthal Division constituted]". Queensland Government Gazette. 20 April 1889. p. 46:1360.
  6. ↑ "Proclamation [Inglewood Division amended]". Queensland Government Gazette. 20 April 1889. p. 46:1360.
  7. ↑ "Inglewood Shire". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  8. ↑ Pugh, Theophilus Parsons (1927). Pugh's Almanac for 1927. Retrieved 13 June 2014.

Coordinates: 28°25′05″S 151°04′44″E / 28.418°S 151.079°E / -28.418; 151.079

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