Charters Towers Region

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Charters Towers Region
Queensland
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Location within Queensland
Population11,794 (2021 census) [1]
 • Density0.172472/km2 (0.446701/sq mi)
Established2008
Area68,382 km2 (26,402.4 sq mi) [2]
MayorLiz Schmidt
Council seat Charters Towers
Region North Queensland
State electorate(s) Traeger
Federal division(s) Kennedy
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Website Charters Towers Region
LGAs around Charters Towers Region:
Etheridge Tablelands Hinchinbrook
Flinders Charters Towers Region Townsville
Barcaldine Isaac Burdekin, Whitsunday

The Charters Towers Region is a local government area in North Queensland, Australia southwest of, and inland from the city of Townsville, based in Charters Towers. Established in 2008, it was preceded by two previous local government areas which dated back to the 1870s.

Contents

It has an estimated operating budget of A$27.5 m.

In the 2021 census, the Charters Towers Region had a population of 11,794 people. [1]

History

Gugu Badhun (also known as Koko-Badun and Kokopatun) is an Australian Aboriginal language of North Queensland. The language region includes areas within the local government area of Charters Towers Region, particularly the localities of Greenvale and the Valley of Lagoons, and in the Upper Burdekin River area and in Abergowrie. [3]

Prior to 2008, the Charters Towers Region was an entire area of two previous and distinct local government areas:

The City of Charters Towers had its beginning in the Charters Towers Municipality which was proclaimed on 21 June 1877 under the Municipal Institutions Act 1864. [4] It achieved a measure of autonomy in 1878 with the enactment of the Local Government Act. With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, it became the Town of Charters Towers on 31 March 1903 and was proclaimed the City of Charters Towers on 13 April 1909. [5]

The Shire of Dalymple began as Dalrymple Division, one of Queensland's 74 divisions created under the Divisional Boards Act 1879 on 11 November 1879. It became a Shire on 31 March 1903.

In July 2007, the Local Government Reform Commission released its report and recommended that the two areas amalgamate. Amongst its reasons given for this recommendation were improved service delivery and capacity through a larger asset base and increased operating revenue, and the fact that a significant (and growing) proportion of the Shire's population lived in Charters Towers's outer suburbs and bringing all of Charters Towers under one local government was viewed as desirable. It did not consider amalgamation with the neighbouring Townsville/Thuringowa region due to disparate communities of interest. Both councils opposed the amalgamation, although the City Council concluded it was inevitable due to a shared community of interest. [6] On 15 March 2008, the City and Shire formally ceased to exist, and elections were held on the same day to elect councillors and a mayor to the Regional Council.

Wards

The council remains undivided and its elected body consists of six councillors and a mayor.

Mayors

Towns and localities

A Rugby league team from Charters towers (1915) StateLibQld 1 100264.jpg
A Rugby league team from Charters towers (1915)

The Charters Towers Region includes the following settlements:

Libraries

Charters Towers Regional Council operate the Excelsior public library in Charters Towers. [11]

Demographics

The populations given relate to the component entities prior to 2008. The 2011 census was the first for the new Region.

YearPopulation
(Region total)
Population
(Former City)
Population
(Former Shire)
193310,2386,9783,260
19479,8727,5612,311
19548,8756,9611,914
19619,8397,6332,206
19669,6057,6022,003
19719,7967,5182,278
197610,4947,9142,580
198110,1616,8233,338
198611,4607,2084,252
199112,5009,0163,484
199612,5628,8933,669
200112,3458,4923,853
200611,9378,1553,782
201112,169 [12]
201611,876 [13]
202111,794 [1]

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References

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  3. CC BY icon-80x15.png This Wikipedia article incorporates CC BY 4.0 licensed text from: "Gugu Badhun". Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map. State Library of Queensland . Retrieved 28 January 2020.
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  5. Queensland Government Gazette, Vol. XCII, 13 April 1909, p.1019.
  6. Queensland Local Government Reform Commission (July 2007). Report of the Local Government Reform Commission (PDF). Vol. 2. pp. 80–84. ISBN   978-1-921057-11-3 . Retrieved 3 June 2010.
  7. "2008 Charters Towers Regional Council - Mayoral Election - Election Summary". results.ecq.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  8. "2012 Charters Towers Regional Council - Mayoral Election - Election Summary". results.ecq.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  9. "2016 Charters Towers Regional Council - Mayoral Election - Election Summary". results.ecq.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  10. "2020 Local Government Elections: Saturday, 28 March 2020". Electoral Commission of Queensland. 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.[ dead link ]
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  13. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Charters Towers Region (LGA)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

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