Municipality of Cue

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The Municipality of Cue was a local government area in Western Australia centred on town of Cue.

The municipality was established on 30 May 1894. [1] The first elections were held on 16 August 1894, with W. Hepburn Gale becoming the council's first chairman. [2] The municipal council first met in the Cue Warden's Court on 24 September 1894. [3]

The municipality built the Cue Municipal Chambers as their new headquarters in 1896. The state-heritage listed building was used by the municipality's successor institutions until 1980 and is now used as corporate offices. [4] [5] [6]

The boundaries of the municipality were extended on 6 July 1904. [7]

It ceased to exist on 11 October 1912, when along with the nearby Municipality of Day Dawn, it merged into the surrounding Cue Road District, which was in turn renamed the Cue-Day Dawn Road District. [8] The Cue council supported the amalgamation. [9]

Politicians Harry Marshall, Con O'Brien and William Patrick Sr. served on the council.

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References

  1. ↑ "Friday, June 1, 1894" (PDF). Government Gazette of Western Australia. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  2. ↑ "CUE MUNICIPAL ELECTION". The Murchison Times And Day Dawn Gazette . Western Australia. 18 August 1894. p. 3. Retrieved 27 January 2020– via Trove.
  3. ↑ "GENERAL NEWS". The Murchison Times And Day Dawn Gazette . Western Australia. 22 September 1894. p. 2. Retrieved 27 January 2020– via Trove.
  4. ↑ "Cue Municipal Chambers (fmr)". InHerit. Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  5. ↑ "Heritage grants secures future of former Cue Municipal Chambers". Government of Western Australia. 19 December 2002. Archived from the original on 27 January 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  6. ↑ "The Dryblower June 2019" (PDF). Cue CRC. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  7. ↑ "Friday, July 8, 1904" (PDF). Government Gazette of Western Australia. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  8. ↑ "Friday, October 11, 1912" (PDF). Government Gazette of Western Australia. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  9. ↑ "Cue Municipal Council". Murchison Advocate . Western Australia. 27 July 1911. p. 3. Retrieved 27 January 2020– via Trove.

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