Shire of Inglewood

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Shire of Inglewood
Queensland
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Location within Queensland
Population2,575 (2006 census) [1]
 • Density0.43817/km2 (1.13486/sq mi)
Established1879
Area5,876.7 km2 (2,269.0 sq mi)
Council seat Inglewood
Region Darling Downs
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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.

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History

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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, fruit, olives, tobacco, and wool growing.

Towns and localities

The Shire of Inglewood included the following settlements:

Chairmen and mayors

Population

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Civic centre at Inglewood
YearPopulation
19334,297
19474,057
19544,441
19614,868
19664,184
19713,645
19763,229
19813,026
19862,999
19912,952
19962,771
20012,613
20062,575

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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.
  9. "Inglewood Shire Council: Annual Report 2007-2008". Archived from the original on 5 July 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2017.

Coordinates: 28°25′05″S151°04′44″E / 28.418°S 151.079°E / -28.418; 151.079