Southern Downs Region

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Southern Downs Region
Queensland
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Location within Queensland
Population35,601 (2018) [1]
 • Density5.0086/km2 (12.9722/sq mi)
Established2008
Area7,108 km2 (2,744.4 sq mi) [1]
MayorVic Pennisi
Council seat Warwick
Region Darling Downs
State electorate(s) Southern Downs
Federal division(s) Maranoa
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Website Southern Downs Region
LGAs around Southern Downs Region:
Toowoomba Toowoomba Lockyer Valley
Goondiwindi Southern Downs Region Scenic Rim
Goondiwindi Tenterfield (NSW) Tenterfield (NSW)

The Southern Downs Region is a local government area in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia, along the state's boundary with New South Wales. It was created in 2008 from a merger of the Shire of Warwick and the Shire of Stanthorpe.

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It has an estimated operating budget of A$22.8 million.

History

The majority of the former Warwick Shire is home to the Githabul people who have lived around this area for tens of thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans in the early 1840s. [2]

The current area of the Southern Downs Region existed as two distinct local government areas:

The City of Warwick came into being as the Warwick Municipality on 25 May 1861 under the Municipalities Act 1858, a piece of New South Wales legislation inherited by Queensland at its separation two years earlier. On 21 July 1869, the Municipality of Allora was established under the Municipal Institutions Act 1864.

On 11 November 1879, the Clifton, Glengallan and Stanthorpe Divisions were created as three of 74 divisions within Queensland under the Divisional Boards Act 1879. In 1886, Rosenthal was created out of parts of Glengallan.

With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, Warwick and Allora became Towns and the four Divisions became Shires. On 23 January 1915 the Town of Allora was abolished and a new Shire of Allora was created from the southern part of the Shire of Clifton.

On 4 April 1936, Warwick was proclaimed a city.

On 21 November 1991, the Electoral and Administrative Review Commission, created two years earlier, produced its second report, and recommended that local government boundaries in the Warwick area be rationalised. The Local Government (Allora, Glengallan, Rosenthal and Warwick) Regulation 1994 was gazetted on 20 May 1994. On 25 June, an election was held for the new Shire of Warwick, and on 1 July 1994, the original entities passed out of existence. Stanthorpe was unaffected by these changes.

In July 2007, the Local Government Reform Commission released its report and recommended that Warwick and Stanthorpe amalgamate. It noted that Warwick was the regional centre for the region, with the maximum travelling time between Warwick and any other town being one hour. Both councils opposed the amalgamation citing cultural differences and different river catchment areas and economic drivers. [3] On 15 March 2008, the two Shires formally ceased to exist, and elections were held on the same day to elect eight councillors and a mayor to the Regional Council.

Wards

The council remains undivided and its elected body consists of eight councillors and a mayor, elected for a four-year term.

Mayors

Towns and localities

The Southern Downs Region includes the following settlements:

Warwick region

* - not to be confused with Willow Vale, Queensland

Stanthorpe region

  1. ↑ Named after Private E. Cotton, a local man who enlisted in the Australian Air Force.

Libraries

The Southern Downs Regional Council operates public libraries at Allora, Stanthorpe, and Warwick. [8] It also operates a mobile library servicing Dalveen, Karara, Killarney, Leyburn, Maryvale, Pratten, Wheatvale and Yangan. [8]

Population

The populations given relate to the component entities prior to 2008. The next census, due in 2011, will be the first for the new Region.

YearPopulation
(Region total)		Population
(Stanthorpe)		Population
(Warwick)		Population
(Allora)		Population
(Glengallan)		Population
(Rosenthal)
193325,0166,9346,6642,6246,3342,460
194724,0097,4197,1292,2175,2691,975
195425,8628,3359,1512,1064,6391,631
196126,2888,5149,8431,9614,3881,582
196625,9178,50310,0651,8903,9061,553
197124,1158,1899,3031,7193,4101,494
197624,5838,7099,1691,6663,4911,548
198124,3008,5768,8531,6793,6111,581
198626,2709,1439,4352,0413,6881,963
199128,2889,55610,3932,1323,9662,241
199629,5639,59610,8962,2343,9902,742
200130,5549,86010,9562,4394,0883,129
200631,3859,96811,1432,4374,1693,558
202136,290

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References

  1. 1 2 "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "Githabul people show their pride". Warwick Daily News . 13 August 2012. Archived from the original on 15 March 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  3. ↑ Queensland Local Government Reform Commission (July 2007). Report of the Local Government Reform Commission (PDF). Vol. 2. pp. 297–301. ISBN   978-1-921057-11-3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 March 2011. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
  4. ↑ "2008 Southern Downs Regional Council - Mayoral Election - Election Summary". results.ecq.qld.gov.au. Archived from the original on 7 April 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  5. ↑ "2012 Southern Downs Regional Council - Mayoral Election - Election Summary". results.ecq.qld.gov.au. Archived from the original on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  6. ↑ "2016 Southern Downs Regional Council - Mayoral Election - Election Summary". results.ecq.qld.gov.au. Archived from the original on 31 March 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  7. ↑ "2020 Local Government Elections: Saturday, 28 March 2020". Electoral Commission of Queensland. 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.[ dead link ]
  8. 1 2 "Library details". Southern Downs Regional Council . Archived from the original on 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.

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