Town of Goondiwindi

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Town of Goondiwindi
Queensland
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Location within Queensland
Population4,873 (2006 census) [1]
 • Density333.8/km2 (864.5/sq mi)
Established1888
Area14.6 km2 (5.6 sq mi)
Council seat Goondiwindi
Region Darling Downs
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LGAs around Town of Goondiwindi:
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Waggamba Town of Goondiwindi Waggamba
Moree Plains (NSW) Moree Plains (NSW) Moree Plains (NSW)

The Town of Goondiwindi was a local government area of Queensland, Australia. It is on the Queensland-New South Wales border.

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History

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Goondiwindi Civic Centre, 2012

It was first proclaimed a municipality, the Borough of Goondiwindi, on 20 October 1888.

The Shire of Waggamba, also headquartered in Goondiwindi and managing areas to the north, west and east of the town, provided many functions in partnership with the Town, including libraries and area promotion.

In 1937, the Goondiwindi Civic Centre was erected as the town hall at 100 Marshall Street, Goondiwindi. It was designed by Addison & MacDonald and built by Thomas Charles Clarke. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 9 July 1993. [2]

On 15 March 2008, under the Local Government (Reform Implementation) Act 2007 passed by the Parliament of Queensland on 10 August 2007, the Town of Goondiwindi merged with the Shires of Waggamba and Inglewood to form the Goondiwindi Region.

Mayors

Population

YearPopulation
19331,931
19472,467
19542,950
19613,274
19663,529
19713,695
19763,741
19813,576
19864,103
19914,331
19964,374
20014,760
20064,873

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References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Goondiwindi (T) (Local Government Area)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 18 September 2009.
  2. "Goondiwindi Civic Centre (entry 600531)". Queensland Heritage Register . Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  3. Unidentified (1915), Page 28 of the Queenslander Pictorial, supplement to The Queenslander, 20 March, 1915, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland, retrieved 5 July 2017
  4. Pugh, Theophilus Parsons (1927). Pugh's Almanac for 1927 . Retrieved 13 June 2014.

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