Shire of Woongarra

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Shire of Woongarra
Queensland
Population16,491 (1991 census)[1]
 • Density22.8281/km2 (59.124/sq mi)
Established1885
Area722.4 km2 (278.9 sq mi)
Council seatBundaberg
RegionWide Bay–Burnett
LGAs around Shire of Woongarra:
Gooburrum Bundaberg Pacific Ocean
Kolan Shire of Woongarra Pacific Ocean
Isis Isis Isis

The Shire of Woongarra was a local government area located to the south and east of the regional city of Bundaberg. The shire, administered from Bundaberg itself, covered an area of 722.4 square kilometres (278.9 sq mi), and existed as a local government entity from 1885 until 1994, when it amalgamated with Gooburrum to form the Shire of Burnett.

History[edit]

Map of Barolin Division and adjacent local government areas, March 1902. Legend: Bundaberg Municipality (1), Woongarra Division (19)

The Barolin Division was established on 11 November 1879 under the Divisional Boards Act 1879.[2] On 30 October 1885, part of Barolin Division was separated to create Woongarra Division to serve the region south of the Burnett River.[3][4][5]

With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, Woongarra Division became the Shire of Woongarra on 31 March 1903,[6] while Barolin Division became the Shire of Barolin.[7]

In 1909, the Woongarra Shire had an area of 35½ square miles, with a population of 3200, with 736 ratepayers and a capital value of properties totalling £206,736. The rates collected in 1908 totalled £2378, and the loan indebtedness is £4956 9s 9d.[8]

On 21 December 1917, the Shire of Barolin was dissolved and its area was split between the City of Bundaberg and the Shire of Woongarra.[7][9]

Barolin Chambers, Woongarra Shire Office, 1928 (built in 1913)

The Shire's offices were located in 9 Barolin Street, Bundaberg.

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 Bundaberg area be rationalised. The Local Government (Bundaberg and Burnett) Regulation 1993 was gazetted on 17 December 1993, and on 30 March 1994, the Shire of Woongarra was amalgamated with the Shire of Gooburrum to form the Shire of Burnett.

Towns and localities[edit]

Population[edit]

Year Population
1921 2,513
1933 3,287
1947 3,345
1954 3,704
1961 4,149
1966 4,934
1971 5,150
1976 8,791
1981 9,865
1986 11,915
1991 16,491

Chairmen[edit]

  • 1885–1886 John Cran [10][11]
  • 1887-1889: J. Y. Walker [11]
  • 1890–1893 John Cran (again)[10]
  • 1894–1895 T. Williams [11]
  • 1897: John Cran (again)[11]
  • 1898: G. A. Waite [12]
  • 1905: W. J. Clements[11]
  • 1927: Robert Oswald Nowell Strathdee [13]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (1993). 2730.3 Census counts for small areas : Queensland. ISBN 0-642-17236-6.
  2. ^ "Agency ID 317, Barolin Divisional Board". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  3. ^ "Proclamation [Woongarra Division constituted]". Queensland Government Gazette. 31 October 1885. p. 37:1507.
  4. ^ "Proclamation [Barolin Division amended]". Queensland Government Gazette. 31 October 1885. p. 37:1508-1509.
  5. ^ "Agency ID 1950, Woongarra Divisional Board". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  6. ^ "Agency ID 1951, Woongarra Shire Council". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  7. ^ a b "Agency ID 316, Barolin Shire Council". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  8. ^ "BUNDABERG Past and PRESENT". Queensland Country Life. National Library of Australia. 1 March 1909. p. 3. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  9. ^ Queensland Government Gazette, 21 December 1917, Vol. 109, p.2029.
  10. ^ a b Nolan, J.G. "Cran, John (1848–1935)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  11. ^ a b c d e Rackemann, Neville; Woongarra (Qld.). Council (1985), A Century of progress : Woongarra Shire, 1885–1985, Woongarra Shire Council, ISBN 978-0-9588762-0-9
  12. ^ Consolidated Index to Queensland Government Gazette 1859-1919. Queensland Family History Society. 2004. ISBN 1-876613-79-3.
  13. ^ Pugh, Theophilus Parsons (1927). Pugh's Almanac for 1927. Retrieved 13 June 2014.

External links[edit]

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