Town of Windsor
The Town of Windsor is a former local government area of Queensland, Australia, located in northern Brisbane.
History[edit]
On 11 February 1887, a portion of the Ithaca Division was proclaimed a municipality to be known as the Shire of Windsor.[1]
On 10 February 1904, the shire was proclaimed the Town of Windsor.[1][2]
On 1 October 1925, the town was amalgamated into the City of Brisbane.[2]
Windsor Town Council Chambers[edit]
In the 1860s, local Brisbane tuff stone was extracted from a quarry at Windsor alongside Lutwyche Road. In 1897 the Windsor Shire Council built their Shire Chambers (later Town Chambers) at 356 Lutwyche Road (corner of Palmer Street) (27°25′46″S 153°01′56″E / 27.42945°S 153.03214°E), immediately beside the quarry using stone from the quarry.[3]
After the amalgamation into City of Brisbane, the Windsor Town Council Chambers was used as storage and office space by the Brisbane City Council, which undertook a restoration of the building in 1987.[4]
Today it is home to the Windsor and District Historical Society and the National Trust of Queensland; the public is welcome to visit.[3][4]
The Windsor Town Council Chambers was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register in 1992.[5]
Presidents and mayors[edit]
The presidents of the Windsor Shire Council were:[6]
- 1887: Matthew Rigby
- 1888: Cornelius Ryan[7]
- 1889: Kenneth McLennan
- 1890: Charles Birkbeck
- 1891: George Jopp
- 1892: John McIntyre
- 1893: William Lane
- 1894: Thomas Hawkins
- 1895: William Mooney
- 1896–1897: Hugh Cameron
- 1898–1899: Kenneth McLennan (again)
- 1900: James Carroll
- 1901: Angus Briscoe
- 1902: Thomas Gardiner
- 1903: Frederick Hart
The mayors of the Windsor Town Council were:[6]
- 1904: Kenneth McLennan (again)
- 1905: Austin Graham
- 1906: George Hewitt
- 1907: James Price
- 1908: William Bowser
- 1909: Thomas Gardiner (again)
- 1910: George Hewitt (again)
- 1911: Arthur Bale
- 1912: William Parsons
- 1913: Thomas Gardiner (again)
- 1914: William Clark
- 1915: Charles Taylor
- 1916: Robert Lane
- 1917: Alexander (Alex) Inglis[8]
- 1918–1919: William Jolly
- 1920: Robert Lane
- 1921–1923: William Jolly (again)
- 1924–1925: Henry Bond[9]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "ID9631, Windsor Shire Council". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
- ^ a b "Agency ID9625, Windsor Town Council". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
- ^ a b "Windsor Shire Council Hall". Your Brisbane: Past and Present. Blogger: the foto fanatic.
- ^ a b "Windsor Shire Council Chambers". Must Do Brisbane. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
- ^ "Windsor Shire Council Chambers (former) (entry 600349)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
- ^ a b Teague, David R. (1997), Windsor Council Chambers 1897 – 1997 : a brief history of the Chambers Building, Windor Shire Council (1887–1903), Windsor Town Council (1904–1925), Windsor & Districts' Historical Soc. Inc
- ^ "Local Government Elections". The Western Star and Roma Advertiser. Toowoomba, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 15 February 1888. p. 3. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
- ^ "WINDSOR TOWN COUNCIL". Daily Mail. No. 4343. Queensland, Australia. 10 February 1917. p. 8. Retrieved 20 August 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Mayors And Chairmen Of Councils Who Were Entertained Yesterday By Alderman Jolly". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 1 October 1925. p. 9. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
External links[edit]
- "Windsor". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland.