List of divisional boards in Queensland
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This article provides a list of divisional boards in the Australian state of Queensland between 1879 and 1903.
When Queensland separated from New South Wales as a colony in its own right in 1859, it inherited New South Wales's local government legislation, the Municipalities Act 1858, which allowed the creation of a municipality with its own elected council to manage local affairs, upon the petition of householders in the area. However, by 1878 only eighteen towns had incorporated in this way. The Government of Queensland passed the Local Government Act 1878, based on Victorian legislation enacted four years earlier, to allow more diverse forms of local government, but this quickly proved unsuitable to Queensland's requirements given its large, sparsely populated areas.
Its response was to enact the Divisional Boards Act 1879 (43 Vic No. 17), which established a new form of local government by dividing all unincorporated parts of Queensland into 74 divisions, and creating for each an elected divisional board which was responsible for a range of services and amenities within its area. Each board had a number of councillors, and a chairman who was appointed from amongst their number. The legislation was amended several times before being replaced by the Divisional Boards Act 1887 (51 Vic No. 7). By 1901, there were 30 municipalities, 6 shires and 120 divisions in Queensland.
In 1902, the Local Authorities Act (2 Edw. VII, No. 19) replaced all divisions with shires and brought them under the same legislation as that which governed the municipalities. This took effect on 31 March 1903.
Divisions created by the Act
On 11 November 1879, 74 divisions came into existence upon the proclamation of the Act:[1][2]
Divisions created subsequent to the Act
Name of division | Date created | Notes |
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Adavale Division | 5 February 1889 | Separated from Murweh Division[10] |
Ayr Division | 16 January 1888 | Separated from Thuringowa Division[11] |
Balmoral Division | 19 January 1888 | Separated from Bulimba Division[12] |
Barcaldine Division | 25 August 1892 | Separated from Kargoolnah Division[13] |
Barcoo Division | 24 December 1887 | Separated from Diamantina Division |
Barron Division | 20 December 1890 | Separated from Tinaroo Division |
Boulia Division | 24 September 1887 | |
Bulloo Division | 3 June 1880 | Separated from Paroo Division[14] |
Bungil Division | 21 May 1880 | Separated from Wallumbilla Division[15] |
Burke Division | 30 January 1885 | Separated from Carpentaria Division[16][17] |
Cardwell Division | 18 January 1884 | Separated from Hinchinbrook Division[18][19] |
Carpentaria Division | 11 January 1883 | Replaced the abolished Doonmunya Division[5][6] |
Cleveland Division | 29 May 1885 | Separated from Tingalpa Division[20][21] |
Cloncurry Division | 7 February 1884 | Separated from Carpentaria Division[22][23] |
Croydon Division | 31 December 1887 | |
Douglas Division | 3 June 1880 | Separated from Cairns Division[24] |
Duaringa Division | 20 April 1881 | Separated from Banana Division[25] |
Eidsvold Division | 25 January 1890 | |
Emerald Division | 4 June 1902 | Separated from Peak Downs Division |
Fitzroy Division | 6 April 1899 | Separated from Gogango Division |
Gooburrum Division | 28 January 1886 | Separated from Kolan Division[26][27] |
Gregory Division | 26 August 1880 | Separated from Diamantina Division;[28] abolished 22 November 1887.[29] |
Granville Division | 14 September 1883 | Separated from Tinana Division[30][31] |
Hamilton Division | 2 October 1890 | Separated from Toombul Division |
Herberton Division | 11 May 1895 | Separated from Tinaroo Division; absorbed Borough of Herberton |
Howard Division | 30 June 1900 | Separated from Isis Division |
Hughenden Division | 20 July 1882 | Separated from Doonmunya Division[32] |
Ilfracombe Division | 27 December 1902 | Separated from Aramac Division |
Indooroopilly Division | 2 June 1880 | Renaming of the remnants of former Toowong Division after the Shire of Toowong was split off[33] |
Isis Division | 1 January 1887 | Separated from Burrum Division |
Johnstone Division | 28 October 1881 | Separated from Hinchinbrook Division[34] |
Kianawah Division | 4 January 1888 | Separated from Bulimba Division[35] Renamed Wynnum Division 3 November 1892.[36] |
Kilkivan Division | 1 July 1886 | Separated from Widgee and Barambah Divisions,[37] abolished 30 July 1886,[38] re-constituted 17 November 1887[39] |
Laidley Division | 25 April 1888 | Separated from Tarampa Division |
Longreach Division | 9 May 1900 | Separated from Aramac Division |
Mackinlay Division | 9 December 1891 | Separated from Boulia and Cloncurry divisions |
Maroochy Division | 5 July 1890 | Separated from Caboolture Division |
Miriam Vale Division | 7 January 1902 | Separated from Calliope Division |
Nebo Division | 7 February 1883 | Separated from Broadsound Division[40][41] |
Normanby Division | 25 October 1890 | Separated from Mutdapilly Division |
Peak Downs Division | 20 September 1884 | Separated from Belyando Division |
Pine Division | 21 January 1888 | Separated from Caboolture Division |
Redcliffe Division | 7 April 1888 | Separated from Caboolture Division |
Rosenthal Division | 18 April 1889 | Separated from Inglewood Division[42][43] |
Rosewood Division | 25 October 1890 | Separated from Walloon Division |
Sherwood Division | 24 January 1891 | Separated from Yeerongpilly Division |
Southport Division | 6 July 1883 | Separated from Coomera and Nerang Divisions[44][45][46] |
Stephens Division | 16 October 1886 | Separated from Yeerongpilly Division |
Tambo Division | 30 June 1881 | Separated from Kargoolnah Division[47] |
Tambourine Division | 4 October 1890 | Separated from Tabragalba Division |
Taringa Division | 11 October 1890 | Separated from Indooroopilly Division |
Tinaroo Division | 2 September 1881 | Formerly parts of Cairns, Hinchinbrook and Woothakata divisions[48] |
Toombul Division | 1 November 1883 | Separated from Nundah Division[49][50] |
Torres Division | 30 October 1885 | Covered Thursday Island, Separated from Hann Division[51][52] |
Walsh Division | 15 May 1889 | Separated from Woothakata Division[53] |
Shire of Windsor | 11 February 1887 | Separated from Ithaca Division |
Winton Division | 23 September 1886 | Separated from Aramac Division[54] |
Woolloongabba Division | 9 January 1880[55] | Abolished 7 January 1888, merged into new Borough of South Brisbane |
Woongarra Division | 30 October 1885 | Separated from Barolin Division[56][57] |
See also
References
- ^ "Proclamation". Queensland Government Gazette. 11 November 1879. p. 25:987.
- ^ Queensland (1879), An explanation of the Divisional Boards Act : followed by the full text thereof, and the boundaries of the divisions : with alphabetical indices, Watson, Ferguson & Co, archived from the original on 17 July 2022, retrieved 19 August 2013
- ^ "Proclamation [Ballandean & Stanthorpe Divisions]". Queensland Government Gazette. 25 June 1880. p. 26:1512.
- ^ "Borough of Bundaberg – Order in Council". Queensland Government Gazette. 30 April 1881. p. 28:1113.
- ^ a b "Proclamation [Doonmunya Division abolished]". Queensland Government Gazette. 13 January 1883. p. 32:98.
- ^ a b "Proclamation [Carpentaria Division constituted]". Queensland Government Gazette. 13 January 1883. p. 32:98.
- ^ "Proclamation [Durundur & Esk Divisions]". Queensland Government Gazette. 5 June 1880. p. 26:1315.
- ^ "Borough of Gympie – Order in Council". Queensland Government Gazette. 25 June 1880. p. 26:1511.
- ^ "Shire of Toowong – Order in Council". Queensland Government Gazette. 22 May 1880. p. 26:1144.
- ^ "Proclamation [Adavale Division constituted]". Queensland Government Gazette. 9 February 1889. p. 46:469.
- ^ "Proclamation [Ayr Division constituted]". Queensland Government Gazette. 21 January 1888. p. 43:170.
- ^ "Proclamation [Balmoral Division constituted]". Queensland Government Gazette. 21 January 1888. p. 43:171-172.
- ^ "Order in Council [Barcaldine Division constituted]". Queensland Government Gazette. 3 September 1892. p. 57:1-2.
- ^ "Proclamation [Bulloo Division constituted]". Queensland Government Gazette. 5 June 1880. p. 26:1316.
- ^ "Proclamation [Bungil & Wallumbilla Divisions]". Queensland Government Gazette. 22 May 1880. p. 26:1145.
- ^ "Proclamation [Burke Division constituted]". Queensland Government Gazette. 31 January 1885. p. 36:328-329.
- ^ "Proclamation [Carpentaria Division amended]". Queensland Government Gazette. 31 January 1885. p. 36:328.
- ^ "Proclamation [Cardwell Division constituted]". Queensland Government Gazette. 19 January 1884. p. 34:170.
- ^ "Proclamation [Hinchinbrook Division amended]". Queensland Government Gazette. 19 January 1884. p. 34:169.
- ^ "Proclamation [Cleveland Division constituted]". Queensland Government Gazette. 30 May 1885. p. 36:1734.
- ^ "Proclamation [Tingalpa Division amended]". Queensland Government Gazette. 30 May 1885. p. 36:1733-1734.
- ^ "Proclamation [Cloncurry Division constituted]". Queensland Government Gazette. 9 February 1884. p. 34:326-327.
- ^ "Proclamation [Carpentaria Division amended]". Queensland Government Gazette. 9 February 1884. p. 34:326.
- ^ "Proclamation [Douglas Division constituted]". Queensland Government Gazette. 5 June 1880. p. 26:1317–1318.
- ^ "Proclamation [Banana & Duaringa Divisions]". Queensland Government Gazette. 23 April 1881. p. 28:1068–1069.
- ^ "Proclamation [Gooburrum Division constituted]". Queensland Government Gazette. 30 January 1886. p. 38:389.
- ^ "Proclamation [Kolan Division amended]". Queensland Government Gazette. 30 January 1886. p. 38:389.
- ^ "Proclamation [Gregory Division constituted]". Queensland Government Gazette. 26 August 1880. p. 27:495.
- ^ "Proclamation [Gregory Division abolished]". Queensland Government Gazette. 24 November 1887. p. 42:336.
- ^ "Proclamation [Granville Division constituted]". Queensland Government Gazette. 15 September 1883. p. 33:763-764.
- ^ "Proclamation [Tinana Division amended]". Queensland Government Gazette. 15 September 1883. p. 33:763.
- ^ "Proclamation [Hughenden Division]". Queensland Government Gazette. 22 July 1882. p. 31:201.
- ^ "Proclamation [Toowong & Indooroopilly Divisions]". Queensland Government Gazette. 5 June 1880. p. 26:1315.
- ^ "Proclamation [Johnstone Division constituted]". Queensland Government Gazette. 29 October 1881. p. 29:1009.
- ^ "Proclamation [Kianawah Division]". Queensland Government Gazette. 7 January 1888. p. 43:31.
- ^ "Order in Council [Kianawah/Wynnum Division]". Queensland Government Gazette. 5 November 1892. p. 57:700-701.
- ^ "Proclamation [Kilkivan Division constituted]". Queensland Government Gazette. 3 July 1886. p. 39:4-5.
- ^ "Proclamation [Kilkivan Division abolished]". Queensland Government Gazette. 31 July 1886. p. 39:324.
- ^ "Proclamation [Kilkivan Division re-constituted]". Queensland Government Gazette. 19 November 1887. p. 42:979.
- ^ "Proclamation [Nebo Division constituted]". Queensland Government Gazette. 10 February 1883. p. 32:354.
- ^ "Proclamation [Broadsound Division amended]". Queensland Government Gazette. 10 February 1883. p. 32:354.
- ^ "Proclamation [Rosenthal Division constituted]". Queensland Government Gazette. 20 April 1889. p. 46:1360.
- ^ "Proclamation [Inglewood Division amended]". Queensland Government Gazette. 20 April 1889. p. 46:1360.
- ^ "Proclamation [Southport Division constituted]". Queensland Government Gazette. 14 July 1883. p. 33:255.
- ^ "Proclamation [Cooma Division amended]". Queensland Government Gazette. 14 July 1883. p. 33:254.
- ^ "Proclamation [Nerang Division amended]". Queensland Government Gazette. 14 July 1883. p. 33:253.
- ^ "Proclamation [Tambo Division constituted]". Queensland Government Gazette. 2 July 1881. p. 29:4.
- ^ "Proclamation [Tinaroo constituted]". Queensland Government Gazette. 10 September 1881. p. 29:564.
- ^ "Proclamation [Toombul Division constituted]". Queensland Government Gazette. 3 November 1883. p. 33:1183-1184.
- ^ "Proclamation [Nundah Division amended]". Queensland Government Gazette. 3 November 1883. p. 33:1183.
- ^ "Proclamation [Torres Division constituted]". Queensland Government Gazette. 31 October 1885. p. 37:1508.
- ^ "Proclamation [Hann Division amended]". Queensland Government Gazette. 31 October 1885. p. 37:1508.
- ^ "Proclamation [Walsh Division]". Queensland Government Gazette. 18 May 1889. p. 47:141.
- ^ "Proclamation [Winton Division constituted]". Queensland Government Gazette. 25 September 1886. p. 39:1141-1143.
- ^ "Proclamation [Woolloongabba Division]". Queensland Government Gazette. 9 January 1880. p. 26:73.
- ^ "Proclamation [Woongarra Division constituted]". Queensland Government Gazette. 31 October 1885. p. 37:1507.
- ^ "Proclamation [Barolin Division amended]". Queensland Government Gazette. 31 October 1885. p. 37:1508-1509.
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