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[[File:StateLibQld 2 89744 Harry Marshall.jpg|thumb|Harry Marshall was the chairman of the Waggamba Shire Council for three years (he had been blind for 45 years when this photograph was taken in 1905)]]
[[File:StateLibQld 2 89744 Harry Marshall.jpg|thumb|Harry Marshall was the chairman of the Waggamba Shire Council for three years (he had been blind for 45 years when this photograph was taken in 1905)]]
* April 1891 - : W.J. Hooper<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3525128 |title=COUNTRY MAILS. |newspaper=[[Courier-Mail|The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933)]] |location=Qld. |date=22 April 1891 |accessdate=2 January 2014 |page=6 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
* April 1890 - April 1898: William James Hooper<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3525128 |title=COUNTRY MAILS. |newspaper=[[Courier-Mail|The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933)]] |location=Qld. |date=22 April 1891 |accessdate=2 January 2014 |page=6 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21447937 |title=QUEENSLAND. |newspaper=[[The_Queenslander|The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939)]] |location=Brisbane, Qld. |date=23 April 1898 |accessdate=2 January 2014 |page=772 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
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* Harry Marshall
* 1900: G.W. Watson<ref name=ggindex>{{cite book|title=Consolidated Index to Queensland Government Gazette 1859-1919|year=2004|publisher=[[Queensland Family History Society]]|isbn=1 876613 79 3}}</ref>
* 1900: G.W. Watson<ref name=ggindex>{{cite book|title=Consolidated Index to Queensland Government Gazette 1859-1919|year=2004|publisher=[[Queensland Family History Society]]|isbn=1 876613 79 3}}</ref>
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* Harry Marshall
* 1905: G. Gunn<ref name=ggindex>{{cite book|title=Consolidated Index to Queensland Government Gazette 1859-1919|year=2004|publisher=[[Queensland Family History Society]]|isbn=1 876613 79 3}}</ref>
* 1905: G. Gunn<ref name=ggindex>{{cite book|title=Consolidated Index to Queensland Government Gazette 1859-1919|year=2004|publisher=[[Queensland Family History Society]]|isbn=1 876613 79 3}}</ref>
* April 1908 - : Richard Hugo Treweeke<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19518528 |title=WAGGAMBA SHIRE COUNCIL. |newspaper=[[Courier-Mail|The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933)]] |location=Qld. |date=21 April 1908 |accessdate=2 January 2014 |page=8 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
* April 1908 - : Richard Hugo Treweeke<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19518528 |title=WAGGAMBA SHIRE COUNCIL. |newspaper=[[Courier-Mail|The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933)]] |location=Qld. |date=21 April 1908 |accessdate=2 January 2014 |page=8 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

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Shire of Waggamba
Queensland
Location within Queensland
Population2,951(2006 census)[1]
 • Density0.22021/km2 (0.57034/sq mi)
Established1879
Area13,400.8 km2 (5,174.1 sq mi)
Council seatGoondiwindi
RegionDarling Downs
LGAs around Shire of Waggamba:
Balonne Tara Millmerran
Balonne Shire of Waggamba Inglewood
Moree Plains (NSW) Goondiwindi Inverell (NSW)

The Shire of Waggamba was a local government area of Queensland, Australia on the Queensland-New South Wales border in the Darling Downs region, surrounding the Town of Goondiwindi, a separate local government area limited to the town. Administered from (although not including) the town of Goondiwindi, it covered an area of 13,400.8 square kilometres (5,174.1 sq mi), and existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 2008, when it amalgamated with the Shire of Inglewood and Town of Goondiwindi to form the Goondiwindi Region.

History

Map of Waggamba Division and adjacent local government areas, March 1902

The Waggamba Division was created on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 divisions around Queensland under the Divisional Boards Act 1879 with a population of 1176.[2] Its headquarters were in the town of Goondiwindi.[3]

In 1888, the urban area of Goondiwindi was excised from the Waggamba Division to create a separate municipality, the Borough of Goondiwindi.[3]

With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, Waggamba Division became the Shire of Waggamba on 31 March 1903.

On 15 March 2008, under the Local Government (Reform Implementation) Act 2007 passed by the Parliament of Queensland on 10 August 2007, the Shire of Waggamba merged with the Shire of Inglewood and Town of Goondiwindi to form the Goondiwindi Region.[3]

Towns and localities

Population

Year Population
1933 2,468
1947 2,590
1954 2,968
1961 3,123
1966 2,895
1971 2,913
1976 2,539
1981 2,732
1986 2,757
1991 2,898
1996 2,712
2001 2,975
2006 2,951

Chairmen

Harry Marshall was the chairman of the Waggamba Shire Council for three years (he had been blind for 45 years when this photograph was taken in 1905)
  • April 1890 - April 1898: William James Hooper[4][5]
  • 1900: G.W. Watson[6]
  • Harry Marshall
  • 1905: G. Gunn[6]
  • April 1908 - : Richard Hugo Treweeke[7]

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Waggamba (S) (Local Government Area)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 18 September 2009.
  2. ^ "Proclamation [Waggamba Division]". Queensland Government Gazette. 11 November 1879. p. 25:998.
  3. ^ a b c "Waggamba Shire". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  4. ^ "COUNTRY MAILS". The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933). Qld.: National Library of Australia. 22 April 1891. p. 6. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  5. ^ "QUEENSLAND". The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939). Brisbane, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 23 April 1898. p. 772. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  6. ^ a b Consolidated Index to Queensland Government Gazette 1859-1919. Queensland Family History Society. 2004. ISBN 1 876613 79 3.
  7. ^ "WAGGAMBA SHIRE COUNCIL". The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933). Qld.: National Library of Australia. 21 April 1908. p. 8. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
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