The Shire of Coomera was a local government area in South East Queensland, Australia. The shire, administered from Coomera, existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 1949.
On 11 November 1879, the Coomera Division was created as one of 74 divisions within Queensland under the Divisional Boards Act 1879 with a population of 642.
On 6 July 1883, Southport Division was formed from part of subdivision No. 1 of Nerang Division and part of subdivision No. 1 of Coomera Division.
On 18 January 1884, there was an adjustment of boundaries between subdivision No. 1 of Tabragalba Division and subdivision No.2 of the Coomera Division.
With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, the Coomera Division became the Shire of Coomera on 31 March 1903.
On 9 December 1948, as part of a major reorganisation of local government in South East Queensland, an Order in Council replacing ten former local government areas between the City of Brisbane and the New South Wales border with only four.[1] [2] The former ten were:
The four resulting local government areas were:
The Order came into effect on 10 June 1949, when the first elections were held.
| Chairman | Term | |
|---|---|---|
| David Yaun | 1880–1883 | |
| William Bailey | 1884–1885 | |
| A. Robinson | 1886 | |
| Samuel Grimes | 1887 | |
| Richard Mayes | 1900 | |
| J. Yaun | 1904 | |
| John Beattie | 1905 | |
| A. Thomson | 1906 | |
| I. Hart | 1907 | |
| J. Yaun | 1908 | |
| T. Doherty | 1909 | |
| John Joseph Johns | 1910 | |
| James Frank Oxenford | 1911–1913 | |
| John Siganto | 1914 | |
| James Frank Oxenford | 1915 | |
| Richard Mayes | 1916–1917 | |
| John Beattie | 1918 | |
| James Frank Oxenford | 1919–1922 | |
| S. F. Walker | 1922 | |
| T. Doherty | 1923 | |
| A. Thomson | 1923 | |
| John Joseph Johns[3] | 1924–1927 | |
| John Siganto | 1927–1930 | |
| Charles Edwards | 1930–1937 | |
| S. R. Black | 1937–1946 | |
| William Frank Oxenford | 1946–1949 |