Shire of Mareeba explained

Type:lga
Shire of Mareeba
State:qld
Image Upright:0.81
Pop:22858
Area:53491
Area Footnotes:[1]
Est:2014
Mayor:Angela Toppin
Seat:Mareeba
Region:Far North Queensland
Logo Upright:1.2
Url:http://www.msc.qld.gov.au/
Near-Nw:Carpentaria
Near-N:Cook
Near-Ne:Douglas
Near-W:Carpentaria
Near-E:Coral Sea, Cairns
Near-Sw:Etheridge
Near-S:Tablelands
Near-Se:Tablelands

The Shire of Mareeba is a local government area at the base of Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, inland from Cairns. The shire, administered from the town of Mareeba, covered an area of 53491km2, and existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 2008, when it amalgamated with several councils in the Atherton Tableland area to become the Tablelands Region.

On 20 March 2013, Mareeba residents voted in favour of a proposal to reverse the amalgamation and to re-establish Mareeba Shire. The new Mareeba Shire was re-established on 1 January 2014.

In the, the Shire of Mareeba had a population of 22,858 people.

History

The Woothakata Division, based in the mining town of Thornborough on the Hodgkinson goldfield, was created on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 divisions around Queensland under the Divisional Boards Act 1879 with a population of 1836. Woothakata is a Wakaman and Kuku Djungan Aboriginal word which describes the way (the journey) they travelled to Ngarrabullgan/Mount Mulligan, an important meeting place. The name Woothakata lives on as the name of a property at Chillagoe.

On 3 September 1881, the Tinaroo Division was created under the Divisional Boards Act 1879 out of parts of the Cairns, Hinchinbrook and Woothakata Divisions.

On 18 May 1889, the tin-mining area at Stannary Hills and Irvinebank and its hinterland in and around the Walsh River (an area of 4110 sq miles) were severed from Woothakata Division to create Walsh Division.[2]

On 20 December 1890, part of the Tinaroo Division was excised to create the new Barron Division, closer to Cairns.

With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, the Divisions of Woothakata, Tinaroo and Barron became Shires of Woothaka, Tinaroo and Barron on 31 March 1903.

On 16 December 1908, a small part of Shire of Woothakata was transferred to the Shire of Walsh, which was then split with one part being proclaimed the new Shire of Chillagoe, based at Chillagoe.[3] [4]

In 1919, Woothakata's seat of administration moved to Mareeba. Thornborough had declined steadily in importance, having a population of 58 in 1921 and 29 in 1933. The same year, on 20 December, the Shire of Barron was abolished, with its area being split between the Shire of Mulgrave and Shire of Woothakata.

On 25 June 1932, the Shires of Walsh and Chillagoe merged into the Shire of Woothakata, which was then organised into six divisions, of which the former Shires of Chillagoe and Walsh formed the greater part of the sixth division. Division 3 had 2 representatives and all the other divisions had only one representative.[5]

On 20 December 1947, the Shire of Woothakata was renamed the Shire of Mareeba.[2] [6] [7]

A new Mareeba Shire Hall was built in Mareeba in 1961; it was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 11 October 2013.[8]

On 22 March 1995, parts of the Shires of Mareeba and Douglas and the whole of the abolished Shire of Mulgrave were added to the City of Cairns.

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 Mareeba merged with the Shires of Atherton, Eacham and Herberton to form the Tablelands Region.

In 2012, a proposal was made to de-amalgamate the Shire of Mareeba from the Tablelands Region.[9] On 9 March 2013, the citizens of the former Mareeba shire voted in a referendum to de-amalgamate.[10] The shire was re-established on 1 January 2014.[11] [12]

Towns and localities

The Shire of Mareeba includes the following settlements:

Note:

Libraries

Mareeba Shire Council operate public libraries at Chillagoe, Dimbulah, Kuranda and Mareeba.[13]

Demographics

YearPopulationNotes
1933 8,248
1947 6,312
1954 7,595
1961 10,212
1966 10,789
1971 11,676
1976 12,136
1981 14,003
1986 15,563
1991 17,129
1996 18,044
17,961
18,212
2011 Shire of Mareeba did not exist due to amalgamation into the Tablelands Region.
21,557
22,858

In the, the Shire of Mareeba had a population of 21,557 people.

In the, the Shire of Mareeba had a population of 22,858 people.

Chairmen and mayors

In early years the elected councillors chose one among them to the chairman on an annual basis.The following are the chairmen of the Woothakata Division and Shire of Woothakata:

From 1921, chairmen of shires were elected by the voters for a period of 3 years.

The following are the chairmen in the first incarnation of Shire of Mareeba:

The following are the mayors in the current incarnation of Shire of Mareeba:

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018 . Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. 25 October 2019. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.
  2. Web site: Woothakata Shire. Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland. 15 September 2013.
  3. News: SHIRE BOUNDARIES. . . Qld. . 19 December 1908 . 17 September 2013 . 10 . National Library of Australia.
  4. News: SHIRE BOUNDARIES. . . Qld. . 19 December 1908 . 8 January 2014 . 10 . National Library of Australia.
  5. News: ABOLITION OF SHIRES. . . Qld. . 22 April 1932 . 8 January 2014 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
  6. News: WOOTHAKATA NOW MAREEBA SHIRE. . . Qld. . 19 December 1947 . 15 September 2013 . 5 . National Library of Australia.
  7. News: TONGUE-TWISTER CHANGES NAME. . . Charters Towers, Qld. . 22 December 1947 . 15 September 2013 . 1 . National Library of Australia.
  8. 23 October 2013.
  9. Web site: Proposal to de-amalgamate Mareeba from the combined Tablelands Regional Council. 14 August 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130428114332/http://www.dlg.qld.gov.au/resources/report/local-government/bc/mareeba-proposal.pdf. 28 April 2013. dmy-all.
  10. Web site: Mareeba Area De-amalgamation Poll – Mareeba – Poll Area Summary. Electoral Commission Queensland. 14 August 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130512060459/http://ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/local/MAREEBA/results/district98.html. 12 May 2013. dmy-all.
  11. Web site: De-amalgamation. Queensland Government. 14 August 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130826155025/http://www.dsdip.qld.gov.au/bc. 26 August 2013. dmy-all.
  12. Web site: Local Government (De-amalgamation Implementation) Regulation 2013. Local Government Act 2009. Queensland Government. 14 August 2013.
  13. Web site: Mareeba Shire. 20 September 2016. Public Libraries Connect. State Library of Queensland. 2 February 2018.
  14. News: Woothakata Shire Council. . . Qld. . 19 March 1920 . 20 February 2014 . 4 . National Library of Australia.
  15. News: Advertising. . . Qld. . 16 August 1921 . 20 February 2014 . 1 . National Library of Australia.
  16. News: WOOTHAKATA SHIRE COUNCIL. . . Qld. . 12 August 1929 . 20 February 2014 . 9 . National Library of Australia.
  17. News: MAREEBA PROVINCE. . . Qld. . 30 June 1931 . 20 February 2014 . 12 . National Library of Australia.
  18. Book: Pugh. Theophilus Parsons. Pugh's Almanac for 1927. 1927. 13 June 2014.
  19. News: Dimbulah Sanitary Contract. . . Qld. . 26 May 1933 . 20 February 2014 . 8 . National Library of Australia.
  20. News: MAREEBA NEWS. . . Qld. . 14 May 1934 . 20 February 2014 . 9 . National Library of Australia.
  21. News: JUBILEE MEDALS. . . Qld. . 30 May 1935 . 20 February 2014 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
  22. News: Woothakata Shire Chairman. . . Qld. . 1 December 1939 . 20 February 2014 . 6 . National Library of Australia.
  23. News: MAREEBA SHIRE COUNCIL. . . Qld. . 27 June 1950 . 20 February 2014 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
  24. Web site: Tenni. Hon. Martin James. Re-Member Database. Queensland Parliament. 18 June 2014.
  25. Web site: 2013 Mareeba Shire Council – Mayoral Election. Electoral Commission of Queensland. 20 February 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140225094443/http://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/local/LG2013/MareebaShireCouncil/results/mayoral/district1.html. 25 February 2014. dmy-all.
  26. Web site: 2016 Mareeba Shire Council - Mayoral Election - Election Summary. results.ecq.qld.gov.au. 2017-12-04.
  27. Web site: Portella. Carl. 2019-10-23. Mareeba Shire mayor sets retirement date. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200613045517/https://www.theexpressnewspaper.com.au/breaking-news/mareeba-shire-mayor-sets-retirement-date/. 2020-06-13. 2020-06-13. The Express Newspaper. en-AU.
  28. Web site: Mayor Tom Gilmore, Mareeba Shire Council. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200613052917/https://www.fnqroc.qld.gov.au/files/media/original/004/668/ed7/dd1/Mayor-Tom-Gilmore.pdf. 13 June 2020. 13 June 2020. Far North Queensland Regional Organisation of Councils.
  29. Web site: Mayor & Councillors. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200613051755/https://msc.qld.gov.au/about-council/mayor-and-councillors/. 2020-06-13. 2020-06-13. Mareeba Shire Council. en-AU.
  30. Web site: Mayor Angela Toppin, Mareeba Shire Council. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200613053626/https://www.fnqroc.qld.gov.au/files/media/original/004/c81/8e6/7f4/Mayor-Angela-Toppin-BIO.pdf. 13 June 2020. 13 June 2020. Far North Queensland Regional Organisation of Councils.
  31. Web site: 2020. 2020 Local Government Elections: Saturday, 28 March 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200616100501/https://prodresults.elections.qld.gov.au/lga2020. 16 June 2020. 16 June 2020. Electoral Commission of Queensland.

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