Maranoa Region Explained

Type:lga
Maranoa Region
State:qld
Pop:12825
Area:58705
Area Footnotes:[1]
Mayor:Wendy Taylor
Seat:Roma
Region:Maranoa
Stategov:Warrego
Fedgov:Maranoa
Url:http://www.maranoa.qld.gov.au/
Near-N:Central Highlands
Near-Ne:Banana
Near-E:Western Downs
Near-Se:Western Downs
Near-S:Balonne
Near-Sw:Paroo
Near-W:Murweh
Near-Nw:Murweh
Logo Upright:1.2

Maranoa Region is a local government area in South West Queensland, Australia. The town of Roma is the administrative headquarters of the region.

In the, the Maranoa Region had a population of 12,825 people.

History

The Gunggari language region of South West Queensland includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Maranoa Region particularly the towns of Mitchell, Amby, Dunkeld and Mungallala and the properties of Forest Vale and North Yanco.[2]

Gungabula (also known as Kongabula and Khungabula) is an Australian Aboriginal language of the headwaters of the Dawson River in Central Queensland. The language region includes areas within the local government area of Maranoa Region, particularly the towns of Charleville, Augathella and Blackall and as well as the Carnarvon Range.[3]

On 17 May 1927, 57 allotments of Mount Abundance land, south-west of Roma, were advertised for lease by the Lands Department. Each lease carried a condition that a certain area had to be cultivated with wheat within a specified period. A map advertised the offer which ran from the 17 to 31 May 1927.[4] [5]

In July 2007, the Local Government Reform Commission released a report recommending a number of amalgamations of local government areas in Queensland. As a result, under the Local Government (Reform Implementation) Act 2007, on 15 March 2008, the new local government area of Roma Region was created, as an amalgamation of five previous local government areas:

The report recommended that its people elect eight councillors and a mayor and it should not be divided into wards. The Maranoa Region covers an area of 58705km2,[1] and had a population in June 2018 of 12,791,[1] and has an operating budget of A$44.2m per annum.

On 26 July 2009, Roma Region was renamed Maranoa Region.

Demographics

In the, the Maranoa Region had a population of 12,666 people.

In the, the Maranoa Region had a population of 12,825 people.

Towns and localities

The Maranoa Region includes the following settlements:

Roma area:

Bendemere area:

Booringa area:

Bungil area:

Warroo area:

Amenities

Maranoa Regional Council operates public libraries at Injune, Jackson, Mitchell, Mungallala, Roma, Surat, Wallumbilla, and Yuleba.[6]

Mayors

References

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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: Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map. State Library of Queensland. 23 January 2020.
  3. Gungabula. Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map. 28 January 2020.
  4. Sketch map of portions 27 to 38 parish of Norman, portions 1 to 38 parish of Spowers, portions 13 to 22 parish of Stirling, and portions 5, 6, 7, 9 to 19 and 21 parish of Waldegrave, county of Waldegrave Roma land agents district, shire of Bungil . Map . 1927 . Collections . State Library of Queensland . https://hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/280175.
  5. News: MOUNT ABUNDANCE.. 21 May 1927. Cairns Post. 21 May 2019. 7904. Queensland, Australia. 69. 5. National Library of Australia.
  6. Web site: Maranoa Regional Council. 20 September 2016. Public Libraries Connect. State Library of Queensland. https://web.archive.org/web/20180206102144/http://plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/networking/directory-of-public-libraries/services/roma. 6 February 2018. live. 6 February 2018.
  7. Web site: 2008 Roma Regional Council - Mayoral Election - Election Summary. Electoral Commission of Queensland. 22 January 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20130515213109/http://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/local/lg2008/RomaRegionalCouncil/results/mayoral/summary.html. 15 May 2013.
  8. Web site: 2012 Maranoa Regional Council - Mayoral Election - Election Summary. Electoral Commission of Queensland. 22 January 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140222035718/http://ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/local/lg2012/MaranoaRegionalCouncil/results/mayoral/summary.html. 22 February 2014.
  9. Web site: MAYOR - Councillor Robert Loughnan. Maranoa Regional Council. 22 January 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140203195337/http://www.maranoa.qld.gov.au/councillors/-/asset_publisher/vMI3/content/mayor-councillor-robert-loughnan?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.maranoa.qld.gov.au%2Fcouncillors%3Fp_p_id%3D101_INSTANCE_vMI3%26p_p_lifecycle%3D0%26p_p_state%3Dnormal%26p_p_mode%3Dview%26p_p_col_id%3Dcolumn-2%26p_p_col_count%3D2. 3 February 2014.
  10. Web site: Cr Robert "Scruff" Loughnan. Robert Lougnan. 22 January 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140202140741/http://robertloughnan.blogspot.com.au/. 2 February 2014. live.
  11. Web site: 2016 Maranoa Regional Council - Mayoral Election - Election Summary. results.ecq.qld.gov.au. 2017-12-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20171204114625/http://results.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/local/LG2016/MaranoaRegionalCouncil/results/mayoral/summary.html. 2017-12-04. live.
  12. Web site: 2016 Maranoa Regional Council - Mayoral Election - Election Summary. results.ecq.qld.gov.au. 2017-12-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20171204114625/http://results.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/local/LG2016/MaranoaRegionalCouncil/results/mayoral/summary.html. 2017-12-04. live.
  13. Web site: 2020. 2020 Local Government Elections: Saturday, 28 March 2020. 16 June 2020. Electoral Commission of Queensland.

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