Shire of Chinchilla

Shire of Chinchilla
Queensland

Location within Queensland
Population 5,942 (2006 census)[1]
 • Density 0.68296/km2 (1.76887/sq mi)
Established 1912
Area 8,700.3 km2 (3,359.2 sq mi)
Council seat Chinchilla
Region Darling Downs
Website Shire of Chinchilla
LGAs around Shire of Chinchilla:
Taroom Eidsvold Mundubbera
Murilla Shire of Chinchilla Wondai, Kingaroy
Tara Tara Wambo

The Shire of Chinchilla was a local government area in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. The shire, administered from the town of Chinchilla, covered an area of 8,700.3 square kilometres (3,359.2 sq mi), and existed as a local government entity from 1912 until 2008, when it amalgamated with the Town of Dalby and the Shires of Murilla, Tara and Wambo and the southern part of Taroom to form the Western Downs Region.

The economy of the area is largely reliant on primary production. Agriculture is the mainstay of the community, with beef and pork production, wool growing, and horticulture traditionally underwriting the local economy.

History

The Shire of Chinchilla was established on 12 January 1912 by severance from the Shire of Wambo.

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 Chinchilla merged with the Town of Dalby and the Shires of Murilla, Tara and Wambo and the southern part of Taroom to form the Western Downs Region.

Towns and localities

The Shire of Chinchilla included the following settlements:

Towns:

Localities:

Chairmen

Population

Year Population
1921 3,103
1933 3,936
1947 5,203
1954 6,021
1961 6,063
1966 6,093
1971 5,524
1976 5,319
1981 5,387
1986 5,534
1991 5,406
1996 5,590
2001 5,609
2006 5,942

References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Chinchilla (S) (Local Government Area)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
  2. ↑ Pugh, Theophilus Parsons (1927). Pugh's Almanac for 1927. Retrieved 13 June 2014.

Coordinates: 26°44′33.5″S 150°37′24″E / 26.742639°S 150.62333°E / -26.742639; 150.62333

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