Shire of Cambooya

The Shire of Cambooya was a local government area in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia, immediately south of the regional city of Toowoomba. The shire, administered from the town of Greenmount, covered an area of 638.5 square kilometres (246.5 sq mi), and existed as a local government entity from 1914 until 2008, when it amalgamated with several other councils in the Toowoomba area to form the Toowoomba Region.

Shire of Cambooya
Queensland
Location within Queensland
Population5,652 (2006 census)[1]
 • Density8.8520/km2 (22.927/sq mi)
Established1914
Area638.5 km2 (246.5 sq mi)
Council seatGreenmount
RegionDarling Downs
WebsiteShire of Cambooya
LGAs around Shire of Cambooya:
Jondaryan Toowoomba Gatton
Pittsworth Shire of Cambooya Gatton
Clifton Clifton Gatton

Its main pursuits included dairying and beef cattle, pig production, horse spelling and breeding, grain growing and vegetable production. The northern section, containing rural-residential suburbs such as Vale View and Hodgson Vale, are commuter districts within 12 kilometres (7 mi) of Toowoomba's urban core.

History

The Shire of Cambooya was created by severance from the Shire of Clifton. It absorbed part of the Tarampa Shire in 1915, and part of Drayton in 1949.[2][3]

Cambooya had four divisions electing two councillors each, with a separately elected mayor.

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 Cambooya merged with the City of Toowoomba and the Shires of Clifton, Crows Nest, Jondaryan, Millmerran, Pittsworth and Shire of Rosalie to form the Toowoomba Region.

Towns and localities

The Shire of Cambooya includes the following settlements:

1 - split with the former City of Toowoomba
2 - split with the former Shire of Clifton
3 - split with the former Shire of Jondaryan

Population
Year Population
19332,047
19471,780 #
19541,848
19611,732
19661,617
19711,558
19761,676
19811,894
19862,477
19912,860
19964,079
20014,856
20065,652

# The estimated 1947 population of the post-1949 area was 1,959.[4]

Chairmen and mayors

The leaders of the Cambooya Shire Council were:[5]

Chairmen
  • 1914—1916: Arthur Hoey Davis, better known as the author Steele Rudd
  • 1916: James Purcell
  • 1916—1918: Edward Fitzgerald
  • 1918—1919: Timothy O'Rourke
  • 1919—1920: William Purcell
  • 1920—1921: Malcolm Brodie
  • 1921—1923: James Lemon
  • 1924—1939: Edward Fitzgerald
  • 1939—1943: Samuel John Gilmour
  • 1943—1949: William Henry Lipp
  • 1949—1966: Leslie Ashby Free
  • 1966—1973: George Gordon Savage
  • 1973—1976: George Hannaford
  • 1976—1982: George Gordon Savage
  • 1982—1985: William Archibald Woods
  • 1985—1993: Thomas Stratford Newman

Mayors
  • 1993-2000: Robert Leslie Free
  • 2000-2004: John Gordon Savage
  • 2004-2008: Carol Estelle Taylor

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Cambooya (S) (Local Government Area)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 18 March 2008.
  2. Toowoomba Regional Council (2004). "A Brief History of Cambooya Shire". Archived from the original on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 2 April 2008.
  3. "Untitled". Queensland Government Gazette. 17 March 1949. p. 172:981–985.
  4. Queensland Year Book, No.11 (1950), p.47.
  5. "Cambooya Shire Council Past Chairmen and Mayors". Toowoomba Regional Council. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2014.

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