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City of Mackay

February 15, 2023

This article is about a former local government area. For the urban locality of Mackay, see Mackay, Queensland. For the new local government area, see Mackay Regional Council.

The City of Mackay was a local government area located in the Central Queensland region of Queensland, Australia, encompassing the regional city of Mackay and the surrounding region. The City was created as a municipal borough in 1869, and prior to amalgamation with the Shire of Pioneer in 1994, the City was limited to the central suburbs on the south shore of the Pioneer River. From 1994 until 2008, the City covered an area of 2,897.5 square kilometres (1,118.7 sq mi). In 2008, it amalgamated with the Shires of Mirani and Sarina to become the Mackay Regional Council.

City of Mackay
Queensland
Location within Queensland
Population84,890 (2006)[1]
 • Density29.2977/km2 (75.881/sq mi)
Established1869
Area2,897.5 km2 (1,118.7 sq mi)
Council seatMackay
RegionCentral Queensland
WebsiteCity of Mackay
LGAs around City of Mackay:
Bowen Whitsunday Pacific Ocean
Mirani City of Mackay Pacific Ocean
Nebo Sarina Pacific Ocean

History

The Borough of Mackay was proclaimed on 22 September 1869 under the Municipal Institutions Act 1864.[2] The Pioneer Division was established on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 founding divisions under the Divisional Boards Act 1879.

Initially the council meetings were held in the Court House in River Street, the Post and Telegraph office in Wood Street, and in a building on Sydney Street owned by Mr R. Fleming. The first town hall was a timber structure constructed in 1872 on land that the council purchased at 63 Sydney Street.[3]

With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, Pioneer Division became the Shire of Pioneer and Mackay became Town of Mackay on 31 March 1903. Mackay received City status on 17 August 1918.

 
Second Mackay Town Hall, built in 1912, as seen in 2008

During the boom in sugar prices, the borough council decided in 1884 that a larger town hall was needed. However, it was not until 1909 that they decided to proceed with a brick building on the site of the existing town hall in Sydney Street. The council held a design competition, which was won by a local architect and engineer Arthur Rigby. The first town hall was moved to the rear of the block to be behind the new building. The first official Council meeting was held in the (now heritage-listed) second town hall on 19 October 1912 with the official opening the next day.[3]

 
Mackay Civic Administration Building, Gordon Street, Mackay

After the council moved into their new Civic Administration Centre in 1974, they proposed to demolish the town hall and sell off the land to defray the costs of the new civic centre. However, following public protest, they renovated the building to make it available for community purposes.[3]

On 21 November 1991, the Electoral and Administrative Review Commission, created two years earlier, produced its second report, and recommended that local government boundaries in the Mackay area be rationalised. The Local Government (Mackay and Pioneer) Regulation 1993 was gazetted on 17 December 1993, and on 30 March 1994, the two amalgamated into a larger City of Mackay, which first met on 8 April 1994.

On 15 March 2008, under the Local Government (Reform Implementation) Act 2007 passed by the Parliament of Queensland on 10 August 2007, the City of Mackay merged with the Shires of Mirani and Sarina to form the Mackay Regional Council.

Towns and localities

Prior to 1994, Mackay consisted of the suburbs of North Mackay, West Mackay, South Mackay and East Mackay.

All other suburbs of Mackay belonged into the defunct Shire of Pioneer.

After the amalgamation, the City of Mackay included the following settlements:

Mayors

  • 1869-1871: David Hay Dalrymple[4]
  • 1872: Alexander Shiels[4]
  • 1873: George Smith[4]
  • 1873-1874: David Hay Dalrymple (second term)[4]
  • 1875-1876: George Smith[4]
  • 1876-1877: Korah H. Wills[4]
  • 1878: William Marsh[4]
  • 1879:Charles R. Dutallis[4]
  • 1880: William Paxton[4]
  • 1881: George Smith (second term)[4]
  • 1882: Edmund S. Rawson[4]
  • 1883: Thomas Pearce[4]
  • 1884: Michael J. Fay[4]
  • 1885: John Harney[4]
  • 1886: George Dimmock[4]
  • 1887: Archibald McIntyre[4]
  • 1888: Henry Lindesay Black[4]
  • 1889: W. Robertson[4]
  • 1890: W.G. Hodges[4]
  • 1891: W.J. Byrne[4]
  • 1891: Henry B. Black[4]
  • 1892: Alexander Pine[4]
  • 1893:N.C. Morthensen[4]
  • 1894: G. Dimmock[4]
  • 1895: Henry B. Black[4]
  • 1895/6?: P.M. Hynes[4]
  • 1896: W.G. Hodges[4]
  • 1897: Henry B. Black[4]
  • 1898: J.H. Thornber[4]
  • 1899: Samuel Lambert[4]
  • 1900: C. Morley[4]
  • 1901: W.G. Hodges[4]
  • 1902: Cecil Garcia Smith[4]
  • 1903: C.P. Ready[4]
  • 1904-1906: T.D. Chataway[4]
  • 1907: Alexander J. McLean[4]
  • 1908: C.R. Klugh[4]
  • 1909: E.J. Marryatt[4]
  • 1910-1911: James Christie[4]
  • 1912: Hans Ditley Petersen[4]
  • 1913: C.P. Ready[4]
  • 1914-1915: George B. Fay[4]
  • 1916: V. Macrossan[4]
  • 1917-1918: James Prout Moule (died 1 June 1918)[4]
  • 1918: William Crawford Weir (resigned to become Town Clerk in November 1918)[4][5]
  • 1918: Robert Hague[4]
  • 1919: Arthur Hucker[4]
  • 1920: George M. Cameron[4]
  • 1921-1924: A.F. Williams[4]
  • 1924-1927?: George A. Milton[4]
  • 1924–1927?: Lewis Windermere Nott[6]
  • 1927-1930: George A. Milton [4]
  • 1930-1933: Ian A.C. Wood[4]
  • 1933-1934: J.M. Mulherin[4]
  • 1934-1939: George Moody[4]
  • 1939-1952: Ian A.C. Wood[4]
  • 1952-1967: John (Jack) Binnington[4]
  • 1967-1970: Ian A.C. Wood[4]
  • 1970-1988: Albert F. Abbott[4]
  • 1988-1991: Peter J. Jardine[4]
  • 1991-1994: Gregory R. Williamson[4]

Amalgamation of Mackay City and Pioneer Shire Councils

  • 1994–1997: Gordon White, prior to the amalgamation with Pioneer Shire, White had been chairman of the Pioneer Shire Council (1983–1994)[4][7]
  • 1997-2008: Julie Boyd[4]

Amalgamation of Mackay City Sarina Shire and Mirani Shire Councils

Town Clerks

The town clerks of the City of Mackay were:

  • 1869-1871: Thomas Purves[4]
  • 1871-1872: M.J. Fay[4]
  • 1872: R.W. Smith[4]
  • 1872: A.M. Rheuben[4]
  • 1872: J. Rutherford[4]
  • 1872-1873: A.M Rheuben[4]
  • 1873-1875: H.F. Morgan[4]
  • 1876-1881: J.C. Binney[4]
  • 1881-1883 : F.N. Beddek[4]
  • 1883-1886: W.G. Hodges[4]
  • 1886-1890: C. Davie[4]
  • 1891: G. Dimmock[4]
  • 1892-1895: C. Davie[4]
  • 1895-1901: G. Dimmock[4]
  • 1902: James H. Tornber (died 29 December 1902)[4]
  • 1903-1915: Fred Morley[4]
  • 1916-1918: Arthur Fadden[4]
  • 1918-1943: William Crawford Weir[4]
  • 1944-1957: S. Murray[4]
  • 1957-1980: L.A. Payne[4]
  • 1980-1994: S.B. Fursman[4]
  • 1994-1997: T.P. Crompton[4]
  • 1997-before 2000: R.C. Bain[4]
  • before 2000-before 2004: J. Harris[4]
  • before 2004-2008: K. Gouldthorp[4]

Transport

Sister cities

Population

Year Population
(Mackay) 		Population
(Pioneer) 		Population
(Total)
1933 10,665 9,926 20591
1947 13,486 11,606 25092
1954 14,762 14,316 29,078
1961 16,809 15,741 32,550
1966 18,640 19,900 38,540
1971 19,148 22,561 41,709
1976 20,224 26,938 47,162
1981 20,664 33,732 54,396
1986 22,199 36,084 58,283
1991 23,052 40,614 63,666
1996 71,894
2001 75,020
2006 20,803 85,399
2015 120,000

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Mackay (C) (Local Government Area)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  2. ^ "Agency ID 10385, Mackay Municipal Council". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  3. ^ a b c "Mackay Town Hall (former) (entry 601107)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj Wright, Berenice D; Mackay. Libraries. Local History Section (2009). Mackay City Council representatives : '1869-2008'. Mackay City Council. from the original on 23 December 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  5. ^ Australian History Publishing Co (1936), Queensland and Queenslanders : incorporating 'Prominent Queenslanders', Australian History Publishing Co, p. 299, from the original on 2 October 2015, retrieved 1 October 2015 — available online 16 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Pugh, Theophilus Parsons (1927). Pugh's Almanac for 1927. from the original on 4 March 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  7. ^ "Pioneer Shire Council Building (former) (entry 602603)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.

Coordinates: 21°08′28.31″S 149°11′08.26″E / 21.1411972°S 149.1856278°E / -21.1411972; 149.1856278

February 15, 2023
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This article is about a former local government area For the urban locality of Mackay see Mackay Queensland For the new local government area see Mackay Regional Council The City of Mackay was a local government area located in the Central Queensland region of Queensland Australia encompassing the regional city of Mackay and the surrounding region The City was created as a municipal borough in 1869 and prior to amalgamation with the Shire of Pioneer in 1994 the City was limited to the central suburbs on the south shore of the Pioneer River From 1994 until 2008 the City covered an area of 2 897 5 square kilometres 1 118 7 sq mi In 2008 it amalgamated with the Shires of Mirani and Sarina to become the Mackay Regional Council City of Mackay QueenslandLocation within QueenslandPopulation84 890 2006 1 Density29 2977 km2 75 881 sq mi Established1869Area2 897 5 km2 1 118 7 sq mi Council seatMackayRegionCentral QueenslandWebsiteCity of MackayLGAs around City of Mackay Bowen Whitsunday Pacific OceanMirani City of Mackay Pacific OceanNebo Sarina Pacific Ocean Contents 1 History 2 Towns and localities 3 Mayors 4 Town Clerks 5 Transport 6 Sister cities 7 Population 8 ReferencesHistory EditThe Borough of Mackay was proclaimed on 22 September 1869 under the Municipal Institutions Act 1864 2 The Pioneer Division was established on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 founding divisions under the Divisional Boards Act 1879 Initially the council meetings were held in the Court House in River Street the Post and Telegraph office in Wood Street and in a building on Sydney Street owned by Mr R Fleming The first town hall was a timber structure constructed in 1872 on land that the council purchased at 63 Sydney Street 3 With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902 Pioneer Division became the Shire of Pioneer and Mackay became Town of Mackay on 31 March 1903 Mackay received City status on 17 August 1918 Second Mackay Town Hall built in 1912 as seen in 2008 During the boom in sugar prices the borough council decided in 1884 that a larger town hall was needed However it was not until 1909 that they decided to proceed with a brick building on the site of the existing town hall in Sydney Street The council held a design competition which was won by a local architect and engineer Arthur Rigby The first town hall was moved to the rear of the block to be behind the new building The first official Council meeting was held in the now heritage listed second town hall on 19 October 1912 with the official opening the next day 3 Mackay Civic Administration Building Gordon Street Mackay After the council moved into their new Civic Administration Centre in 1974 they proposed to demolish the town hall and sell off the land to defray the costs of the new civic centre However following public protest they renovated the building to make it available for community purposes 3 On 21 November 1991 the Electoral and Administrative Review Commission created two years earlier produced its second report and recommended that local government boundaries in the Mackay area be rationalised The Local Government Mackay and Pioneer Regulation 1993 was gazetted on 17 December 1993 and on 30 March 1994 the two amalgamated into a larger City of Mackay which first met on 8 April 1994 On 15 March 2008 under the Local Government Reform Implementation Act 2007 passed by the Parliament of Queensland on 10 August 2007 the City of Mackay merged with the Shires of Mirani and Sarina to form the Mackay Regional Council Towns and localities EditPrior to 1994 Mackay consisted of the suburbs of North Mackay West Mackay South Mackay and East Mackay All other suburbs of Mackay belonged into the defunct Shire of Pioneer After the amalgamation the City of Mackay included the following settlements Suburbs Mackay North Mackay East Mackay West Mackay South Mackay Andergrove Beaconsfield Blacks Beach Bucasia Cremorne Dolphin Heads Eimeo Erakala Foulden Glenella Mackay Harbour Mount Pleasant Nindaroo Ooralea Paget Racecourse Richmond Rural View Shoal Point Slade Point Te Kowai Towns Bakers Creek Ball Bay Brampton Island Calen Dalrymple Bay Farleigh Halliday Bay Hampden Kuttabul Laguna Quays Lindeman Island McEwens Beach Midge Point Mount Ossa Oakenden Pindi Pindi Seaforth St Helens Beach WalkerstonNational Parks Cape Hillsborough NP Eungella NP Mount Jukes NP Mount Martin NP Mount Ossa NP Pioneer Peaks NP Reliance Creek NP Other localities Alexandra Balberra Balnagowan Belmunda Bloomsbury Chelona Dumbleton Dunnrock Greenmount Habana Homebush Mentmore Mount Charlton Mount Pelion Palmyra Pleystowe Rosella Sandiford Sunnyside The Leap Victoria Plains YalborooMayors Edit1869 1871 David Hay Dalrymple 4 1872 Alexander Shiels 4 1873 George Smith 4 1873 1874 David Hay Dalrymple second term 4 1875 1876 George Smith 4 1876 1877 Korah H Wills 4 1878 William Marsh 4 1879 Charles R Dutallis 4 1880 William Paxton 4 1881 George Smith second term 4 1882 Edmund S Rawson 4 1883 Thomas Pearce 4 1884 Michael J Fay 4 1885 John Harney 4 1886 George Dimmock 4 1887 Archibald McIntyre 4 1888 Henry Lindesay Black 4 1889 W Robertson 4 1890 W G Hodges 4 1891 W J Byrne 4 1891 Henry B Black 4 1892 Alexander Pine 4 1893 N C Morthensen 4 1894 G Dimmock 4 1895 Henry B Black 4 1895 6 P M Hynes 4 1896 W G Hodges 4 1897 Henry B Black 4 1898 J H Thornber 4 1899 Samuel Lambert 4 1900 C Morley 4 1901 W G Hodges 4 1902 Cecil Garcia Smith 4 1903 C P Ready 4 1904 1906 T D Chataway 4 1907 Alexander J McLean 4 1908 C R Klugh 4 1909 E J Marryatt 4 1910 1911 James Christie 4 1912 Hans Ditley Petersen 4 1913 C P Ready 4 1914 1915 George B Fay 4 1916 V Macrossan 4 1917 1918 James Prout Moule died 1 June 1918 4 1918 William Crawford Weir resigned to become Town Clerk in November 1918 4 5 1918 Robert Hague 4 1919 Arthur Hucker 4 1920 George M Cameron 4 1921 1924 A F Williams 4 1924 1927 George A Milton 4 1924 1927 Lewis Windermere Nott 6 1927 1930 George A Milton 4 1930 1933 Ian A C Wood 4 1933 1934 J M Mulherin 4 1934 1939 George Moody 4 1939 1952 Ian A C Wood 4 1952 1967 John Jack Binnington 4 1967 1970 Ian A C Wood 4 1970 1988 Albert F Abbott 4 1988 1991 Peter J Jardine 4 1991 1994 Gregory R Williamson 4 Amalgamation of Mackay City and Pioneer Shire Councils 1994 1997 Gordon White prior to the amalgamation with Pioneer Shire White had been chairman of the Pioneer Shire Council 1983 1994 4 7 1997 2008 Julie Boyd 4 Amalgamation of Mackay City Sarina Shire and Mirani Shire Councils 2008 2012 Colin Meng 2012 2016 Dierdre Comerford 2016 Gregory R Williamson 4 Town Clerks EditThe town clerks of the City of Mackay were 1869 1871 Thomas Purves 4 1871 1872 M J Fay 4 1872 R W Smith 4 1872 A M Rheuben 4 1872 J Rutherford 4 1872 1873 A M Rheuben 4 1873 1875 H F Morgan 4 1876 1881 J C Binney 4 1881 1883 F N Beddek 4 1883 1886 W G Hodges 4 1886 1890 C Davie 4 1891 G Dimmock 4 1892 1895 C Davie 4 1895 1901 G Dimmock 4 1902 James H Tornber died 29 December 1902 4 1903 1915 Fred Morley 4 1916 1918 Arthur Fadden 4 1918 1943 William Crawford Weir 4 1944 1957 S Murray 4 1957 1980 L A Payne 4 1980 1994 S B Fursman 4 1994 1997 T P Crompton 4 1997 before 2000 R C Bain 4 before 2000 before 2004 J Harris 4 before 2004 2008 K Gouldthorp 4 Transport EditMackay Airport North Coast railway line Mackay Station Bruce HighwaySister cities Edit Matsuura Japan Nagasaki Prefecture Population EditYear Population Mackay Population Pioneer Population Total 1933 10 665 9 926 205911947 13 486 11 606 250921954 14 762 14 316 29 0781961 16 809 15 741 32 5501966 18 640 19 900 38 5401971 19 148 22 561 41 7091976 20 224 26 938 47 1621981 20 664 33 732 54 3961986 22 199 36 084 58 2831991 23 052 40 614 63 6661996 71 8942001 75 0202006 20 803 85 3992015 120 000References Edit Australian Bureau of Statistics 25 October 2007 Mackay C Local Government Area 2006 Census QuickStats Retrieved 16 April 2015 Agency ID 10385 Mackay Municipal Council Queensland State Archives Retrieved 22 January 2014 a b c Mackay Town Hall former entry 601107 Queensland Heritage Register Queensland Heritage Council Retrieved 22 January 2014 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj Wright Berenice D Mackay Libraries Local History Section 2009 Mackay City Council representatives 1869 2008 Mackay City Council Archived from the original on 23 December 2020 Retrieved 13 November 2017 Australian History Publishing Co 1936 Queensland and Queenslanders incorporating Prominent Queenslanders Australian History Publishing Co p 299 archived from the original on 2 October 2015 retrieved 1 October 2015 available online Archived 16 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine Pugh Theophilus Parsons 1927 Pugh s Almanac for 1927 Archived from the original on 4 March 2014 Retrieved 13 June 2014 Pioneer Shire Council Building former entry 602603 Queensland Heritage Register Queensland Heritage Council Retrieved 1 August 2014 Coordinates 21 08 28 31 S 149 11 08 26 E 21 1411972 S 149 1856278 E 21 1411972 149 1856278 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title City of Mackay amp oldid 1067012594, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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