The Shire of Pine Rivers was a local government area about 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of Brisbane in the Moreton Bay region of South East Queensland, Australia. The shire covered an area of 771 square kilometres (297.7 sq mi), and existed as a local government entity from 1888 until 2008, when it amalgamated with councils further north and east to form the Moreton Bay Region.
The main population concentration was in the east and southeast of the shire—the western part, which covered 76% of the shire's land area, contained only 18,309 residents in 2006.[2] The key centres of population were Strathpine, which formed a mini-CBD for the area; Petrie and Kallangur further to the north, and Albany Creek and the Hills District closer to Brisbane's boundary. A new area based around North Lakes in the shire's northeast had also become reasonably established.
History
Area history
The area was settled by homestead farmers in the mid 19th century. Many suburbs – Lawnton, Petrie, Griffin and Joyner, for example – are named after early European settlers. The first township in the area was established at what is now Petrie in 1868, to service mail coaches between Brisbane and Gympie. The Caboolture railway line reached the shire in 1888. Another railway line to Dayboro, in the western, mountainous areas of the shire was opened in 1920, but due to lack of traffic was closed and lifted in 1955.
During the Second World War, large areas of flat land around Brendale and Strathpine were used by Allied forces as airfields and staging areas. It is estimated that around 50,000 Allied servicemen passed through the area, at a time when the civilian population was less than 5000.
Local government history
Map of Pine Division and adjacent local government areas, March 1902
Pine Shire Hall, Strathpine, circa 1920
Caboolture Division was created on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 divisions around Queensland under the Divisional Boards Act 1879.[3][4][5] It was centred on Caboolture, which was at that time a small logging town, and initially covered all of Moreton Bay and much of the Sunshine Coast. On 21 January 1888, the Pine Division split away from the Caboolture Division to become a separate local government area operating under the Divisional Boards Act 1887.[6] Its first divisional board meeting was held on 7 March 1888 at the residence of Henry Thomas Ireland at Albany Creek Mr Ireland was unanimously elected as the board chairman for the year.[6][7]
In 1897, parts of the Parishes of Samsonvale, Pine and Whiteside were included in the Pine Division.[6]
The Council Chambers built 1960 as it appeared in 2017. Note the bricked-up entrance.
Following the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, Pine Division became the Shire of Pine on 31 March 1903.[6][9] It underwent significant changes in 1921 and 1955, and on 23 May 1959, the Shire of Pine was renamed Shire of Pine Rivers.[9] In March 1960, Council Meetings moved from the original weatherboard Shire Hall to new brick Council Chambers.It then remained with the same name and boundaries for almost 50 years.
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 Pine Rivers amalgamated with the Shire of Caboolture and the City of Redcliffe to form the Moreton Bay Region.[9][10] The Local Government Reform Commission's reasoning was that it would unite all of Brisbane's northern suburbs beyond the Brisbane City boundary into one local government area which would, in its view, simplify and streamline planning, approvals and governance.
Chairmen and mayors
William Johnston, Chairman of the Pine Shire Council, 1909
The chairmen and mayors of the division and the shire were:[11]
In 1993, the Local Government Act Number 70 was introduced; it included that all heads of local government councils should be known as mayors and all other elected representatives were to be known as councillors. Thus Yvonne Chapman was both the first female leader of the council and its only mayor.[11]
In its final years, the Shire of Pine Rivers was split up into 10 divisions, each electing one councillor to the Shire Council for a four-year term. Additionally, a mayor was elected to represent the entire Shire.
Division 1 – Dayboro and most of the rural area of the Shire
^Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Community Profile Series : Pine Rivers (S) Bal (Statistical Local Area)". 2006 Census of Population and Housing. Retrieved 11 October 2009.
^ abMoore, R. P (1920), Postcard of the Pine Shire Council Hall (Old Shire Hall), Strathpine, ca. 1920, Moreton Bay Regional Council, retrieved 28 February 2014
^"Pine Rivers Shire Hall (former) (entry 600768)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
^"Agency ID 11038, Moreton Bay Regional Council". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
^ abWelch, Melva A; Moreton Bay (Qld. : Shire). Council (2008), Not pineapples, not pine trees but-- Pine Rivers : revised chronicle of local government in Pine Rivers Shire, 1888 to 2008 (Revised and updated [ed.] ed.), Pine Rivers Shire Council, ISBN978-0-9577523-5-1
^"Kruger, Mr Raymond Charles (Joe)". Re-Member Database. Queensland Parliament. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
Further reading
Welch, Melva A; Moreton Bay (Qld. : Shire). Council (2008). Not pineapples, not pine trees but-- Pine Rivers : revised chronicle of local government in Pine Rivers Shire, 1888 to 2008 (Revised and updated [ed.] ed.). Pine Rivers Shire Council. ISBN978-0-9577523-5-1.
Barter, Leith F; Pine Rivers (Qld.). Council (2005). Pioneering the Pine : a short history of the Pine Rivers Shire. Pine Rivers Shire Council. ISBN978-0-9577523-4-4.
External links
"Pine Rivers Shire". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland.
. Archived from the original on 11 January 2008.
Tourism Pine Rivers
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Pine Rivers redirects here For the Queensland electoral division see Electoral district of Pine Rivers The Shire of Pine Rivers was a local government area about 20 kilometres 12 mi north of Brisbane in the Moreton Bay region of South East Queensland Australia The shire covered an area of 771 square kilometres 297 7 sq mi and existed as a local government entity from 1888 until 2008 when it amalgamated with councils further north and east to form the Moreton Bay Region Shire of Pine Rivers QueenslandMap of Pine Rivers Shire in South East Queensland Population141 141 2006 census 1 Density182 235 km2 471 99 sq mi Established1888Area774 5 km2 299 0 sq mi Council seatStrathpineRegionSouth East QueenslandFederal division s as at 2008 Petrie DicksonLGAs around Shire of Pine Rivers Esk Caboolture Moreton BayEsk Shire of Pine Rivers RedcliffeBrisbane Brisbane BrisbaneThe suburbs formerly within Pine Rivers are generally regarded as part of Greater Brisbane both in a planning context and for statistical purposes Contents 1 Geography 2 History 2 1 Area history 2 2 Local government history 3 Chairmen and mayors 4 Wards 5 Suburbs 5 1 Urban suburbs 5 2 Rural localities 6 Population 7 References 8 Further reading 9 External linksGeography EditThe Shire is named for three rivers contained within it the Pine River which empties into Bramble Bay and its tributaries the North Pine River and South Pine River Two large artificial reservoirs Lake Samsonvale and Lake Kurwongbah formed its centre The western half of the shire consisted of the sparsely populated foothills of the D Aguilar Range the land being mostly forested or used for grazing cattle and horses Hays Inlet and Saltwater Creek formed the eastern boundary of the Shire beyond which lay the City of Redcliffe The main population concentration was in the east and southeast of the shire the western part which covered 76 of the shire s land area contained only 18 309 residents in 2006 2 The key centres of population were Strathpine which formed a mini CBD for the area Petrie and Kallangur further to the north and Albany Creek and the Hills District closer to Brisbane s boundary A new area based around North Lakes in the shire s northeast had also become reasonably established History EditArea history Edit The area was settled by homestead farmers in the mid 19th century Many suburbs Lawnton Petrie Griffin and Joyner for example are named after early European settlers The first township in the area was established at what is now Petrie in 1868 to service mail coaches between Brisbane and Gympie The Caboolture railway line reached the shire in 1888 Another railway line to Dayboro in the western mountainous areas of the shire was opened in 1920 but due to lack of traffic was closed and lifted in 1955 During the Second World War large areas of flat land around Brendale and Strathpine were used by Allied forces as airfields and staging areas It is estimated that around 50 000 Allied servicemen passed through the area at a time when the civilian population was less than 5000 Local government history Edit Map of Pine Division and adjacent local government areas March 1902 Pine Shire Hall Strathpine circa 1920 Caboolture Division was created on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 divisions around Queensland under the Divisional Boards Act 1879 3 4 5 It was centred on Caboolture which was at that time a small logging town and initially covered all of Moreton Bay and much of the Sunshine Coast On 21 January 1888 the Pine Division split away from the Caboolture Division to become a separate local government area operating under the Divisional Boards Act 1887 6 Its first divisional board meeting was held on 7 March 1888 at the residence of Henry Thomas Ireland at Albany Creek Mr Ireland was unanimously elected as the board chairman for the year 6 7 The meetings of the divisional board were held in rented premises at Bald Hill until a meeting hall and office building now the heritage listed Old Shire Hall was constructed in Strathpine in 1889 7 8 In 1897 parts of the Parishes of Samsonvale Pine and Whiteside were included in the Pine Division 6 The Council Chambers built 1960 as it appeared in 2017 Note the bricked up entrance Following the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902 Pine Division became the Shire of Pine on 31 March 1903 6 9 It underwent significant changes in 1921 and 1955 and on 23 May 1959 the Shire of Pine was renamed Shire of Pine Rivers 9 In March 1960 Council Meetings moved from the original weatherboard Shire Hall to new brick Council Chambers It then remained with the same name and boundaries for almost 50 years 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 Pine Rivers amalgamated with the Shire of Caboolture and the City of Redcliffe to form the Moreton Bay Region 9 10 The Local Government Reform Commission s reasoning was that it would unite all of Brisbane s northern suburbs beyond the Brisbane City boundary into one local government area which would in its view simplify and streamline planning approvals and governance Chairmen and mayors Edit William Johnston Chairman of the Pine Shire Council 1909 The chairmen and mayors of the division and the shire were 11 1888 Henry Thomas Ireland 1889 Robert Leitch 1890 Andrew Bell 1891 George Biggs 1892 William Fogg 1893 1894 Henry Thomas Ireland 1895 1896 George Biggs 1897 William Fogg 1898 John Leitch 1899 Charles Chilton 1900 John Leitch 1901 Charles Chilton 1902 George Biggs 1903 John Leitch 1904 Charles Thomas Williams 1905 Thomas Gardiner 1906 Patrick Fahey 1907 Edmund Page 1908 Thomas Gardiner 1909 William Johnston 1910 John Gilliland 1911 Alexander McNeven 1912 James Alexander Mecklem 1913 William Bradley junior 1914 Charles Edward Nicholas 1915 1917 William John Smith 1918 John Gilliland 1919 Robert Morrison 1920 William John Smith 1921 1927 William Bradley junior 1927 1930 Robert Morrison 1930 1933 Robert Thomas Bradley 1933 1950 William John Smith 1950 1973 John Sanders Bray 1973 1982 Leslie Edgar Hughes 1982 1985 Allan James Hughes 1985 1994 Robert George Akers 1994 2008 Yvonne Ann Chapman In 1993 the Local Government Act Number 70 was introduced it included that all heads of local government councils should be known as mayors and all other elected representatives were to be known as councillors Thus Yvonne Chapman was both the first female leader of the council and its only mayor 11 Other notable council members include 1973 1979 Joe Kruger Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Murrumba 12 Wards EditIn its final years the Shire of Pine Rivers was split up into 10 divisions each electing one councillor to the Shire Council for a four year term Additionally a mayor was elected to represent the entire Shire Division 1 Dayboro and most of the rural area of the Shire Division 2 Ferny Hills Samford Valley Arana Hills Division 3 the Hills area Ferny Hills Everton Hills Division 4 Contains Albany Creek and Eatons Hill Division 5 Contains Warner Cashmere Division 6 Contains Brendale Central Strathpine Division 7 Contains Bray Park Strathpine West Lawnton South Division 8 Contains Joyner Lawnton Petrie Whiteside Division 9 Contains Kurwongbah Kallangur Division 10 Contains North Lakes Griffin Murrumba DownsSuburbs EditThe Shire of Pine Rivers included the following suburbs Urban suburbs Edit Albany Creek Arana Hills Bray Park BrendaleU1 Eatons Hill Everton Hills Ferny Hills Griffin Kallangur Lawnton Mango Hill Murrumba Downs North LakesU2 PetrieU3 StrathpineU4 Warner U1 light industrial areaU2 newest suburb in the ShireU3 earliest township in the ShireU4 Shire council offices and Westfield Strathpine Rural localities Edit Armstrong Creek Bunya Camp Mountain Cashmere Cedar Creek Clear Mountain Closeburn DakabinR1 DayboroR2 Draper Highvale Jollys Lookout Joyner King Scrub Kobble Creek Kurwongbah Laceys Creek Mount Glorious Mount Nebo Mount Pleasant Mount Samson Ocean View Rush Creek Samford Valley Samford VillageR2 Samsonvale Whiteside Wights Mountain Yugar R1 contained the shire s major landfill and Alma Park ZooR2 village and tourist centrePopulation EditYear Population AnnualGrowth1933 4 6041947 4 8151954 6 309 3 94 1961 8 761 4 80 1966 13 309 8 72 1971 26 187 14 50 1976 45 192 11 53 1981 58 189 5 19 1986 73 783 4 86 1991 87 892 3 56 1996 103 192 3 26 2001 119 236 2 93 2006 141 414 3 47 References Edit Australian Bureau of Statistics 25 October 2007 Pine Rivers S 2006 Census QuickStats Retrieved 20 March 2018 Australian Bureau of Statistics 25 October 2007 Community Profile Series Pine Rivers S Bal Statistical Local Area 2006 Census of Population and Housing Retrieved 11 October 2009 Proclamation Caboolture Division Queensland Government Gazette 11 November 1879 p 25 994 Agency ID 549 Caboolture Divisional Board Queensland State Archives Retrieved 20 September 2013 Caboolture Town History Retrieved 6 May 2008 a b c d Agency ID 1483 Pine Divisional Board Queensland State Archives Retrieved 20 September 2013 a b Moore R P 1920 Postcard of the Pine Shire Council Hall Old Shire Hall Strathpine ca 1920 Moreton Bay Regional Council retrieved 28 February 2014 Pine Rivers Shire Hall former entry 600768 Queensland Heritage Register Queensland Heritage Council Retrieved 11 July 2013 a b c Agency ID 26 Pine Rivers Shire Council Queensland State Archives Retrieved 20 September 2013 Agency ID 11038 Moreton Bay Regional Council Queensland State Archives Retrieved 20 September 2013 a b Welch Melva A Moreton Bay Qld Shire Council 2008 Not pineapples not pine trees but Pine Rivers revised chronicle of local government in Pine Rivers Shire 1888 to 2008 Revised and updated ed ed Pine Rivers Shire Council ISBN 978 0 9577523 5 1 Kruger Mr Raymond Charles Joe Re Member Database Queensland Parliament Retrieved 18 June 2014 Further reading EditWelch Melva A Moreton Bay Qld Shire Council 2008 Not pineapples not pine trees but Pine Rivers revised chronicle of local government in Pine Rivers Shire 1888 to 2008 Revised and updated ed ed Pine Rivers Shire Council ISBN 978 0 9577523 5 1 Barter Leith F Pine Rivers Qld Council 2005 Pioneering the Pine a short history of the Pine Rivers Shire Pine Rivers Shire Council ISBN 978 0 9577523 4 4 External links Edit Pine Rivers Shire Queensland Places Centre for the Government of Queensland University of Queensland Pine Rivers Shire website Archived from the original on 11 January 2008 Tourism Pine Rivers Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Shire of Pine Rivers amp oldid 1095458860, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
