The Shire of Pioneer was a local government area surrounding the city of Mackay and including all but its innermost suburbs. The shire, administered from Mackay itself, covered an area of 2,820.1 square kilometres (1,088.8 sq mi), and existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 1994, when it was dissolved and amalgamated with City of Mackay.
Map of Pioneer Division and adjacent local government areas, March 1902
The Borough of Mackay was proclaimed on 22 September 1869 under the Municipal Institutions Act 1864. Pioneer Division was one of the 74 divisional boards established on 11 November 1879 under the Divisional Boards Act 1879 with a population of 2884 and covered the region surrounding but not including the Borough of Mackay.[2][3]
The Shire of Sarina was established from the southern part of the Shire of Pioneer on 1 January 1912 under the Local Authorities Act 1902.
The Shire of Mirani was established from part of the Shire of Pioneer on 4 September 1913 under the Local Authorities Act 1902.
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 Shire ceased to exist and was merged with the City of Mackay.[4][7] Gordon White, who had served as chairman of Pioneer since 1983, won the resulting mayoral elections and was then mayor of the City of Mackay until 1994.[6]
shire, pioneer, local, government, area, surrounding, city, mackay, including, innermost, suburbs, shire, administered, from, mackay, itself, covered, area, square, kilometres, existed, local, government, entity, from, 1879, until, 1994, when, dissolved, amalg. The Shire of Pioneer was a local government area surrounding the city of Mackay and including all but its innermost suburbs The shire administered from Mackay itself covered an area of 2 820 1 square kilometres 1 088 8 sq mi and existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 1994 when it was dissolved and amalgamated with City of Mackay Shire of Pioneer QueenslandLocation within QueenslandPopulation40 614 1991 census 1 Density14 4016 km2 37 3000 sq mi Established1879Abolished1994Area2 820 1 km2 1 088 8 sq mi Council seatMackayRegionNorth QueenslandLGAs around Shire of Pioneer Bowen Whitsunday Pacific OceanMirani Shire of Pioneer City of MackayNebo Sarina Pacific Ocean Contents 1 History 2 Towns and localities 3 Chairmen 4 Population 5 References 6 External linksHistory edit nbsp Map of Pioneer Division and adjacent local government areas March 1902 The Borough of Mackay was proclaimed on 22 September 1869 under the Municipal Institutions Act 1864 Pioneer Division was one of the 74 divisional boards established on 11 November 1879 under the Divisional Boards Act 1879 with a population of 2884 and covered the region surrounding but not including the Borough of Mackay 2 3 With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902 Pioneer Division became the Shire of Pioneer on 31 March 1903 3 4 The Pioneer Shire Council Chambers at 1 Wood Street Mackay were constructed in 1935 and are now listed on the Queensland Heritage Register 5 6 The Shire of Sarina was established from the southern part of the Shire of Pioneer on 1 January 1912 under the Local Authorities Act 1902 The Shire of Mirani was established from part of the Shire of Pioneer on 4 September 1913 under the Local Authorities Act 1902 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 Shire ceased to exist and was merged with the City of Mackay 4 7 Gordon White who had served as chairman of Pioneer since 1983 won the resulting mayoral elections and was then mayor of the City of Mackay until 1994 6 Towns and localities editSuburbs Andergrove Beaconsfield Blacks Beach Bucasia Cremorne Dolphin Heads Eimeo Erakala Foulden Glenella Mackay Harbour Mount Pleasant Nindaroo North Mackay Ooralea Paget Racecourse Richmond Rural View Shoal Point Slade Point Towns Bakers Creek Ball Bay Brampton Island Calen Farleigh Halliday Bay Hampden Kuttabul Laguna Quays Lindeman Island McEwens Beach Midge Point Mount Ossa Oakenden Pindi Pindi Seaforth St Helens Beach Walkerston National 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 Munbura Palmyra Pleystowe Rosella Sandiford Sunnyside Te Kowai The Leap Victoria Plains YalborooChairmen edit1885 1890 Walter Paget 8 1901 Walter Paget 1927 William Henry Kirkup 9 1934 1947 Ernie Evans 10 1955 1957 Ernie Evans 10 1983 1994 Gordon White who continued as mayor of City of Mackay after the amgalmation until 1999 6 Population editYear Population 1933 9 926 1947 11 606 1954 14 316 1961 15 741 1966 19 900 1971 22 561 1976 26 938 1981 33 732 1986 36 084 1991 40 614References edit Australian Bureau of Statistics 1993 2730 3 Census counts for small areas Queensland ISBN 0 642 17236 6 Proclamation Pioneer Division Queensland Government Gazette 11 November 1879 p 25 1006 a b Agency ID 1485 Pioneer Divisional Board Queensland State Archives Retrieved 24 September 2013 a b Agency ID 1486 Pioneer Shire Council Queensland State Archives Retrieved 24 September 2013 Pioneer Shire Council Building former entry 602603 Queensland Heritage Register Queensland Heritage Council Retrieved 4 May 2008 a b c Pioneer Shire Council Building former entry 602603 Queensland Heritage Register Queensland Heritage Council Retrieved 1 August 2014 Agency ID 6066 Mackay City Council Queensland State Archives Retrieved 24 September 2013 Walter Trueman PAGET Mackay History Retrieved 22 May 2016 Pugh Theophilus Parsons 1927 Pugh s Almanac for 1927 Retrieved 13 June 2014 a b Evans Ernest Ernie Queensland Parliament Retrieved 29 May 2016 External links editLocal Government Mackay and Pioneer Regulation 1993 21 08 37 55 S 149 11 04 9 E 21 1437639 S 149 184694 E 21 1437639 149 184694 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Shire of Pioneer amp oldid 1162053071, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
