Shire of Glengallan

The Shire of Glengallan was a local government area south and east of the regional centre of Warwick in the Darling Downs region of Queensland. The shire, administered from Warwick, covered an area of 1,699.6 square kilometres (656.2 sq mi), and existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 1994, when it was dissolved and amalgamated with City of Warwick, Shire of Rosenthal and Shire of Allora to form the Shire of Warwick.

Shire of Glengallan Queensland
Location within Queensland
Population	3,966 (1991 census)^[1]
• Density	2.2947/km^2 (5.9434/sq mi)
Established	1879
Area	1,728.3 km^2 (667.3 sq mi)
Council seat	Warwick
Region	Darling Downs
LGAs around Shire of Glengallan: Warwick Allora Boonah Rosenthal Shire of Glengallan Boonah Stanthorpe Tenterfield (NSW) Tenterfield (NSW)

History

 

Glengallan Divisional Board building, Warwick, 1901

On 11 November 1879, the Glengallan Division was created as one of 74 divisions within Queensland under the Divisional Boards Act 1879 with a population of 2608.^[2]

With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, it became a Shire on 31 March 1903.^[3] Its offices were located at Yangan Road, Warwick.

On 19 March 1992, the Electoral and Administrative Review Commission, created two years earlier, produced its report External Boundaries of Local Authorities, and recommended that local government boundaries in the Warwick area be rationalised into 3 new local government areas.^[4] That recommendation was not implemented, but the outcome was that the Shire of Glengallan was merged with the Shires of Allora and Rosenthal and the City of Warwick to form a new Shire of Warwick. The Local Government (Allora, Glengallan, Rosenthal and Warwick) Regulation 1994 was gazetted on 20 May 1994. On 25 June, an election was held for the new council, and on 1 July 1994, the Shire of Glengallan was abolished.^[3][5]

Towns and localities

 

Map of Glengallan Division and adjacent local government areas, March 1902. Legend: Warwick Municipality (5), Normanby Division (13)

The Shire of Glengallan included the following settlements:

Killarney Canningvale Elbow Valley Emu Vale Freestone Gladfield Glengallan Junabee Maryvale Morgan Park Mount Colliery

Mount Sturt Mount Tabor Sladevale Swanfels Tannymorel The Falls Tregony Wiyarra Womina Yangan

Chairmen

• 1880: Mr. J. Affleck ^[6]
• 1894: Thomas McGahan^[7]
• 1927: T. J. Howell ^[8]

Election results

1933

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1933 Queensland local elections § Glengallan.[edit]

1933 Queensland local elections: Glengallan^[9]

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Independent		6,692	100.0		11
Formal votes			6,692	100.0

Population

Year	Population
1933	6,334
1947	5,269
1954	4,639
1961	4,388
1966	3,906
1971	3,410
1976	3,491
1981	3,611
1986	3,688
1991	3,966
1996	4,041

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (1993). 2730.3 Census counts for small areas : Queensland. ISBN 0-642-17236-6.
2. "Proclamation [Glengallan Division]". Queensland Government Gazette. 11 November 1879. p. 25:995.
3. "Agency ID 895, Glengallan Shire Council". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
4. "External Boundaries of Local Authorities" (PDF). Electoral and Administrative Review Commission. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
5. "Agency ID 6067, Warwick Shire Council". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
6. "Warwick Police Court". Warwick Argus (Qld. : 1879 - 1901). Qld.: National Library of Australia. 21 February 1880. p. 2. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
7. McGahan, Thomas — Queensland Parliament. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
8. Pugh, Theophilus Parsons (1927). Pugh's Almanac for 1927. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
9. "Local Government Elections". Trove. Brisbane Courier.

External links

• "Glengallan Shire". Queensland Places. University of Queensland.
• "Local Government (Allora, Glengallan, Rosenthal and Warwick) Regulation 1994" (PDF).

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