The Shire of Calliope was a local government area in the Capricornia region of Queensland, Australia. It was centred on the town of Calliope.
History
Calliope Division was created on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 divisions around Queensland under the Divisional Boards Act 1879 with a population of 1044.
On 7 January 1902 part of Calliope Division was separated to create Miriam Vale Division.
With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, Calliope Division became the Shire of Calliope on 31 March 1903.
In 1927, the council hall was in Gladstone.
Following the report of the Local Government Reform Commission released in July 2007, three former local government areas: City of Gladstone Shire of Calliope Shire of Miriam Vale were amalgamated to form Gladstone Region on 15 March 2008.
Towns and localities The Shire of Calliope included the following settlements:
Towns: Calliope (administrative centre)
Urban areas: Benaraby Boyne Island Tannum Sands
Rural townships: Ambrose Mount Larcom Raglan Yarwun Targinnie
Localities of The Boyne Valley: Builyan Many Peaks Nagoorin Ubobo
Other communities: Bracewell East End
Chairpersons and mayors 1927: Frank Butler 1991 – 1995: Liz Cunningham 1995 – 2008: George Creed
References
External links University of Queensland: Queensland Places: Calliope Shire