The Shire of Pittsworth was a local government area in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia, about southwest of the regional city of Toowoomba. The shire covered an area of , and existed as a local government entity from 1913 until 2008, when it amalgamated with several other councils in the Toowoomba area to form the Toowoomba Region.
History The Shire of Pittsworth came into existence on 24 April 1913 after its residents voted to split away from the Shire of Jondaryan. It held its first meeting on 9 July 1913 at which W.P. Copp was elected chairman by 5 votes to 4. A new hall and council office was built for £766 in 1914, but in 1956 the council relocated to the new Civic Centre in Yandilla Street, Pittsworth, consisting of a Town Hall and Shire Chambers. Pittsworth was an undivided council and elected a mayor and six councillors.
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 Pittsworth merged with the City of Toowoomba and the Shires of Cambooya, Clifton, Crows Nest, Jondaryan, Millmerran and Shire of Rosalie to form the Toowoomba Region.
Towns and localities The Shire of Pittsworth includes the following settlements:
Pittsworth Biddeston Bongeen Branchview Brookstead Broxburn Felton Irongate Kincora Linthorpe Mount Tyson
Nangwee North Branch Norwin Rossvale Scrubby Mountain Southbrook Springside St Helens Stoneleigh Yarranlea
Population Year Population 1933 3,544 1947 3,599 1954 3,731 1961 3,821 1966 3,713 1971 3,795 1976 3,714 1981 3,605 1986 3,880 1991 4,035 1996 4,264 2001 4,445 2006 4,688
Chairmen and Mayors The leaders of the shire are listed below.
Chairmen 1913–15: William Perham Copp 1915–17: Jacob Bickerton 1917–18: William Sullivan 1918–21: Arthur Carl Krieg 1921–23: Jacob Bickerton 1923: Jonas Holmes 1923–36: Arthur Carl Krieg 1936–39: William Lee-Archer 1939–46: Arthur Carl Krieg 1946–49: William Lee-Archer 1949–57: Sir Alan Roy Fletcher 1957–67: Leslie Joppich 1967–85: Ross Thomas Stirling 1985–94: Lawrence Dudley Stallman
Mayors 1994–98: W J Drummond 1998–2008: Ros S Scotney
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