The City of Hervey Bay was a local government area located in the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland, Australia, containing the urban centre of Hervey Bay as well as the northern half of K'gari. The City covered an area of , and existed as a local government entity in various forms from 1879 until 2008, when it was amalgamated with the City of Maryborough, Shire of Woocoo and the 1st and 2nd divisions of the Shire of Tiaro to form the Fraser Coast Region.
History
The area now known as City of Hervey Bay first received local government with the Divisional Boards Act 1879, where on 11 November 1879, the Antigua (population 1636) and Burrum (population 1511) Divisions were created.
A later division, Howard, was split away from the Division of Isis in 1900.
With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, the Antigua, Burrum and Howard Divisions became the Shires of Antigua, Burrum and Howard on 31 March 1903.
On 3 June 1905, the Shire of Degilbo, later renamed Biggenden, split away from the Shire of Burrum.
On 23 December 1905, the Shire of Burrum was renamed Pialba Shire Council.
Reorganisation of the Maryborough area in 1917 On 17 February 1917, there was a reorganisation of local government in the Maryborough area. Five shires were abolished: Antigua Granville Howard Pialba Tinana The resulting local government areas were: a recreated Shire of Burrum, comprising all of the Shires of Howard and Pialba and part of the Shire of Antigua and part of the City of Maryborough an altered Shire of Kilkivan, losing parts to the Shire of Tiaro and the Shire of Tinana but gaining part of the Shire of Tiaro and part of the Shire of Woocoo an altered City of Maryborough, losing a small part to the Shire of Burrum but gaining part of the Shire of Granville an altered Shire of Tiaro, losing part to Shire of Kilkivan, but gaining parts of the Shires of Granville, Kilkivan and Widgee an altered Shire of Tinana, gaining parts of the Shires of Granville, Kilkivan and Widgee an altered Shire of Widgee, losing part to Shire of Kilkivan, but gaining part of the Shire of Tiaro an enlarged Shire of Woocoo, losing part to the Shire of Kilkivan, but gaining parts of the Shires of Antigua and Howard
A coastal focus in the 1970s By the 1920s the Hervey Bay area was rapidly expanding due to continuing growth in the primary industries such as sugar cane, citrus, pineapples, beef cattle and fishing, as well as investment in transport infrastructure. In the 1950s and 1960s, population and development increased, and the coastal settlements slowly merged into a single urban area.
On 20 December 1975, the Shire of Burrum was renamed the Shire of Hervey Bay with effect from the local government elections of 27 March 1976. With the new focus on the coastal region, of its area, with an estimated population of 1,119, was annexed by the City of Maryborough, while with an estimated population of 2,629 was annexed by the Shire of Woocoo.
In September 1977, the Shire of Hervey Bay became the Town of Hervey Bay, and on 18 February 1984 it became a City.
Amalgamations of 2008 On 15 March 2008, under the Local Government (Reform Implementation) Act 2007 passed by the Parliament of Queensland on 10 August 2007, Hervey Bay merged with the City of Maryborough, Shire of Woocoo and part of Tiaro to form the Fraser Coast Region.
Suburbs and localities The City of Hervey Bay included the following settlements:
Urban Hervey Bay: Booral Bunya Creek Craignish Dundowran Dundowran Beach Eli Waters Kawungan Nikenbah Pialba Point Vernon Scarness Sunshine Acres Susan River Takura Toogoom Torquay Urangan Urraween Walligan Wondunna
Rural Hervey Bay: Beelbi Creek Burgowan Burrum Heads Burrum River Burrum Town Cherwell Dundathu Howard Pacific Haven River Heads Torbanlea Walliebum
Population Year Population 1921 6,838 1933 6,835 1947 8,642 1954 8,408 1961 8,991 1966 9,271 1971 6,960 1976 10,304 1981 16,402 1986 20,660 1991 30,867 1996 42,391 2001 45,959 2006 56,427
Chairmen and mayors
Chairmen of Burrum Divisional Board 1888: Mr Tooth (1888) 1898: Edward Bernard Cresset Corser
Chairmen of Shire of Burrum / Pialba 1905: Hans Jacob Fevre 1916: H. Hansen 1918: Henry Bashford 1927: Edward James Stafford
Mayors of City of Hervey Bay Judy Rice (1985–1988) Fred Kleinschmidt (1988–1997) Bill Brennan (1997–2000) Ted Sorensen (2000–2008)
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