This article provides a list of divisional boards in the Australian state of Queensland between 1879 and 1903.
When Queensland separated from New South Wales as a colony in its own right in 1859, it inherited New South Wales's local government legislation, the Municipalities Act 1858, which allowed the creation of a municipality with its own elected council to manage local affairs, upon the petition of householders in the area. However, by 1878 only eighteen towns had incorporated in this way. The Government of Queensland passed the Local Government Act 1878, based on Victorian legislation enacted four years earlier, to allow more diverse forms of local government, but this quickly proved unsuitable to Queensland's requirements given its large, sparsely populated areas.
Its response was to enact the Divisional Boards Act 1879 (43 Vic No. 17), which established a new form of local government by dividing all unincorporated parts of Queensland into 74 divisions, and creating for each an elected divisional board which was responsible for a range of services and amenities within its area. Each board had a number of councillors, and a chairman who was appointed from amongst their number. The legislation was amended several times before being replaced by the Divisional Boards Act 1887 (51 Vic No. 7). By 1901, there were 30 municipalities, 6 shires and 120 divisions in Queensland.
In 1902, the Local Authorities Act (2 Edw. VII, No. 19) replaced all divisions with shires and brought them under the same legislation as that which governed the municipalities. This took effect on 31 March 1903.
Divisions created by the Act On 11 November 1879, 74 divisions came into existence upon the proclamation of the Act:
Division Office Region Notes Antigua Division Yengarie Wide Bay–Burnett Aramac Division Aramac Central West Queensland Ballandean Division Ballandean Darling Downs Amalgamated into Stanthorpe Division on 25 June 1880. Banana Division Banana Central Queensland Barambah Division Nanango Wide Bay–Burnett Renamed Nanango Division in 1888. Barolin Division Bundaberg Wide Bay–Burnett Bauhinia Division Springsure Central Queensland Beenleigh Division Beenleigh South East Queensland Belyando Division Clermont Central Queensland Booroodabin Division Newstead Brisbane Absorbed into Municipality of Brisbane on 13 January 1903. Brassall Division North Ipswich South East Queensland Broadsound Division St Lawrence Central Queensland Bulimba Division Carina Brisbane Renamed Belmont Division on 3 November 1894. Bundaberg Division Bundaberg Wide Bay–Burnett Abolished and recreated as Borough of Bundaberg on 22 April 1881 with same boundaries. Bundanba Division Ipswich South East Queensland Burrum Division Maryborough Wide Bay–Burnett Caboolture Division Caboolture South East Queensland Cairns Division Cairns (Esplanade) Far North Queensland Calliope Division Gladstone Central Queensland Clifton Division Allora Darling Downs Coomera Division Upper Coomera South East Queensland Daintree Division Cooktown Far North Queensland Dalrymple Division Charters Towers North Queensland Diamantina Division Birdsville South West Doonmunya Division Normanton Gulf Country Abolished and replaced by Carpentaria Division on 11 January 1883. Durundur Division Esk South East Queensland Renamed Esk Division on 2 June 1880. Einasleigh Division Georgetown Far North Queensland Glastonbury Division Gympie Wide Bay–Burnett Gympie area. Merged into Widgee Division in January 1895. Glengallan Division Warwick Darling Downs Gogango Division North Rockhampton Central Queensland Goolman Division Boonah South East Queensland Gowrie Division Drayton Darling Downs Gympie Division Gympie Wide Bay–Burnett Abolished and recreated as Borough of Gympie on 25 June 1880 with same boundaries. Hann Division Maytown Far North Queensland Highfields Division Toowoomba Darling Downs Hinchinbrook Division Ingham North Queensland Inglewood Division Inglewood Darling Downs Ithaca Division Brisbane CBD,then Enoggera Brisbane Renamed Enoggera Division on 28 March 1888. Jondaryan Division Toowoomba Darling Downs Kargoolnah Division Blackall Central West Queensland Kolan Division Gin Gin Wide Bay–Burnett Murilla Division Miles Darling Downs Murweh Division Charleville South West Mutdapilly Division Mount Walker South East Queensland Nerang Division Mudgeeraba South East Queensland Nogoa Division Central Queensland Amalgamated late 1880s into Broadsound Division. Nundah Division Chermside Brisbane Renamed Kedron Division in 1901. Paroo Division Cunnamulla South West Perry Division Mount Perry Wide Bay–Burnett Pioneer Division Mackay North Queensland Purga Division Bundamba South East Queensland Ravenswood Division Ravenswood Far North Queensland Rawbelle Division Gayndah Wide Bay–Burnett Rosalie Division Darling Downs Stanthorpe Division Stanthorpe Darling Downs Tabragalba Division Beaudesert South East Queensland Tarampa Division Gatton South East Queensland Taroom Division Taroom Central Queensland Thuringowa Division Townsville North Queensland Tiaro Division Tiaro Wide Bay–Burnett Tinana Division Tinana Wide Bay–Burnett Tingalpa Division Mount Cotton South East Queensland Toowong Division Toowong Brisbane Became Shire of Toowong on 20 May 1880. Ula Ula Division St George South West Renamed Balonne Division on 11 March 1901. Waggamba Division Goondiwindi Darling Downs Walloon Division Marburg South East Queensland Wallumbilla Division Mitchell Darling Downs Renamed Booringa Division on 18 July 1891. Wambo Division Dalby Darling Downs Wangaratta Division Bowen North Queensland Warroo Division Surat Darling Downs Waterford Division Waterford South East Queensland Widgee Division Gympie Wide Bay–Burnett Woothakata Division Thornborough Far North Queensland Yeerongpilly Division Rocklea Brisbane
Divisions created subsequent to the Act Name of division Date created Notes Adavale Division 5 February 1889 Separated from Murweh Division Ayr Division 16 January 1888 Separated from Thuringowa Division Balmoral Division 19 January 1888 Separated from Bulimba Division Barcaldine Division 25 August 1892 Separated from Kargoolnah Division Barcoo Division 24 December 1887 Separated from Diamantina Division Barron Division 20 December 1890 Separated from Tinaroo Division Boulia Division 24 September 1887 Bulloo Division 3 June 1880 Separated from Paroo Division Bungil Division 21 May 1880 Separated from Wallumbilla Division Burke Division 30 January 1885 Separated from Carpentaria Division Cardwell Division 18 January 1884 Separated from Hinchinbrook Division Carpentaria Division 11 January 1883 Replaced the abolished Doonmunya Division Cleveland Division 29 May 1885 Separated from Tingalpa Division Cloncurry Division 7 February 1884 Separated from Carpentaria Division Croydon Division 31 December 1887 Douglas Division 3 June 1880 Separated from Cairns Division Duaringa Division 20 April 1881 Separated from Banana Division Eidsvold Division 25 January 1890 Emerald Division 4 June 1902 Separated from Peak Downs Division Fitzroy Division 6 April 1899 Separated from Gogango Division Gooburrum Division 28 January 1886 Separated from Kolan Division Gregory Division 26 August 1880 Separated from Diamantina Division; abolished 22 November 1887. Granville Division 14 September 1883 Separated from Tinana Division Hamilton Division 2 October 1890 Separated from Toombul Division Herberton Division 11 May 1895 Separated from Tinaroo Division; absorbed Borough of Herberton Howard Division 30 June 1900 Separated from Isis Division Hughenden Division 20 July 1882 Separated from Doonmunya Division Ilfracombe Division 27 December 1902 Separated from Aramac Division Indooroopilly Division 2 June 1880 Renaming of the remnants of former Toowong Division after the Shire of Toowong was split off Isis Division 1 January 1887 Separated from Burrum Division Johnstone Division 28 October 1881 Separated from Hinchinbrook Division Kianawah Division 4 January 1888 Separated from Bulimba Division Renamed Wynnum Division 3 November 1892. Kilkivan Division 1 July 1886 Separated from Widgee and Barambah Divisions, abolished 30 July 1886, re-constituted 17 November 1887 Laidley Division 25 April 1888 Separated from Tarampa Division Longreach Division 9 May 1900 Separated from Aramac Division Mackinlay Division 9 December 1891 Separated from Boulia and Cloncurry divisions Maroochy Division 5 July 1890 Separated from Caboolture Division Miriam Vale Division 7 January 1902 Separated from Calliope Division Nebo Division 7 February 1883 Separated from Broadsound Division Normanby Division 25 October 1890 Separated from Mutdapilly Division Peak Downs Division 20 September 1884 Separated from Belyando Division Pine Division 21 January 1888 Separated from Caboolture Division Redcliffe Division 7 April 1888 Separated from Caboolture Division Rosenthal Division 18 April 1889 Separated from Inglewood Division Rosewood Division 25 October 1890 Separated from Walloon Division Sherwood Division 24 January 1891 Separated from Yeerongpilly Division Southport Division 6 July 1883 Separated from Coomera and Nerang Divisions Stephens Division 16 October 1886 Separated from Yeerongpilly Division Tambo Division 30 June 1881 Separated from Kargoolnah Division Tambourine Division 4 October 1890 Separated from Tabragalba Division Taringa Division 11 October 1890 Separated from Indooroopilly Division Tinaroo Division 2 September 1881 Formerly parts of Cairns, Hinchinbrook and Woothakata divisions Toombul Division 1 November 1883 Separated from Nundah Division Torres Division 30 October 1885 Covered Thursday Island, Separated from Hann Division Walsh Division 15 May 1889 Separated from Woothakata Division Shire of Windsor 11 February 1887 Separated from Ithaca Division Winton Division 23 September 1886 Separated from Aramac Division Woolloongabba Division 9 January 1880 Abolished 7 January 1888, merged into new Borough of South Brisbane Woongarra Division 30 October 1885 Separated from Barolin Division
See also List of former local government areas of Queensland
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