List of former local government areas of Queensland

The local government areas (LGAs) of Queensland, Australia are the defined areas within which legally constituted local government authorities, known as councils, have responsibilities to provide local services. Determining the size and shape of the local government areas is the sole responsibility of the Queensland Government.

In the past, many local government areas (especially in South East Queensland and the Darling Downs region) have been amalgamated or abolished, either voluntarily or involuntarily. The most significant of these processes took place in March 2008, when 97 local government areas and 20 indigenous councils were amalgamated under a statewide reform process – until this time, the majority of Queensland's local government areas had remained unchanged for decades and some even dated back to the establishment of local government for regional areas in 1879.

Local government de-amalgamations in 2014 In 2014, after referendums were held, 4 previously amalgamated Shires were de-amalgamated.

The Shire of Douglas separated from Cairns Region The Shire of Mareeba separated from Tablelands Region The Shire of Livingstone separated from Rockhampton Region The Shire of Noosa separated from Sunshine Coast Region

The Resulting List of councils and their Number Code Administrative AreaLGA CodeAURUKUN SHIRE250BALONNE SHIRE300BANANA SHIRE370BARCALDINE REGIONAL410BARCOO SHIRE450BLACKALL TAMBO REGIONAL760BOULIA SHIRE900BRISBANE CITY1000BULLOO SHIRE1750BUNDABERG REGIONAL1820BURDEKIN SHIRE1900BURKE SHIRE1950CAIRNS REGIONAL2080CARPENTARIA SHIRE2250CASSOWARY COAST REGIONAL2260CENTRAL HIGHLANDS REGIONAL2270CHARTERS TOWERS REGIONAL2310CHERBOURG ABORIGINAL SHIRE2330CLONCURRY SHIRE2450COOK SHIRE2500CROYDON SHIRE2600DIAMANTINA SHIRE2750DOOMADGEE ABORIGINAL SHIRE2770DOUGLAS SHIRE2810ETHERIDGE SHIRE3100FLINDERS SHIRE3200FRASER COAST REGIONAL3220GLADSTONE REGIONAL3360GOLD COAST CITY3430GOONDIWINDI REGIONAL3610GYMPIE REGIONAL3620HINCHINBROOK SHIRE3800HOPE VALE ABORIGINAL SHIRE3830IPSWICH CITY3960ISAAC REGIONAL3980KOWANYAMA ABORIGINAL SHIRE4420LIVINGSTONE SHIRE4530LOCKHART RIVER ABORIGINAL SHIRE4570LOCKYER VALLEY REGIONAL4580LOGAN CITY4590LONGREACH REGIONAL4710MACKAY REGIONAL4770MAPOON ABORIGINAL SHIRE4830MARANOA REGIONAL4860MAREEBA SHIRE4880MCKINLAY SHIRE4800MORETON BAY REGIONAL5010MORNINGTON SHIRE5250MOUNT ISA CITY5300MURWEH SHIRE5600NAPRANUM ABORIGINAL SHIRE5670NOOSA SHIRE5740NORTH BURNETT REGIONAL5760NORTHERN PENINSULA AREA REGIONAL5780PALM ISLAND ABORIGINAL SHIRE5790PAROO SHIRE5800PORMPURAAW ABORIGINAL SHIRE6070QUILPIE SHIRE6150REDLAND CITY6250RICHMOND SHIRE6300ROCKHAMPTON REGIONAL6370SCENIC RIM REGIONAL6510SOMERSET REGIONAL6580SOUTH BURNETT REGIONAL6630SOUTHERN DOWNS REGIONAL6660SUNSHINE COAST REGIONAL6720TABLELANDS REGIONAL6820TOOWOOMBA REGIONAL6910TORRES SHIRE6950TORRES STRAIT ISLAND REGIONAL6960TOWNSVILLE CITY7010WEIPA TOWN7300WESTERN DOWNS REGIONAL7310WHITSUNDAY REGIONAL7340WINTON SHIRE7400WOORABINDA ABORIGINAL SHIRE7550WUJAL WUJAL ABORIGINAL SHIRE7570YARRABAH ABORIGINAL SHIRE7600

Local government areas amalgamated in 2008

In April 2007, an extensive local government reform process was set up by the Beattie Government, who set up a Local Government Reform Commission to report on the State's local government areas (other than the City of Brisbane). This was in part due to the number of financially weak councils with small populations in rural areas, dating from an earlier time when industry and population had justified their creation. The Commission reported back on 27 July 2007, recommending massive amalgamations all over the State into "regional councils" centred on major towns or centres, based on a range of criteria such as economy of scale, community of interest and financial sustainability. On 10 August 2007, the commission's amalgamation recommendations passed into law as the Local Government (Reform Implementation) Act 2007, with only a few name changes as alterations. "Local Transition Committees" (LTCs) were created for each new area, made up of councillors and staff from the original areas, and on 15 March 2008, the old entities formally ceased to exist and elections were held to fill the new councils.