Queanbeyan City was a local government area located in south eastern New South Wales, Australia. The former area is located adjacent to Canberra and the Australian Capital Territory, the Queanbeyan River, the Molonglo River, the Kings Highway and the Sydney-Canberra railway.
On 12 May 2016 the Minister for Local Government announced dissolution of Queanbeyan City with immediate effect. Together with the Palerang Council the combined council areas were merged to establish the Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council.
The last mayor of the Queanbeyan City Council was Tim Overall, an independent politician.
Cities, towns and localities The Queanbeyan City Council area included the suburbs and villages of:
Carwoola Crestwood Environa Googong Greenleigh Jerrabomberra Karabar Queanbeyan East Queanbeyan West Queanbeyan The Ridgeway Royalla Tralee
In 1998 Queanbeyan Council applied to have the localities of Letchworth, Larmer, Dodsworth and De Salis recognised as suburbs and these names were assigned by the Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. A more recent Council has had these names withdrawn.
Council
Composition and election method Until its dissolution, the Queanbeyan City Council was composed of ten councillors, including the mayor, for a fixed four-year term of office. The mayor was directly elected while the nine other councillors were elected proportionally as one entire ward. , the makeup of the last council, including the mayor, was as follows:
PartyCouncillors Independents and Unaligned 6 Labor Party 3 Australian Democrats 1 Total 10
The last Council, elected in 2012 and dissolved in 2016, in order of election, was:
CouncillorPartyNotes Tim Overall Independent Mayor Trudy Taylor Independent Elected on Tim Overall's ticket Brian Brown Labor Jamie Cregan Independent Sue Whelan Independent Velice Trajanoski Independent Elected on Tim Overall's ticket Peter Bray Independent Elected on Tim Overall's ticket Toni McLennan Australian Democrats Elected on Tim Overall's ticket Judith Burfoot Labor Elected on Brian Brown's ticket Kenrick Winchester Labor
Past Mayors of Queanbeyan
CouncillorTerm of officeJ. J. Wright 1885-1888 John Bull 1888-1889 George Tompsitt 1889-1890 Edwin Henry Land 1890-1891 Nathan Moses Lazarus 1891-1892 Edwin Henry Land 1892-1897 William Pike 1897-1899 Patrick Blackall 1900-1903 James Pike 1900 Henry Hungerford 1904-1905 Edwin Atkinson 1906-1907 Ernest Hincksman 1907-1909 Richard Moore 1909-1910 Arthur Collett 1910-1912 Fredrick Woodward 1913Richard Moore 1913-1914 Frederick Woodward 1915-1917 Arthur Collett 1917-1920 Frederick Woodward 1920-1921 James Harris 1922-1924 William Freebody 1925-1927 Henry Land 1927-1929 William Freebody 1929-1932 Henry Taylor 1932-1935 John Esmond 1935-1939 Henry Taylor 1939-1951 Ralph Spendelove 1951-1954 Arthur Lambert 1954-1963 Frederick Land 1963-1980 David Madew 1980-1991 Frank Pangallo 1991-2008 Tim Overall 2008–2016
Election results 2012
Amalgamation A 2015 review of local government boundaries recommended that the Queanbeyan City Council merge with adjoining councils. The NSW Government considered two options. The first option was to merge Queanbeyan Council with parts of the Palerang Council to form a new council with an area of and support a population of approximately . The alternative, proposed by Palerang Council on 29 January 2016, was for an amalgamation of the whole of Palerang with Queanbeyan Council. On 12 May 2016 the Minister for Local Government announced dissolution of Queanbeyan City with immediate effect. Together with the Palerang Council the combined council areas were merged to establish the Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council.
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