Shire of Aramac

Shire of Aramac
Queensland
Location within Queensland
Muttaburra Library, operated by the Aramac Shire Council
Population754 (2006 census)[1]
 • Density0.032272/km2 (0.08358/sq mi)
Established1879
Area23,364.1 km2 (9,020.9 sq mi)
Council seatAramac
RegionCentral Queensland
LGAs around Shire of Aramac:
Winton Flinders Dalrymple
Longreach Shire of Aramac Belyando
Ilfracombe Barcaldine Jericho

The Shire of Aramac was a local government area located in central Queensland about 1,100 kilometres (684 mi) north west of the state capital, Brisbane, between the towns of Barcaldine and Winton. It covered an area of 23,364.1 square kilometres (9,020.9 sq mi), and existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 2008, when it amalgamated with the Shires of Barcaldine and Jericho to form the Barcaldine Region.

History

Map of Aramac Division and its adjacent local government areas, March 1902

The Aramac Division was created on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 divisions around Queensland under the Divisional Boards Act 1879 with a population of 841.[2]

On 9 May 1900, part of the Aramac Division was excised to create the new Longreach Division under the Divisional Boards Act 1887.[3]

On 27 December 1902, part of the Aramac Division was excised to create the Ilfracombe Division under the Divisional Boards Act 1887.[4]

With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, Aramac Division became the Shire of Aramac on 31 March 1903.[5]

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 Aramac merged with the Shires of Barcaldine and Jericho to form the Barcaldine Region.[5][6]

The Shire operated the Aramac Tramway from Aramac to its junction near Barcaldine with the Central Western railway line from Rockhampton to Longreach from 1911 to 1975.[7]

Towns and localities

The Shire of Aramac included the following settlements:

Chairmen

  • 1880: T. Whannell [8]
  • 1881: J. Tilbury (resigned November 1881)[8]
  • 1882: E.R. Edkins (resigned March 1882)[8]
  • 1882: W. Forsyth [8]
  • 1883–1884: T. Whannell [8]
  • 1885: W. Forsyth [8]
  • 1886–1888: E.R. Edkins [8]
  • 1889–1890: S.P. Fraser [8]
  • 1891: E.R. Edkins [8]
  • 1892–1901: S.P. Fraser [8]
  • 1902: E.R. Edkins [8]
  • 1903–1905: S.P. Fraser [8]
  • 1906: D.C.K. Cameron [8]
  • 1907–1914: S.P. Fraser [8]
  • 1915 – December 1923: E.W. Bowyer [8]
  • 1924–1936: Sydney Harold Fraser [8][9]
  • 1936–1939: B. Duke [8]
  • 1939–1946: Sydney Harold Fraser [8]
  • 1946–1955: R.A. Stobo [8]
  • 1955–1976: J.T. Neill [8]
  • 1976–1982: O.N. Landers [8]
  • 1986: Antonio Monte de Ramos Jr [10]

Population

Year Population
1933 1,679
1947 1,592
1954 1,714
1961 1,790
1966 1,652
1971 1,168
1976 1,059
1981 1,082
1986 1,097
1991 832
1996 778
2001 742
2006 754

See also

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Aramac (S) (Local Government Area)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
  2. ^ "Proclamation [Aramac Division]". Queensland Government Gazette. 11 November 1879. p. 25:1005.
  3. ^ "Agency ID 11204, Longreach Divisional Board". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  4. ^ "WESTERN DIVISIONAL BOARDS". The Morning Bulletin. Rockhampton, Qld. 2 January 1903. p. 5. Retrieved 21 September 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ a b "Agency ID 296, Aramac Shire Council". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  6. ^ "Agency ID 11031, Barcaldine Regional Council". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  7. ^ The Aramac Tramway Preston, R & Tonkies, R. Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, August 1957 pp118-123
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Smith, Anne; James Cook University of North Queensland. Department of History and Politics (1994). This El Dorado of Australia : a centennial history of Aramac Shire. Dept. of History and Politics, James Cook University. pp. 428–433. ISBN 978-0-86443-520-0.
  9. ^ Pugh, Theophilus Parsons (1927). Pugh's Almanac for 1927. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  10. ^ Pugh, Theophilus Parsons (1927). Pugh's Almanac for 1927. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
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