List of divisional boards in Queensland

This article provides a list of divisional boards in the Australian state of Queensland between 1879 and 1903.

Local government areas (municipalities, shires and divisions) in Queensland, March 1902

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:[1][2]

Division Office Region Notes
Antigua DivisionYengarieWide Bay–Burnett
Aramac DivisionAramacCentral West Queensland
Ballandean DivisionBallandeanDarling DownsAmalgamated into Stanthorpe Division on 25 June 1880.[3]
Banana DivisionBananaCentral Queensland
Barambah DivisionNanangoWide Bay–BurnettRenamed Nanango Division in 1888.
Barolin DivisionBundabergWide Bay–Burnett
Bauhinia DivisionSpringsureCentral Queensland
Beenleigh DivisionBeenleighSouth East Queensland
Belyando DivisionClermontCentral Queensland
Booroodabin DivisionNewsteadBrisbaneAbsorbed into Municipality of Brisbane on 13 January 1903.
Brassall DivisionNorth IpswichSouth East Queensland
Broadsound DivisionSt LawrenceCentral Queensland
Bulimba DivisionCarinaBrisbaneRenamed Belmont Division on 3 November 1894.
Bundaberg DivisionBundabergWide Bay–BurnettAbolished and recreated as Borough of Bundaberg on 22 April 1881 with same boundaries.[4]
Bundanba DivisionIpswichSouth East Queensland
Burrum DivisionMaryboroughWide Bay–Burnett
Caboolture DivisionCabooltureSouth East Queensland
Cairns DivisionCairns (Esplanade)Far North Queensland
Calliope DivisionGladstoneCentral Queensland
Clifton DivisionAlloraDarling Downs
Coomera DivisionUpper CoomeraSouth East Queensland
Daintree DivisionCooktownFar North Queensland
Dalrymple DivisionCharters TowersNorth Queensland
Diamantina DivisionBirdsvilleSouth West
Doonmunya DivisionNormantonGulf CountryAbolished and replaced by Carpentaria Division on 11 January 1883.[5][6]
Durundur DivisionEskSouth East QueenslandRenamed Esk Division on 2 June 1880.[7]
Einasleigh DivisionGeorgetownFar North Queensland
Glastonbury DivisionGympieWide Bay–BurnettGympie area. Merged into Widgee Division in January 1895.
Glengallan DivisionWarwickDarling Downs
Gogango DivisionNorth RockhamptonCentral Queensland
Goolman DivisionBoonahSouth East Queensland
Gowrie DivisionDraytonDarling Downs
Gympie DivisionGympieWide Bay–BurnettAbolished and recreated as Borough of Gympie on 25 June 1880 with same boundaries.[8]
Hann DivisionMaytownFar North Queensland
Highfields DivisionToowoombaDarling Downs
Hinchinbrook DivisionInghamNorth Queensland
Inglewood DivisionInglewoodDarling Downs
Ithaca DivisionBrisbane CBD,
then Enoggera		BrisbaneRenamed Enoggera Division on 28 March 1888.
Jondaryan DivisionToowoombaDarling Downs
Kargoolnah DivisionBlackallCentral West Queensland
Kolan DivisionGin GinWide Bay–Burnett
Murilla DivisionMilesDarling Downs
Murweh DivisionCharlevilleSouth West
Mutdapilly DivisionMount WalkerSouth East Queensland
Nerang DivisionMudgeerabaSouth East Queensland
Nogoa DivisionCentral QueenslandAmalgamated late 1880s into Broadsound Division.
Nundah DivisionChermsideBrisbaneRenamed Kedron Division in 1901.
Paroo DivisionCunnamullaSouth West
Perry DivisionMount PerryWide Bay–Burnett
Pioneer DivisionMackayNorth Queensland
Purga DivisionBundambaSouth East Queensland
Ravenswood DivisionRavenswoodFar North Queensland
Rawbelle DivisionGayndahWide Bay–Burnett
Rosalie DivisionDarling Downs
Stanthorpe DivisionStanthorpeDarling Downs
Tabragalba DivisionBeaudesertSouth East Queensland
Tarampa DivisionGattonSouth East Queensland
Taroom DivisionTaroomCentral Queensland
Thuringowa DivisionTownsvilleNorth Queensland
Tiaro DivisionTiaroWide Bay–Burnett
Tinana DivisionTinanaWide Bay–Burnett
Tingalpa DivisionMount CottonSouth East Queensland
Toowong DivisionToowongBrisbaneBecame Shire of Toowong on 20 May 1880.[9]
Ula Ula DivisionSt GeorgeSouth WestRenamed Balonne Division on 11 March 1901.
Waggamba DivisionGoondiwindiDarling Downs
Walloon DivisionMarburgSouth East Queensland
Wallumbilla DivisionMitchellDarling DownsRenamed Booringa Division on 18 July 1891.
Wambo DivisionDalbyDarling Downs
Wangaratta DivisionBowenNorth Queensland
Warroo DivisionSuratDarling Downs
Waterford DivisionWaterfordSouth East Queensland
Widgee DivisionGympieWide Bay–Burnett
Woothakata DivisionThornboroughFar North Queensland
Yeerongpilly DivisionRockleaBrisbane

Divisions created subsequent to the Act
Name of division Date created Notes
Adavale Division5 February 1889Separated from Murweh Division[10]
Ayr Division16 January 1888Separated from Thuringowa Division[11]
Balmoral Division19 January 1888Separated from Bulimba Division[12]
Barcaldine Division25 August 1892Separated from Kargoolnah Division[13]
Barcoo Division24 December 1887Separated from Diamantina Division
Barron Division20 December 1890Separated from Tinaroo Division
Boulia Division24 September 1887
Bulloo Division3 June 1880Separated from Paroo Division[14]
Bungil Division21 May 1880Separated from Wallumbilla Division[15]
Burke Division30 January 1885Separated from Carpentaria Division[16][17]
Cardwell Division18 January 1884Separated from Hinchinbrook Division[18][19]
Carpentaria Division11 January 1883Replaced the abolished Doonmunya Division[5][6]
Cleveland Division29 May 1885Separated from Tingalpa Division[20][21]
Cloncurry Division7 February 1884Separated from Carpentaria Division[22][23]
Croydon Division31 December 1887
Douglas Division3 June 1880Separated from Cairns Division[24]
Duaringa Division20 April 1881Separated from Banana Division[25]
Eidsvold Division25 January 1890
Emerald Division4 June 1902Separated from Peak Downs Division
Fitzroy Division6 April 1899Separated from Gogango Division
Gooburrum Division28 January 1886Separated from Kolan Division[26][27]
Gregory Division26 August 1880Separated from Diamantina Division;[28] abolished 22 November 1887.[29]
Granville Division14 September 1883Separated from Tinana Division[30][31]
Hamilton Division2 October 1890Separated from Toombul Division
Herberton Division11 May 1895Separated from Tinaroo Division; absorbed Borough of Herberton
Howard Division30 June 1900Separated from Isis Division
Hughenden Division20 July 1882Separated from Doonmunya Division[32]
Ilfracombe Division27 December 1902Separated from Aramac Division
Indooroopilly Division2 June 1880Renaming of the remnants of former Toowong Division after the Shire of Toowong was split off[33]
Isis Division1 January 1887Separated from Burrum Division
Johnstone Division28 October 1881Separated from Hinchinbrook Division[34]
Kianawah Division4 January 1888Separated from Bulimba Division[35] Renamed Wynnum Division 3 November 1892.[36]
Kilkivan Division1 July 1886Separated from Widgee and Barambah Divisions,[37] abolished 30 July 1886,[38] re-constituted 17 November 1887[39]
Laidley Division25 April 1888Separated from Tarampa Division
Longreach Division9 May 1900Separated from Aramac Division
Mackinlay Division9 December 1891Separated from Boulia and Cloncurry divisions
Maroochy Division5 July 1890Separated from Caboolture Division
Miriam Vale Division7 January 1902Separated from Calliope Division
Nebo Division7 February 1883Separated from Broadsound Division[40][41]
Normanby Division25 October 1890Separated from Mutdapilly Division
Peak Downs Division20 September 1884Separated from Belyando Division
Pine Division21 January 1888Separated from Caboolture Division
Redcliffe Division7 April 1888Separated from Caboolture Division
Rosenthal Division18 April 1889Separated from Inglewood Division[42][43]
Rosewood Division25 October 1890Separated from Walloon Division
Sherwood Division24 January 1891Separated from Yeerongpilly Division
Southport Division6 July 1883Separated from Coomera and Nerang Divisions[44][45][46]
Stephens Division16 October 1886Separated from Yeerongpilly Division
Tambo Division30 June 1881Separated from Kargoolnah Division[47]
Tambourine Division4 October 1890Separated from Tabragalba Division
Taringa Division11 October 1890Separated from Indooroopilly Division
Tinaroo Division2 September 1881Formerly parts of Cairns, Hinchinbrook and Woothakata divisions[48]
Toombul Division1 November 1883Separated from Nundah Division[49][50]
Torres Division30 October 1885Covered Thursday Island, Separated from Hann Division[51][52]
Walsh Division15 May 1889Separated from Woothakata Division[53]
Shire of Windsor11 February 1887Separated from Ithaca Division
Winton Division23 September 1886Separated from Aramac Division[54]
Woolloongabba Division9 January 1880[55]Abolished 7 January 1888, merged into new Borough of South Brisbane
Woongarra Division30 October 1885Separated from Barolin Division[56][57]

See also

References
  1. "Proclamation". Queensland Government Gazette. 11 November 1879. p. 25:987.
  2. Queensland (1879), An explanation of the Divisional Boards Act : followed by the full text thereof, and the boundaries of the divisions : with alphabetical indices, Watson, Ferguson & Co
  3. "Proclamation [Ballandean & Stanthorpe Divisions]". Queensland Government Gazette. 25 June 1880. p. 26:1512.
  4. "Borough of Bundaberg – Order in Council". Queensland Government Gazette. 30 April 1881. p. 28:1113.
  5. "Proclamation [Doonmunya Division abolished]". Queensland Government Gazette. 13 January 1883. p. 32:98.
  6. "Proclamation [Carpentaria Division constituted]". Queensland Government Gazette. 13 January 1883. p. 32:98.
  7. "Proclamation [Durundur & Esk Divisions]". Queensland Government Gazette. 5 June 1880. p. 26:1315.
  8. "Borough of Gympie – Order in Council". Queensland Government Gazette. 25 June 1880. p. 26:1511.
  9. "Shire of Toowong – Order in Council". Queensland Government Gazette. 22 May 1880. p. 26:1144.
  10. "Proclamation [Adavale Division constituted]". Queensland Government Gazette. 9 February 1889. p. 46:469.
  11. "Proclamation [Ayr Division constituted]". Queensland Government Gazette. 21 January 1888. p. 43:170.
  12. "Proclamation [Balmoral Division constituted]". Queensland Government Gazette. 21 January 1888. p. 43:171-172.
  13. "Order in Council [Barcaldine Division constituted]". Queensland Government Gazette. 3 September 1892. p. 57:1-2.
  14. "Proclamation [Bulloo Division constituted]". Queensland Government Gazette. 5 June 1880. p. 26:1316.
  15. "Proclamation [Bungil & Wallumbilla Divisions]". Queensland Government Gazette. 22 May 1880. p. 26:1145.
  16. "Proclamation [Burke Division constituted]". Queensland Government Gazette. 31 January 1885. p. 36:328-329.
  17. "Proclamation [Carpentaria Division amended]". Queensland Government Gazette. 31 January 1885. p. 36:328.
  18. "Proclamation [Cardwell Division constituted]". Queensland Government Gazette. 19 January 1884. p. 34:170.
  19. "Proclamation [Hinchinbrook Division amended]". Queensland Government Gazette. 19 January 1884. p. 34:169.
  20. "Proclamation [Cleveland Division constituted]". Queensland Government Gazette. 30 May 1885. p. 36:1734.
  21. "Proclamation [Tingalpa Division amended]". Queensland Government Gazette. 30 May 1885. p. 36:1733-1734.
  22. "Proclamation [Cloncurry Division constituted]". Queensland Government Gazette. 9 February 1884. p. 34:326-327.
  23. "Proclamation [Carpentaria Division amended]". Queensland Government Gazette. 9 February 1884. p. 34:326.
  24. "Proclamation [Douglas Division constituted]". Queensland Government Gazette. 5 June 1880. p. 26:1317–1318.
  25. "Proclamation [Banana & Duaringa Divisions]". Queensland Government Gazette. 23 April 1881. p. 28:1068–1069.
  26. "Proclamation [Gooburrum Division constituted]". Queensland Government Gazette. 30 January 1886. p. 38:389.
  27. "Proclamation [Kolan Division amended]". Queensland Government Gazette. 30 January 1886. p. 38:389.
  28. "Proclamation [Gregory Division constituted]". Queensland Government Gazette. 26 August 1880. p. 27:495.
  29. "Proclamation [Gregory Division abolished]". Queensland Government Gazette. 24 November 1887. p. 42:336.
  30. "Proclamation [Granville Division constituted]". Queensland Government Gazette. 15 September 1883. p. 33:763-764.
  31. "Proclamation [Tinana Division amended]". Queensland Government Gazette. 15 September 1883. p. 33:763.
  32. "Proclamation [Hughenden Division]". Queensland Government Gazette. 22 July 1882. p. 31:201.
  33. "Proclamation [Toowong & Indooroopilly Divisions]". Queensland Government Gazette. 5 June 1880. p. 26:1315.
  34. "Proclamation [Johnstone Division constituted]". Queensland Government Gazette. 29 October 1881. p. 29:1009.
  35. "Proclamation [Kianawah Division]". Queensland Government Gazette. 7 January 1888. p. 43:31.
  36. "Order in Council [Kianawah/Wynnum Division]". Queensland Government Gazette. 5 November 1892. p. 57:700-701.
  37. "Proclamation [Kilkivan Division constituted]". Queensland Government Gazette. 3 July 1886. p. 39:4-5.
  38. "Proclamation [Kilkivan Division abolished]". Queensland Government Gazette. 31 July 1886. p. 39:324.
  39. "Proclamation [Kilkivan Division re-constituted]". Queensland Government Gazette. 19 November 1887. p. 42:979.
  40. "Proclamation [Nebo Division constituted]". Queensland Government Gazette. 10 February 1883. p. 32:354.
  41. "Proclamation [Broadsound Division amended]". Queensland Government Gazette. 10 February 1883. p. 32:354.
  42. "Proclamation [Rosenthal Division constituted]". Queensland Government Gazette. 20 April 1889. p. 46:1360.
  43. "Proclamation [Inglewood Division amended]". Queensland Government Gazette. 20 April 1889. p. 46:1360.
  44. "Proclamation [Southport Division constituted]". Queensland Government Gazette. 14 July 1883. p. 33:255.
  45. "Proclamation [Cooma Division amended]". Queensland Government Gazette. 14 July 1883. p. 33:254.
  46. "Proclamation [Nerang Division amended]". Queensland Government Gazette. 14 July 1883. p. 33:253.
  47. "Proclamation [Tambo Division constituted]". Queensland Government Gazette. 2 July 1881. p. 29:4.
  48. "Proclamation [Tinaroo constituted]". Queensland Government Gazette. 10 September 1881. p. 29:564.
  49. "Proclamation [Toombul Division constituted]". Queensland Government Gazette. 3 November 1883. p. 33:1183-1184.
  50. "Proclamation [Nundah Division amended]". Queensland Government Gazette. 3 November 1883. p. 33:1183.
  51. "Proclamation [Torres Division constituted]". Queensland Government Gazette. 31 October 1885. p. 37:1508.
  52. "Proclamation [Hann Division amended]". Queensland Government Gazette. 31 October 1885. p. 37:1508.
  53. "Proclamation [Walsh Division]". Queensland Government Gazette. 18 May 1889. p. 47:141.
  54. "Proclamation [Winton Division constituted]". Queensland Government Gazette. 25 September 1886. p. 39:1141-1143.
  55. "Proclamation [Woollongabba Division]". Queensland Government Gazette. 9 January 1880. p. 26:73.
  56. "Proclamation [Woongarra Division constituted]". Queensland Government Gazette. 31 October 1885. p. 37:1507.
  57. "Proclamation [Barolin Division amended]". Queensland Government Gazette. 31 October 1885. p. 37:1508-1509.
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