Shire of Perry

Shire of Perry
Queensland

Location within Queensland

Population

445 (2006 census)^[1]

• Density

0.18874/km² (0.4888/sq mi)

Established

1880

Area

2,357.7 km² (910.3 sq mi)

Council seat

Website

LGAs around Shire of Perry:
Monto	Monto	Kolan
Eidsvold	Shire of Perry	Kolan
Gayndah	Gayndah	Biggenden

The Shire of Perry was a local government area in the northern catchment of the Burnett River, Queensland, Australia. The Shire covered an area of 2,357.7 square kilometres (910.3 sq mi), and existed as a local government area from 1880 until 2008, when it amalgamated with several other shires to form the North Burnett Region.

Its administrative centre was the town of Mount Perry.

History

Map of Perry Division and adjacent local government areas, March 1902

The Perry Division was one of the original divisions created under the Divisional Boards Act 1879 with a population of 1664.^[2] It held its first meeting on 6 March 1880.

With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, Perry Division became the Shire of Perry on 31 March 1903.

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 Perry merged with the Shires of Biggenden, Eidsvold, Gayndah, Monto and Mundubbera to form the North Burnett Region.^[3]

Towns and localities

The Shire of Perry included the following settlement:

Mount Perry

Population

Year	Population
1933	795
1947	628
1954	496
1961	455
1966	374
1971	376
1976	304
1981	309
1986	310
1991	374
1996	351
2001	426
2006	445

Chairmen and mayors

1902—1933: Robert Hodnett ^[4]^[5]^[6]
1933: William John Maynard ^[6]
2008: Joy Jensen

Joy Jensen was the last mayor of the Shire of Perry. Despite leading the smallest of the six North Burnett councils, she won the mayoralty of the new North Burnett Region at the elections on 15 March 2008.

References

↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Perry (S) (Local Government Area)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2008-03-18.
↑ "Proclamation [Perry Division]". Queensland Government Gazette. 11 November 1879. p. 25:1003.
↑ Burnett Regional Council "Agency IDNorth Burnett Regional Council, 23 September 2013" Check |url= value (help). Queensland State Archives.
↑ Consolidated Index to Queensland Government Gazette 1859-1919. Queensland Family History Society. 2004. ISBN 1 876613 79 3.
↑ Pugh, Theophilus Parsons (1927). Pugh's Almanac for 1927. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
1 2 "LOCAL GOVERNMENT.". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 26 April 1933. p. 8. Retrieved 18 June 2014.

Former local government areas of Queensland

Cities	Bundaberg Cairns Caloundra Charters Towers Gladstone Gympie Hervey Bay Mackay Maryborough Redcliffe Rockhampton South Brisbane Thuringowa Toowoomba Warwick

Towns	Allora Beaudesert Blackall Brisbane Bowen Bundaberg Charleville Clermont Cooktown Coolangatta Croydon Dalby Gayndah Goondiwindi Hamilton Hughenden Ithaca Laidley Mount Morgan Newtown Normanton North Rockhampton Roma Sandgate South Coast Southport Thursday Island Toowong Warwick Windsor Wynnum

Boroughs/Municipalities	Allora Blackall Bowen Brisbane Bundaberg Cairns Charleville Charters Towers Clermont Cooktown Croydon Dalby Gayndah Gladstone Goondiwindi Gympie Herberton Hughenden Ipswich Mackay Maryborough Mount Morgan Normanton North Rockhampton Rockhampton Roma Sandgate South Brisbane St George Toowoomba Townsville Warwick

Shires	Adavale Albert Allora Antigua Aramac Atherton Auburn Ayr Balmoral Barcaldine Barclay/Barkly Tableland Barolin Barron Bauhinia Beaudesert Beenleigh Belmont Belyando Bendemere Biggenden Blackall Boonah Booringa Bowen Brassall Broadsound Bundamba/Bundanba Bungil Burnett Burrum Caboolture Cairns Calliope Calliungal Cambooya Cardwell Chillagoe Chinchilla Cleveland Clifton Cooloola Coomera Coorparoo Crows Nest Daintree Dalrymple Degilbo Drayton Duaringa Eacham Eidsvold Einasleigh Emerald Enoggera Esk Fitzroy Gatton Gayndah Glengallan Gogango Gooburrum Goolman Gowrie Granville Hann Herberton Hervey Bay Highfields Howard Hughenden Ilfracombe Indooroopilly Inglewood Ipswich Isis Isisford Ithaca Jericho Johnstone Jondaryan Kargoolnah Kedron Kilcoy Kilkivan Kingaroy Kolan Laidley Landsborough Longreach Lowood Mackinlay Maroochy Middle Ridge Millmerran Mirani Miriam Vale Moggill Monto Moreton Mount Morgan Mulgrave Mundubbera Murgon Murilla Mutdapilly Nanango Nebo Nerang Normanby Peak Downs Perry Pialba Pine / Pine Rivers Pioneer Pittsworth Proserpine Purga Queenton Ravenswood Rawbelle Rosalie Rosenthal Rosewood Sarina Sherwood Southport Stanthorpe Stephens Tabragalba Tambo Tamborine/Tambourine Tara Tarampa Taringa Taroom Theodore Tiaro Tinana Tinaroo Tingalpa Toombul Toowong Waggamba Walloon Walsh Wambo Wangaratta Warroo Warwick Waterford Whitsunday Widgee Wienholt Windsor Wondai Woocoo Woongarra Woothakata Wyangarie Yeerongpilly

Divisions	Adavale Antigua Aramac Ayr Ballandean Balmoral Balonne Banana Barambah Barcaldine Barcoo Barolin Barron Bauhinia Beenleigh Belmont Belyando Booringa Booroodabin Boulia Brassall Broadsound Bulimba Bulloo Bundaberg Bundanba Bungil Burke Burrum Caboolture Cairns Calliope Cardwell Carpentaria Cleveland Clifton Cloncurry Coomera Croydon Daintree Dalrymple Diamantina Doonmunya Douglas Duaringa Durundur Eidsvold Einasleigh Emerald Enoggera Esk Fitzroy Glastonbury Glengallan Gogango Gooburrum Goolman Gowrie Granville Gregory Gympie Hamilton Hann Herberton Highfields Hinchinbrook Howard Hughenden Ilfracombe Indooroopilly Inglewood Isis Ithaca Johnstone Jondaryan Kargoolnah Kedron Kianawah Kilkivan Kolan Laidley Longreach Mackinlay Maroochy Miriam Vale Murilla Murweh Mutdapilly Nanango Nebo Nerang Nogoa Normanby Nundah Paroo Peak Downs Perry Pine Pioneer Purga Ravenswood Rawbelle Redcliffe Rosalie Rosenthal Rosewood Sherwood Southport Stanthorpe Stephens Tabragalba Tambo Tambourine Tarampa Taringa Taroom Thuringowa Tiaro Tinana Tinaroo Tingalpa Toombul Toowong Torres Ula Ula Waggamba Walloon Wallumbilla Walsh Wambo Wangaratta Warroo Waterford Widgee Winton Wooloongabba Woongarra Woothakata Wynnum Yeerongpilly

Lists	List of former local government areas of Queensland List of divisional boards in Queensland

Coordinates: 25°10′45.4″S 151°38′32.8″E / 25.179278°S 151.642444°E / -25.179278; 151.642444

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