City of Queanbeyan

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.

This article is about the former local government area. For the current local government area, see Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council. For the regional city, see Queanbeyan.

City of Queanbeyan
New South Wales
Location in New South Wales
Coordinates35°21′S 149°13′E
Population40,568 (2013 est)[1]
 • Density235.9/km2 (610.9/sq mi)
Abolished12 May 2016 (2016-05-12)
Area172 km2 (66.4 sq mi)
Last MayorTim Overall
Council seatQueanbeyan[2]
RegionSouthern Tablelands
State electorate(s)Monaro
Federal Division(s)Eden-Monaro
WebsiteCity of Queanbeyan
LGAs around City of Queanbeyan:
ACT ACT Palerang
ACT City of Queanbeyan Palerang
ACT Palerang Palerang

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:

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 A more recent Council has had these names withdrawn.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
Queanbeyan City Council Chambers in Crawford Street

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. As of the election held on 8 September 2012, the makeup of the last Council, including the Mayor, was as follows:[3][4][5]

PartyCouncillors
  Independents and Unaligned 7
  Labor Party 2
  Australian Democrats 1
Total 10

The last Council, elected in 2012 and dissolved in 2016, in order of election, was:[4]

CouncillorPartyNotes
  Tim Overall Independent Mayor[3]
  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 Independent

Past Mayors of Queanbeyan
CouncillorTerm of office
J. J. Wright1885-1888
John Bull1888-1889
George Tompsitt1889-1890
Edwin Henry Land1890-1891
Nathan Moses Lazarus1891-1892
Edwin Henry Land1892-1897
William Pike1897-1899
Patrick Blackall1900-1903
James Pike1900
Henry Hungerford1904-1905
Edwin Atkinson1906-1907
Ernest Hincksman1907-1909
Richard Moore1909-1910
Arthur Collett1910-1912
Fredrick Woodward1913
Richard Moore1913-1914
Frederick Woodward1915-1917
Arthur Collett1917-1920
Frederick Woodward1920-1921
James Harris1922-1924
William Freebody1925-1927
Henry Land1927-1929
William Freebody1929-1932
Henry Taylor1932-1935
John Esmond1935-1939
Henry Taylor1939-1951
Ralph Spendelove1951-1954
Arthur Lambert1954-1963
Frederick Land1963-1980
David Madew1980-1991
Frank Pangallo1991-2008
Tim Overall2008–present

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 3,791 square kilometres (1,464 sq mi) and support a population of approximately 55,000.[6] The alternative, proposed by Palerang Council on 29 January 2016, was for an amalgamation of the whole of Palerang with Queanbeyan Council.[7] 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.[8]

References
  1. "3218.0 Regional Population Growth, Australia. Table 1. Estimated Resident Population, Local Government Areas, New South Wales". 3 April 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  2. "Queanbeyan City Council". Department of Local Government. Archived from the original on 6 September 2006. Retrieved 25 November 2006.
  3. "Queanbeyan City Council - Mayoral Election". Local Government Election 2012. New South Wales Electoral Commission. 13 September 2012. Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
  4. "Queanbeyan City Council: Summary of First Preference and Group Votes for each Candidate". Local Government Election 2012. New South Wales Electoral Commission. 14 September 2012. Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
  5. "Democrats Welcome Local Councillor". Archived from the original on 26 January 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  6. "Merger proposal:Palerang Council (part), Queanbeyan City Council" (PDF). Government of New South Wales. January 2016. p. 7. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  7. Palerang Council (29 January 2016). "Palerang and Queanbeyan City councils Proposal" (PDF). Government of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  8. "Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council". Stronger Councils. Government of New South Wales. 12 May 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.


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