Shire of Burnett

The Shire of Burnett was a local government area located in the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland, Australia. It completely surrounded, but did not include, the regional city of Bundaberg, and covered an area of 2,000.8 square kilometres (772.5 sq mi). It existed as a local government entity from its creation through the amalgamation of the Shire of Gooburrum and the Shire of Woongarra in 1994 until 2008, when it amalgamated with the City of Bundaberg and other councils in the region to form the Bundaberg Region.

Shire of Burnett
Queensland
Location within Queensland
Population27,232 (2006 census)[1]
 • Density13.6106/km2 (35.2512/sq mi)
Established1994
Area2,000.8 km2 (772.5 sq mi)
Council seatBargara (160 Hughes Rd)
RegionWide Bay–Burnett
WebsiteShire of Burnett
LGAs around Shire of Burnett:
Kolan Miriam Vale Coral Sea
Kolan Shire of Burnett Coral Sea
Isis Isis Hervey Bay

History

On 21 November 1991, the Electoral and Administrative Review Commission, created two years earlier, produced its second report, and recommended that local government boundaries in the Bundaberg area be rationalised. The Local Government (Bundaberg and Burnett) Regulation 1993 was gazetted on 17 December 1993, in effect amalgamating the Shires of Gooburrum and Woongarra, and transferring a newer urban area to the City of Bundaberg. On 30 March 1994, the Shire of Burnett came into being.

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 Burnett merged with the City of Bundaberg and the Shires of Isis and Kolan to form the Bundaberg Region.[2]

Population
Year Population
(total)		 Population
(Gooburrum)		 Population
(Woongarra)
19215,4352,9222,513
19337,2023,9153,287
19477,1703,8253,345
19547,8354,1313,704
19618,5214,3724,149
19669,7104,7764,934
19719,6694,5195,150
197614,0185,2278,791
198115,1265,2619,865
198617,8325,91711,915
199123,608*7,11716,491
199621,218*
200123,598
200627,232

* Excluding the area transferred to City of Bundaberg in 1994, the population of Burnett was 15,417 in 1991.

Towns and localities

The Shire of Burnett included the following settlements:

1 - split with Gladstone Region
2 - split with the former City of Bundaberg

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Burnett (S) (Local Government Area)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 18 March 2008.
  2. "Agency ID 11037, Bundaberg Region Council". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 25 September 2013.

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