Shire of Perry

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.

Shire of Perry
Queensland
Location within Queensland
Population445 (2006 census)[1]
 • Density0.18874/km2 (0.4888/sq mi)
Established1880
Area2,357.7 km2 (910.3 sq mi)
Council seatMount Perry
RegionWide Bay-Burnett
WebsiteShire of Perry
LGAs around Shire of Perry:
Monto Monto Kolan
Eidsvold Shire of Perry Kolan
Gayndah Gayndah Biggenden

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:

Population
Year Population
1933795
1947628
1954496
1961455
1966374
1971376
1976304
1981309
1986310
1991374
1996351
2001426
2006445

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

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