The Shire of Aramac was a

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located in central

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about north west of the state capital,

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, between the towns of Barcaldine and Winton. It covered an area of , and existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 2008, when it amalgamated with the Shires of Barcaldine and

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to form the

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History

The

Aramac Division #REDIRECT Shire of Aramac The Shire of Aramac was a Local government in Australia, local government area located in central Queensland about north west of the state capital, Brisbane, between the towns of Barcaldine, Queensland, Barcaldine and ...

was created on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 divisions around Queensland under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879'' with a population of 841. On 9 May 1900, part of the

was excised to create the new Longreach Division under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1887''. On 27 December 1902, part of the

was excised to create the

Ilfracombe Division #REDIRECT Shire of Ilfracombe The Shire of Ilfracombe was a local government area located in central western Queensland, between the towns of Longreach and Barcaldine. Administered from the town of Ilfracombe, it covered an area of , and exist ...

under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1887''. With the passage of the ''Local Authorities Act 1902'', Aramac Division became the Shire of Aramac on 31 March 1903. On 15 March 2008, under the ''Local Government (Reform Implementation) Act 2007'' passed by the

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on 10 August 2007, the Shire of Aramac merged with the Shires of Barcaldine and

to form the

. The Shire operated the

Aramac Tramway Aramac Tramway Museum is a heritage-listed former railway, tramway station and now a museum at Boundary Street, Aramac, Queensland, Aramac, Barcaldine Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1912 to 1913. It is also known as Aramac Tra ...

from

Aramac Aramac is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Barcaldine Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Aramac had a population of 372 people. Geography Aramac is located north of Barcaldine, Queensl ...

to its junction near Barcaldine with the

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from

Rockhampton Rockhampton is a city in the Rockhampton Region of Central Queensland, Australia. In the , the population of Rockhampton was 79,293. A common nickname for Rockhampton is "Rocky", and the demonym of Rockhampton is Rockhamptonite. The Scottish- ...

Longreach Longreach is a rural town and locality in the Longreach Region, Queensland, Australia. It is the administrative centre of the Longreach Regional Council, which was established in 2008 as a merger of the former Longreach, Ilfracombe, and I ...

from 1911 to 1975.

Towns and localities

The Shire of Aramac included the following settlements: *

(town) * Bangall * Cornish Creek *

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* Ingberry *

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(town) * Pelican Creek *

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* Tablederry *

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* Upper Cornish Creek

Chairmen

* 1880: T. Whannell * 1881: J. Tilbury (resigned November 1881) * 1882: E.R. Edkins (resigned March 1882) * 1882: W. Forsyth * 1883–1884: T. Whannell * 1885: W. Forsyth * 1886–1888: E.R. Edkins * 1889–1890: S.P. Fraser * 1891: E.R. Edkins * 1892–1901: S.P. Fraser * 1902: E.R. Edkins * 1903–1905: S.P. Fraser * 1906: D.C.K. Cameron * 1907–1914: S.P. Fraser * 1915 – December 1923: E.W. Bowyer * 1924–1936: Sydney Harold Fraser * 1936–1939: B. Duke * 1939–1946: Sydney Harold Fraser * 1946–1955: R.A. Stobo * 1955–1976: J.T. Neill * 1976–1982: O.N. Landers * 1986: Antonio Monte de Ramos Jr

Population

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