The Shire of Bendemere was a local government area in the Maranoa region of

Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ...

, Australia, and existed from 1911 until 2008 when it amalgamated into

Maranoa Region Maranoa Region is a local government area in South West Queensland, Australia. The town of Roma is the administrative headquarters of the region. History The Gunggari language region of South West Queensland includes the landscape within the ...

. The Shire, administered from the town of

Yuleba Yuleba ( ) is a rural town and locality in the Maranoa Region, in the south-west of Queensland, Australia. In the , Yuleba had a population of 207 people. Geography Yuleba is located 327 kilometres (203 mi) east of Charleville, 61 kilometr ...

, covered an area of , and existed as a local government entity from 1911 until 2008, when it was amalgamated with the

Town of Roma The Town of Roma was a local government area in the western Downs region of Queensland, Australia. The Town of Roma covered the urban area of Roma and was surrounded by the neighbouring Shire of Bungil. Today it is part of the Maranoa Region ...

and the Shires of Booringa, Bungil and Warroo to form the

History

The Shire of Bendemere was established on 12 January 1911 from portions of the Shires of Bungil, Murilla and Warroo. In July 2007, the Local Government Reform Commission released a report recommending a number of amalgamations of local government areas in Queensland. As a result, under the ''Local Government (Reform Implementation) Act 2007'', on 15 March 2008, the new local government area of Roma Region was created, as an amalgamation of five previous local government areas: * the

; * the Shire of Bendemere; * the

Shire of Booringa The Shire of Booringa was a local government area in the Maranoa region of Queensland, Australia. The largest town and home of the shire administration was Mitchell. It existed from 1879 to 2008. The shire is now part of the Maranoa Region. ...

; * the

Shire of Bungil The Shire of Bungil was a local government area in the Maranoa region of Queensland, Australia. It existed from 1880 to 2008. The shire surrounded the town of Roma, which had its own local government. Roma was also the location of the administ ...

; * and the Shire of Warroo. On 26 July 2009, Roma Region was renamed Maranoa Region.

Towns and localities

The Shire of Bendemere included the following settlements: *

Jackson Jackson may refer to: People and fictional characters * Jackson (name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the surname or given name Places Australia * Jackson, Queensland, a town in the Maranoa Region * Jackson North, Qu ...

Wallumbilla Wallumbilla is a rural town and locality in the Maranoa Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Wallumbilla had a population of 388 people, with 191 people living in the town itself. Geography Wallumbilla is situated on the ...

Economy

The economy of the shire is mostly based around agriculture, including cattle, sheep and grain.

Natural gas Natural gas (also called fossil gas or simply gas) is a naturally occurring mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons consisting primarily of methane in addition to various smaller amounts of other higher alkanes. Low levels of trace gases like carbon ...

also plays a part, with gas wells being found throughout the shire and a

liquified petroleum gas Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG or LP gas) is a fuel gas which contains a flammable mixture of hydrocarbon gases, specifically propane, propylene, butylene, isobutane and n-butane. LPG is used as a fuel gas in heating appliances, cooking eq ...

processing plant located just south of Wallumbilla.

Chairmen

* 1911: Thomas Latin Nugent Fitzgerald * 1927: J. Stower

References

External links

University of Queensland: Queensland Places: Bendemere Shire
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bendemere Shire Former local government areas of Queensland 2008 disestablishments in Australia Populated places disestablished in 2008