The Shire of Mulgrave was a

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surrounding the

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in the Far North region of Queensland. The shire, administered from

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, covered an area of ; it existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 1995, when it was dissolved and amalgamated into the

History

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The Cairns Division was created on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 divisions around Queensland under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879'' with a population of 34. On 3 June 1880, part of the Cairns Division was separated to create the

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. On 3 September 1881, the Tinaroo Division was created on 3 September 1881 under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879'' out of parts of the Cairns, Hinchinbrook and

Woothakata The Shire of Mareeba is a Local government in Australia, local government area at the base of Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, Far North Queensland, inland from Cairns, Queensland, Cairns. The shire, administered from the town of Mar ...

Divisions. Following a petition by local residents, on 28 May 1885, the

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was established under the ''Local Government Act 1878'', being excised from the Cairns Division. With the passage of the ''Local Authorities Act 1902'', the Cairns Division became the Shire of Cairns on 31 March 1903. Originally based in the town of Gordonvale, which historically was called Mulgrave, its offices were located at Cairns Esplanade, Cairns. On 20 December 1919, the Shire absorbed territory from the abolished Shire of Barron, which was divided between the Shires of Cairns and Shire of Woothakata. On 16 November 1940, the Shire of Cairns was renamed Shire of Mulgrave. The character of the Shire changed over time, and by the time of the 1991 census, 88% of the Shire's population resided within Cairns's metropolitan area. 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 Cairns area be rationalised, and that the Shire of Mulgrave be abolished and absorbed into the

. The ''Local Government (Cairns, Douglas, Mareeba and Mulgrave) Regulation 1994'' was gazetted on 16 December 1994. On 22 March 1995, the Shire was abolished and became part of the new

Mulgrave Shire Council Chambers (former)

The Mulgrave Shire Council Chambers were listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 6 January 1999. As of 2016, it is used as the Cairns & Tropical North Visitor Information Centre.

Towns and localities

The Shire of Mulgrave included the following settlements: Northern Mulgrave area: * Barron * Barron Gorge * Brinsmead * Buchan Point *

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* Clifton Beach *

Ellis Beach Ellis Beach is a coastal locality in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Ellis Beach had a population of 24 people. Geography The five-kilometre strip of Ellis Beach is located aside the Coral Sea north of Cairns on the Captai ...

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* Holloways Beach * Kamerunga *

Kewarra Beach Kewarra Beach is a coastal suburb of Cairns in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Kewarra Beach had a population of 5,652 people. Geography Kewarra Beach is bordered by the Coral Sea to the east and Kuranda National Park to th ...

* Lamb Range * Macalister Range *

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* Palm Cove * Redlynch * Smithfield * Stratford *

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* Trinity Park *

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Southern Mulgrave area: * Aloomba * Babinda * Bartle Frere * Bayview Heights * Bellenden Ker *

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* East Russell *

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* Edmonton * Eubenangee¹ * Fishery Falls * Fitzroy Island * Glen Boughton * Goldsborough * Gordonvale * Green Hill * Green Island * Kamma * Little Mulgrave * Meringa * Miriwinni * Mount Peter * Mount Sheridan *

Ngatjan Ngatjan is a locality split between the Cassowary Coast Region and the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Ngatjan had no population. The term is derived from the ethnonym of the local Ngatjan people. Geography The split between ...

¹ * Packers Camp * Waugh Pocket * White Rock² * Woopen Creek *

Wooroonooran Wooroonooran is a locality split among the Cairns Region, the Cassowary Coast Region and the Tablelands Region in Queensland, Australia. In the , Wooroonooran had no population. Geography The locality is entirely within the Wooroonooran N ...

³ *

Woree Woree is a suburb of Cairns in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Woree had a population of 4,821 people. Geography The Bruce Highway goes between Bald Hills in Brisbane to Woree and is long. The highway goes through Woree both ...

* Wrights Creek ¹ - shared with Cassowary Coast Region
² - not to be confused with White Rock in City of Ipswich
³ - shared with shared with Cassowary Coast Region and Tablelands Region

Population

Chairmen

Cairns Division (1880–1903)

The chairmen of the Cairns Division were: : Richard Kingsford left to become Mayor of the newly formed

in 1885.

Shire of Cairns (1903–1940)

Chairmen of the Shire of Cairns were:

Shire of Mulgrave (1940–1995)

The chairmen of the Shire of Mulgrave were:

Notable people

In addition to the chairmen, other notable people associated with the shire include: *

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, Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Cook who was a Mulgrave Shire councillor from 1939 to 1946

References

External links

Local Government (Cairns, Douglas, Mareeba and Mulgrave) Regulation 1994
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mulgrave Shire Former local government areas of Queensland 1995 disestablishments in Australia Populated places disestablished in 1995 1879 establishments in Australia