The City of Charters Towers was a

local government area A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a State (administrative division), state, province, divi ...

North Queensland North Queensland or the Northern Region is the northern part of the Australian state of Queensland that lies just south of Far North Queensland. Queensland is a massive state, larger than many countries, and its tropical northern part has been ...

, Australia, consisting of the centre and suburbs of the town of

Charters Towers Charters Towers is a rural town in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia. It is by road south-west from Townsville on the Flinders Highway. During the last quarter of the 19th century, the town boomed as the rich gold deposits under ...

. Established in 1877, it was entirely surrounded by the

Shire of Dalrymple The Shire of Dalrymple was a local government area located in North Queensland, Australia, and surrounded but did not include the town of Charters Towers, at which its council and administrative centre was based. It covered an area of , and exis ...

, with which it amalgamated in 2008 to form the

Charters Towers Region The Charters Towers Region is a local government area in North Queensland, Australia southwest of, and inland from the city of Townsville, based in Charters Towers. Established in 2008, it was preceded by two previous local government areas whic ...

History

The

Borough of Charters Towers A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries. In principle, the term ''borough'' designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely. History In the Middle Ag ...

was proclaimed on 21 June 1877 under the ''Municipal Institutions Act 1864''. It achieved a measure of autonomy in 1878 with the enactment of the ''Local Government Act''. With the passage of the ''Local Authorities Act 1902'', the Borough of Charters Towers became the

Town of Charters Towers The City of Charters Towers was a local government area in North Queensland, Australia, consisting of the centre and suburbs of the town of Charters Towers. Established in 1877, it was entirely surrounded by the Shire of Dalrymple, with which ...

on 31 March 1903. On 13 April 1909, Charters Towers was proclaimed a City. A separate Shire of Queenton was excised from the surrounding

Dalrymple Division #REDIRECT Shire of Dalrymple The Shire of Dalrymple was a local government area located in North Queensland, Australia, and surrounded but did not include the town of Charters Towers, at which its council and administrative centre was based. It ...

on 2 July 1902 and merged with the City of Charters Towers on 23 December 1916. On 15 March 2008, under the ''Local Government (Reform Implementation) Act 2007'' passed by the

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on 10 August 2007, the City of Charters Towers amalgamated with the

to form the

Suburbs

The City of Charter Towers included the following settlements: * Alabama Hill * Columbia * Grand Secret * Lissner (later renamed Charters Towers City) * Millchester *

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* Queenton * Richmond Hill *

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* Towers Hill

Population

Mayors

StateLibQld 2 191535 Alderman William Grant Clark, Mayor of Charters Towers, wearing the plaid of the hunting Stewart clan, 1908

In the early period of local government in Queensland, elections for aldermen were held annually and the mayor was elected from among the aldermen. Later the mayor became directly elected but still on an annual basis. Finally there was the move to three-year election cycles. * 1877–?: John McDonald * 1894: Frederick Johnson (son of South Australian politician Thomas Johnson) * 1897: Edward Miles 1897 * 1901: P. J. Allen * 1903: Frederick Johnson * 1908: David Rollston * 1908: William Grant Clark * David (Dave) Missingham * 1913–1914: Frederick Johnson * 1916: C. Watts * 1925: Thomas Chappe * 1927: Charles Brownson *Bryan Beveridge

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Charters Towers City Former local government areas of Queensland 1877 establishments in Australia Charters Towers 2008 disestablishments in Australia Populated places disestablished in 2008