The Shire of Highfields is a former
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 ...
on the
Darling Downs
The Darling Downs is a farming region on the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range in southern Queensland, Australia. The Downs are to the west of South East Queensland and are one of the major regions of Queensland. The name was generall ...
in
Queensland
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, nickname = Sunshine State
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, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, established_ ...
, Australia. It existed between 1879 and 1949.
History
On 11 November 1879, the
Highfields Division #REDIRECT Shire of Highfields
The Shire of Highfields is a former local government area on the Darling Downs in Queensland, Australia. It existed between 1879 and 1949.
History
On 11 November 1879, the Highfields Division was created as one of ...
was created as one of 74 divisions within Queensland under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879'' with a population of 1998.
It was divided into three sub-divisions with estimated populations of 480, 891 and 627 for Sub-divisions 1, 2 and 3 respectively, a total of 1989.
On 18 January 1884, there was an adjustment of boundaries between Highfields Division's subdivisions Nos. 1 and 2 and
Esk Division #REDIRECT Shire of Esk
The Shire of Esk was a local government area in South East Queensland, Australia, located about west - northwest of Brisbane. It stretched from the Lockyer Valley north and west to the Great Dividing Range and up the vall ...
.
In 1886, the Highfields Division was extended to incorporate the areas of
Perseverance
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,
Ravensbourne,
Crows Nest,
Djuan,
Emu Creek, and
Cooyar.
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With the passage of the ''Local Authorities Act 1902'', the Highfields Division became the Shire of Highfields on 31 March 1903.
In 1910–11, there was considerable pressure to persuade the shire council to relocate their office from ]Cabarlah
Cabarlah is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the the locality of Cabarlah had a population of 1,075 people.
Geography
Cabarlah is approximately north of the Toowoomba city centre and has an area o ...
to Crows Nest., but the shire council did not wish to put the issue to a referendum. This led to further agitation to create a new shire with Crows Nest at its centre.
On 25 January 1913, part of the Shire of Highfields was excised to create the Shire of Crows Nest
The Shire of Crows Nest was a local government area in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia, immediately northeast of the regional city of Toowoomba. The shire, administered from the town of Crows Nest, covered an area of , and ex ...
.Shire of Gatton
The Shire of Gatton was a local government area located in the Lockyer Valley region between the cities of Toowoomba and Ipswich, and about west of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and exist ...
.[
]
Chairman
The following men were the chairmen of the Highfields Divisional Board
The Shire of Highfields is a former local government area on the Darling Downs in Queensland, Australia. It existed between 1879 and 1949.
History
On 11 November 1879, the Highfields Division was created as one of 74 divisions within Queensland ...
and the Highfields Shire Council
The Shire of Highfields is a former local government area on the Darling Downs in Queensland, Australia. It existed between 1879 and 1949.
History
On 11 November 1879, the Highfields Division was created as one of 74 divisions within Queensland ...
.[
* 1880–1888: F. T. Gregory
* 1888–1913: D. Munro
* 1914: J. Leane
* 1915–1917: D. Munro (again)
* 1917–1919: John Kynoch
* 1920–1921: B. J. Yaldwin]
References
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Former local government areas of Queensland
1879 establishments in Australia
1949 disestablishments in Australia
Darling Downs