The North Burnett Region is a

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, Australia in the northern catchment of the

Burnett River The Burnett River is a river located in the Wide Bay–Burnett and Central Queensland regions of Queensland, Australia. Course and features The Burnett River rises in the Burnett Range, part of the Great Dividing Range, close to Mount Gaeta a ...

. Established in 2008, it was preceded by several previous local government areas with histories extending back to the early 1900s. It has an estimated operating budget of A$32 million.

History

Prior to the 2008 amalgamation, the North Burnett Region, located in the northern catchment of the

, existed as six distinct local government areas: * the

Shire of Biggenden The Shire of Biggenden was a local government area located in the northern catchment of the Burnett River, Queensland, Australia, south-southwest of the regional city of Bundaberg. The shire covered an area of , and existed as a local governmen ...

; * the

Shire of Eidsvold The Shire of Eidsvold was a Local government in Australia, local government area in the northern catchment of the Burnett River, Queensland, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed as a local government area from 1890 until 2008, w ...

; * the

Shire of Gayndah The Shire of Gayndah was a local government area located in the northern catchment of the Burnett River, Queensland, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed as a local government area from 1866 until 2008, when it amalgamated with ...

; * the

Shire of Monto The Shire of Monto was a local government area in the northern catchment of the Burnett River, Queensland, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed as a local government area from 1932 until 2008, when it amalgamated with several o ...

; * the

Shire of Mundubbera The Shire of Mundubbera was a local government area in the northern catchment of the Burnett River, Queensland, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed as a local government area from 1915 until 2008, when it amalgamated with sever ...

; * and the Shire of Perry. The first local government in the North Burnett area was the Gayndah Municipality, which was created on 28 November 1866 under the Municipal Corporations Act 1864. On 11 November 1879, the Rawbelle and Perry Divisions were created to serve regional areas under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879''. A third division, Eidsvold, was proclaimed on 25 January 1890. On 31 March 1903, following the enactment of the ''Local Authorities Act 1902'', Gayndah became a town while the three divisions became shires. On 3 June 1905, the Shire of Degilbo, centred on

Biggenden Biggenden is a rural town and locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Biggenden had a population of 845 people. Geography Biggenden is on the Isis Highway north-west of the state capital Brisbane, and west of ...

, was established from part of the

Shire of Burrum Shire is a traditional term for an administrative division of land in Great Britain and some other English-speaking countries such as Australia and New Zealand. It is generally synonymous with county. It was first used in Wessex from the begin ...

. On 19 May 1915, the Shire of Auburn (later renamed Mundubbera) was separately incorporated. On 17 March 1923, the Shire of Rawbelle was renamed Gayndah and on 24 May 1924, it absorbed the Town. On 3 March 1932, the Shire of Monto came into being and Eidsvold was reincorporated. Finally, on 12 July 1941, Degilbo was renamed Biggenden. MundubberaWestpacBank

In July 2007, the Local Government Reform Commission released its report and recommended that the six areas amalgamate, asserting that there were "inefficiencies with having six local governments to manage the economic and community interests of a relatively small geographic region which has a static population of just over 10,000". It believed amalgamation would offer potential for both strategic planning and improving the quality of governance and decision-making, as well as allowing one of the towns to emerge as a regional centre for the area. Queensland Treasury had rated all of the councils for financial sustainability, with all except Perry and Biggenden attracting a weak rating. Each of the councils apart from Gayndah opposed the Commission's model, with several suggesting either amalgamation with one or two other shires, or with local governments outside the region (in particular the

Shire of Kolan The Shire of Kolan was a local government area located in the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland, Australia, to the west of Bundaberg. The Shire, administered from the town of Gin Gin, covered an area of , and existed as a local governme ...

and

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). In the end, its proposal was unchanged. On 15 March 2008, the Shires formally ceased to exist, and elections were held on the same day to elect councillors and a mayor to the Regional Council.

Wards and councillors

The Region is divided into six divisions, each electing one councillor, with a mayor elected by the entire Region. Joy Jensen, the mayor for the Shire of Perry, was elected at the March 2008 local government elections but was not re-elected in 2012.

Mayors

* 2008–2012: Joy Jensen * 2012–2016: Don Waugh * 2016–2021: Rachel Louise Chambers

Towns and localities

The North Burnett Region includes the following settlements: Biggenden area: *

* Coalstoun Lakes *

Dallarnil Dallarnil is a rural town and locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Dallarnil had a population of 230 people. The neighbourhood of Stanton is within the locality (). History The town takes its name from the ra ...

Degilbo Degilbo is a rural town and locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Degilbo had a population of 174 people. History The name ''Degilbo'' was the name of a pastoral run owned by William Henry Walsh ( ...

Didcot Didcot ( ) is a railway town and civil parish in the ceremonial county of Oxfordshire and the historic county of Berkshire. Didcot is south of Oxford, east of Wantage and north west of Reading. The town is noted for its railway heritage, Di ...

Eidsvold area: *

Abercorn Abercorn (Gaelic: ''Obar Chùirnidh'', Old English: ''Æbbercurnig'') is a village and civil parish in West Lothian, Scotland. Close to the south coast of the Firth of Forth, the village is around west of South Queensferry. The parish had a p ...

Ceratodus ''Ceratodus'' (from el, κέρας , 'horn' and el, ὀδούς 'tooth') was a wide-ranging genus of extinct lungfish. Fossil evidence dates back to the Early Triassic. A wide range of fossil species from different time periods have been found ...

* Eidsvold *

Wuruma Dam Wuruma Dam was constructed across the Nogo River in the upper Burnett River Catchment 48km north-west of Eidsvold for irrigation & town water supply for Eidsvold, Mundubbera and Gayndah. The dam wall is of mass concrete gravity construction whi ...

Gayndah area: *

Ban Ban Springs Ban Ban Springs is a locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Ban Ban Springs had a population of 7 people. Geography Ban Ban Springs is located at the junction of the Burnett and Isis highways. The locality is sur ...

* Binjour * Byrnestown *

Gayndah Gayndah is a town and locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Gayndah had a population of 1,981 people. It is the administrative centre for the North Burnett Region. Geography Gayndah is on the Burnett River and ...

* Gooroolba * Ideraway * Wetheron Monto area: * Bancroft * Bukali * Cannia * Cannindah * Coominglah * Coominglah Forest * Glenleigh * Harrami *

Kalpowar Kalpowar is a town in the North Burnett Region and a locality split between the North Burnett Region and the Bundaberg Region, in Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Kalpowar had a population of 67 people. Geography The Gladstone� ...

* Kapaldo *

Langley Langley may refer to: People * Langley (surname), a common English surname, including a list of notable people with the name * Dawn Langley Simmons (1922–2000), English author and biographer * Elizabeth Langley (born 1933), Canadian perfor ...

Monal A monal is a bird of genus ''Lophophorus'' of the pheasant family, Phasianidae. Description The males all have colorful, iridescent plumage. Their physique is rather plump. Their diet consists of plants such as roots and bulbs and insects. D ...

Monto Monto was the nickname for the one-time red light district in the northeast of Dublin, Ireland. The Monto was roughly the area bounded by Talbot Street, Amiens Street, Gardiner Street and Seán McDermott Street (formerly Gloucester Street) i ...

* Moonford * Mulgildie * Mungungo * Rawbelle *

Selene In ancient Greek mythology and religion, Selene (; grc-gre, Σελήνη , meaning "Moon"''A Greek–English Lexicon's.v. σελήνη) is the goddess and the personification of the Moon. Also known as Mene, she is traditionally the daughter o ...

* Splinter Creek * Tellebang * Three Moon *

Ventnor Ventnor () is a seaside resort and civil parish established in the Victorian era on the southeast coast of the Isle of Wight, England, from Newport. It is situated south of St Boniface Down, and built on steep slopes leading down to the sea. ...

Mundubbera area: * Boynewood * Dykehead * Gurgeena * Monogorilby *

Mundubbera Mundubbera ( ) is a town and a locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Mundubbera had a population of 1261 people. Mundubbera is the self-proclaimed "Citrus Capital of Queensland", although this is disputed by the ...

* Philpott *

Riverleigh Riverleigh is a rural locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Riverleigh had a population of 80 people. Geography The locality is bounded to the north, west and south by the Burnett River. The land is used for fa ...

Perry area: * Mount Perry Other areas: * Aranbanga *

Ban Ban Betty Lai Siu-man (born 23 June 1953), also known by her stage name Ban Ban and previously as Bun Bun, is a retired Hong Kong actress and singer. Background Lai was born in British Hong Kong, Hong Kong in 23 June 1953. she is of Meixian Distric ...

* Barlyne * Beeron * Blairmore * Bon Accord * Branch Creek * Brovinia * Campbell Creek * Cattle Creek * Cheltham * Coonambula * Coringa *

Cynthia Cynthia is a feminine given name of Greek origin: , , "from Mount Cynthus" on Delos island. The name has been in use in the Anglosphere since the 1600s. There are various spellings for this name, and it can be abbreviated to Cindy, Cyndi, Cyndy, ...

* Deep Creek * Derri Derra * Dirnbir * Dundarrah * Eidsvold East * Eidsvold West * Ginoondan * Glenrae *

Golden Fleece In Greek mythology, the Golden Fleece ( el, Χρυσόμαλλον δέρας, ''Chrysómallon déras'') is the fleece of the golden-woolled,, ''Khrusómallos''. winged ram, Chrysomallos, that rescued Phrixus and brought him to Colchis, where P ...

Good Night Good Night or Goodnight may refer to: Film and television * ''Good Night'' (film), a 2008 short film from India * '' The Good Night'', a 2007 film * ''Good Night, and Good Luck'', a 2005 film * ''Good Night'', one of five mini-episodes from th ...

* Grosvenor * Harriet * Hawkwood *

Humphery Humphery is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Bobby Humphery (born 1961), American football player *Frederick Humphery (1841–1908), Australian politician * William Humphery (1827–1909), British politician See also *Humfrey, ...

* Lakeside * Malmoe * Mingo, Queensland * Mount Debateable * Mount Lawless * Mount Steadman * Mundowran * Mungy * O'Bil Bil * Old Cooranga * Penwhaupell *

Pile Gully Pile Gully is a rural locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Pile Gully had a population of 3 people. Geography The eastern part of the locality is lower land and used for grazing, while the western part is more ...

* Reids Creek * Stockhaven * The Limits * Toondahra * Wahoon * Wateranga * Wilson Valley * Woodmillar * Woowoonga * Yarrol *

Yenda Yenda is a town in the Riverina district of New South Wales, Australia. The town is located about east of Griffith, north-west of Narrandera, and west of Sydney in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area of southern New South Wales. Although most ...

Libraries

The North Burnett Regional Council operates public libraries at

, Eidsvold,

, Mount Perry, and

Planning scheme

The North Burnett Regional Council's first planning scheme commenced on 3 November 2014. It replaced the six planning schemes prepared by the former Councils. As a scheme that follows the State-mandated structure it contains the following key components: a Strategic framework (Part 3), Priority infrastructure plan (Part 4), Tables of assessment (Part 5), Zones (Part 6), Overlays (Part 8), Other codes (Part 9), Definitions (Schedule 1), Mapping (Schedules 2 and 3) and Planning scheme policies (Schedule 6). Planning scheme mapping is accessible via the Council's online interactive mapping.

Heritage

On 5 May 2014, the North Burnett Regional Council published their first Local Heritage Register, containing 64 sites out of a proposed 71.

Population

References

External links

Report of the Local Government Reform Commission Volume 1 July 2007 (Queensland Parliament)
Retrieved 3 Nov 2018

Retrieved 17 April 2008
Library Services
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