The Shire of Glengallan 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 ...

south and east of the regional centre of Warwick in the Darling Downs region of Queensland. The shire, administered from Warwick, covered an area of , and existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 1994, when it was dissolved and amalgamated with

City of Warwick The City of Warwick was a local government area administering the regional centre of Warwick in the Darling Downs region of Queensland. The City covered an area of , and existed as a local government entity from 1861 until 1994, when it was dis ...

Shire of Rosenthal The Shire of Rosenthal was a local government area south and west of the regional centre of Warwick in the Darling Downs region of Queensland. The shire, administered from Rosenthal Heights, a Warwick suburb, covered an area of , and existed a ...

and Shire of Allora to form the Shire of Warwick.

History

On 11 November 1879, the Glengallan Division was created as one of 74 divisions within Queensland under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879'' with a population of 2608. With the passage of the ''Local Authorities Act 1902'', it became a Shire on 31 March 1903. Its offices were located at Yangan Road, Warwick. On 19 March 1992, the Electoral and Administrative Review Commission, created two years earlier, produced its report ''External Boundaries of Local Authorities'', and recommended that local government boundaries in the Warwick area be rationalised into 3 new local government areas. That recommendation was not implemented, but the outcome was that the Shire of Glengallan was merged with the Shires of

Allora Allora is a rural town and locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Allora had a population of 1,223 people. Geography Allora is on the Darling Downs in south-eastern Queensland, Australia, by ro ...

and

Rosenthal Rosenthal is a German and Jewish surname meaning "rose valley". Notable people with the name include: A * Abe M. Rosenthal (1922–2006), ''New York Times'' editor and columnist *Albert Rosenthal (1863–1939), American portrait artist * Albert ...

and the

to form a new Shire of Warwick. The ''Local Government (Allora, Glengallan, Rosenthal and Warwick) Regulation 1994'' was gazetted on 20 May 1994. On 25 June, an election was held for the new council, and on 1 July 1994, the Shire of Glengallan was abolished.

Towns and localities

The Shire of Glengallan included the following settlements: * Killarney * Canningvale * Elbow Valley * Emu Vale * Freestone * Gladfield * Glengallan * Junabee * Maryvale * Morgan Park * Mount Colliery * Mount Sturt * Mount Tabor * Sladevale * Swanfels * Tannymorel *

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* Tregony * Wiyarra * Womina * Yangan

Chairmen

* 1880: Mr. J. Affleck * 1894:

Thomas McGahan Thomas McGahan (1845 – 11 December 1932) was a Chairman, company chairman and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Biography McGahan was born in Ballynakelly, Tyrone County, to parents James McGahan and his wife Mary (née Tally) a ...

McGahan, Thomas
— Queensland Parliament. Retrieved 14 March 2016. * 1927: T. J. Howell

Population

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Glengallan Shire Former local government areas of Queensland 1879 establishments in Australia 1994 disestablishments in Australia