The Shire of Nerang was a
local government area
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in
South East Queensland
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, Australia. The shire existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 1949.
History
On 11 November 1879, the
Nerang Division #REDIRECT Shire of Nerang
The Shire of Nerang was a local government area in South East Queensland, Australia. The shire existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 1949.
History
On 11 November 1879, the Nerang Division was created as ...
was created as one of 74 divisions within Queensland under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879'' with a population of 652.
On 6 July 1883,
Southport Division was formed from part of subdivision No. 1 of Nerang Division and part of subdivision No. 1 of
Coomera Division
Coomera is a town and suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the , Coomera had a population of 13,305 people.
Geography
Located next to the Pacific Motorway, Coomera is close to Pimpama, Hope Island, Willow Vale, Wongaw ...
.
With the passage of the ''Local Authorities Act 1902'', the Nerang Division became the Shire of Nerang on 31 March 1903.
On 12 June 1914, part of Nerang Shire was separated to enable the establishment of the
Town of Coolangatta
The Town of Coolangatta was a local government area in South East Queensland, Australia, centred on Coolangatta. It existed from 1914 to 1949.
History
On 11 November 1879, the Nerang Division was created as one of 74 divisions within Queensla ...
.
In 1927 the council met in their offices at
Mudgeeraba
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Mudgeeraba's essential character remains one of a nineteenth-century village, and contai ...
.
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Amalgamations in 1948
On 9 December 1948, as part of a major reorganisation of local government in South East Queensland
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, an Order in Council replacing ten former local government areas between the City of Brisbane
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and the New South Wales
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border with only four. The former ten were:
* Beaudesert
* Beenleigh
Beenleigh is a town and suburb in the City of Logan, Queensland, Australia. In the , the suburb of Beenleigh had a population of 8,252 people.
A government survey for the new town was conducted in 1866. The town is the terminus for the Beenl ...
* Cleveland
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* Coolangatta
Coolangatta is a coastal suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It is the Gold Coast's southernmost suburb and it borders New South Wales. In the , Coolangatta had a population of 5,948 people.
Geography
Coolangatta and its ...
* Coomera
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Geography
Located next to the Pacific Motorway (Brisbane–Brunswick Heads), ...
* Nerang
* Southport
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Southport lies on the Irish ...
* Tamborine
* Tingalpa
Tingalpa is a suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Tingalpa had a population of 8,290 people.
Geography
The suburb has some older style homes built in the post war period – weatherboard and chamferboard post war ...
* Waterford
"Waterford remains the untaken city"
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The four resulting local government areas were:
* the new Shire of Albert
The Shire of Albert was a local government area in Queensland, located south of the capital, Brisbane, and taking in areas to the north and west of the Gold Coast. It was named after the Prince Consort of the United Kingdom, and husband of Quee ...
: a merger of Beenleigh, Coomera, Nerang (except for the Burleigh Heads
Burleigh Heads is a suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the , Burleigh Heads had a population of 10,077 people.
Geography
Burleigh Head is a cape () jutting into the Coral Sea at the northern mouth of Tallebudgera C ...
area), the southern part of Tingalpa and the eastern part of Waterford
* Town of South Coast
The Town of South Coast was a local government area in South East Queensland, Australia.
History
On 11 November 1879, the Nerang Division and Coomera Division were created as two of 74 divisions within Queensland under the ''Divisional Boards ...
, an amalgamation of the Towns of Southport and Coolangatta with the Burleigh Heads part of Nerang (which later became City of Gold Coast
The City of Gold Coast is the local government area spanning the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia and surrounding areas. With a population of 606,774 it is the second most populous local government area in Australia (City of Brisbane being the ...
)
* an enlarged Shire of Beaudesert, an amalgamation of Beaudesert and Tamborine with the western part of Waterford
* the new Redland Shire
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, an amalgamation of Cleveland and the northern part of Tingalpa (which later became Redland City
Redland City, better known as the Redlands and formerly known as Redland Shire, is a Local government in Australia, local government area and a part of the Brisbane metropolitan area in South East Queensland. With a population of 156,863 in Jun ...
)
The Order came into effect on 10 June 1949, when the first elections were held.
Chairmen
* 1880-1881: Walter John Browne
*1881-1884: Robert Hope
*1914 - 1917: William Stephens
* 1917— March 1928: Walter James Brake (died in office)
*April 1928 - 1948 (died in office): William Godfrey Holden (Goff) Rudd
*1948 - 1949: Eric John Gaven, last chairman of Nerang Shire Council and first chairman of Albert Shire Council
The Shire of Albert was a Local government in Australia, local government area in Queensland, located south of the capital, Brisbane, and taking in areas to the north and west of the Gold Coast, Queensland, Gold Coast. It was named after the Pri ...
William Stephens, a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
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See also
* Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral districts
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and a Member of the Queensland Legislative Council
Following are lists of members of the Queensland Legislative Council
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and mayor of the South Brisbane City Council
The City of South Brisbane was a local government area on the southern side of the Brisbane River, Queensland, Australia. It was established in 1888 and existed until 1925 when it was amalgamated into the City of Brisbane.
History
When the T ...
, was a long-term councillor at Nerang, first serving in 1882 and serving for a total of 36 years.
References
Further reading
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External links
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Former local government areas of Queensland
1879 establishments in Australia
1949 disestablishments in Australia