The Shire of Normanby 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 ...

in the south-east of

Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ...

, Australia. Its administrative centre was in Harrisville.

History

On 11 November 1879, the Mutdapilly Division was created as one of 74 divisions within Queensland under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879''. On 25 October 1890, part of the Mutdapilly Division was excised to create the

Normanby Division #REDIRECT Shire of Normanby The Shire of Normanby is a former local government area in the south-east of Queensland, Australia. Its administrative centre was in Harrisville. History On 11 November 1879, the Mutdapilly Division was created as ...

. With the passage of the ''Local Authorities Act 1902'', the Normanby Division became the Shire of Normanby on 31 March 1903.

Greater Ipswich Scheme of 1949

On 29 January 1949, a new Local Government Act was enacted to further amalgamate local government in the

Ipswich Ipswich () is a port town and borough in Suffolk, England, of which it is the county town. The town is located in East Anglia about away from the mouth of the River Orwell and the North Sea. Ipswich is both on the Great Eastern Main Line r ...

area, abolishing the Shires of Normanby and

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. The

City of Ipswich The City of Ipswich is a local government area in Queensland, Australia, located within the southwest of the Brisbane metropolitan area, including the urban area surrounding the city of Ipswich and surrounding rural areas. Geography The Ci ...

was enlarged (from 12¼ square miles to 30 square miles) to include the more urban parts of the

Shire of Moreton The Shire of Moreton was a local government area in South East Queensland, Australia, located about southwest of Queensland's capital, Brisbane. It represented an area surrounding but not including Ipswich, and existed from 1917 until 1995, whe ...

(formerly known as the

Shire of Ipswich The Shire of Ipswich is a former local government area in the south-east of Queensland, Australia. History The Greater Ipswich Scheme On 13 October 1916, a rationalisation of the local government areas in and around Ipswich was implemented. It ...

). The Shire of Moreton was then enlarged by the inclusion of the northern part of the Shire of Normanby and all the Shire of Rosewood. The southern part of the Shire of Normanby was transferred to an enlarged

Shire of Boonah The Shire of Boonah was a Local government in Australia, local government area in South East Queensland, South East Queensland, Australia, about southwest of Brisbane. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1880 until its merger with p ...

Chairmen

* 1891: Thomas Robertson *1909: R.C. Marcuis Fischer *1919: R.C. Marcuis Fischer *1920: H. Perrett * 1915: Edward Joseph Hayes* * 1927: Walter Harsant * George Brown served for 9 years as chairman

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Normanby Shire Former local government areas of Queensland 1949 disestablishments in Australia