The Shire of Stanthorpe was a

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on the Queensland-

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border. It was on the

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and was part of the

Granite Belt The Granite Belt is an area of the Great Dividing Range in the Darling Downs region of Queensland and the New England region of New South Wales, Australia. The Granite Belt is centred on the town of Stanthorpe. The cool, high country of the gra ...

. Its main industries included fruit and vegetable growing, wineries and tourism, and sheep and cattle grazing. The Shire, administered from the town of

Stanthorpe Stanthorpe is a rural town and locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Stanthorpe had a population of 5,406 people. The area surrounding the town is known as the Granite Belt. Geography Stanthorpe lies on the New ...

, covered an area of , and existed from 1879 until 2008, when it amalgamated with the

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to become the

Southern Downs Region The Southern Downs Region is a local government area in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia, along the state's boundary with New South Wales. It was created in 2008 from a merger of the Shire of Warwick and the Shire of Stanthorpe. ...

. Its final mayor was Glen Rogers.

History

On 11 November 1879, the

Stanthorpe Division #REDIRECT Shire of Stanthorpe The Shire of Stanthorpe was a local government area of Queensland, Australia on the Queensland-New South Wales border. It was on the Great Dividing Range and was part of the Granite Belt. Its main industries include ...

was created as one of 74 divisions within Queensland under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879'' with a population of 1339. On 25 June 1880, Ballandean Division (to the south) was abolished and absorbed into Stanthorpe Division. With the passage of the ''Local Authorities Act 1902'', Stanthorpe Division became the Shire of Stanthorpe on 31 March 1903. In 1914, the Stanthorpe Shire Council constructed council chambers. On 15 March 2008, under the ''Local Government (Reform Implementation) Act 2007'' passed by the

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on 10 August 2007, the Shire of Stanthorpe merged with the

to form the

. At the time of its closure it had eight councillors plus an elected mayor.

Towns and localities

The Shire of Stanthorpe included the following settlements: *

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* Applethorpe *

Ballandean Ballandean is a rural town and locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Ballandean had a population of 338 people. Ballandean is in the Granite Belt Region of the Southern Downs. It is on the Quee ...

* Cottonvale^* * Dalcouth * Diamondvale * Eukey * Glen Aplin * Greenlands * Kyoomba *

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* Messines * Mingoola * Passchendaele * Pikedale *

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* Pozieres * Severnlea * Somme * The Summit * Thorndale *

Wallangarra Wallangarra is a rural town and locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia on the border with New South Wales. In the , the locality of Wallangarra had a population of 468 people. It is the third-most southerly town in Queens ...

* Wyberba ^* - acquired its name from one Private E Cotton a local who enlisted in the Australian Air Force

Chairmen

* 1927: Johnston Smyth

Population

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stanthorpe Shire Former local government areas of Queensland Darling Downs 1879 establishments in Australia 2008 disestablishments in Australia Populated places disestablished in 2008