The Shire of Tambo was a local government area located in central

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 , establishe ...

south-east of the town of

Blackall Blackall is a rural town and locality in the Blackall-Tambo Region, Queensland, Australia. In the the locality of Blackall had a population of 1,416 people. The town is the service centre for the Blackall-Tambo Region. The dominant industry ...

. It covered an area of , and existed as a local government entity from 1881 until 2008, when it amalgamated with neighbouring Shire of Blackall to form the

Blackall-Tambo Region The Blackall-Tambo Region is a local government area in Central West Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, it was preceded by two previous local government areas dating from the 1870s. For the financial year 2010/11 it had an approximate ...

. The council consisted of a Mayor and 9 elected councillors. No wards or electoral divisions existed. The

Barcoo River The Barcoo River in western Queensland, Australia rises on the northern slopes of the Warrego Range, flows in a south-westerly direction and unites with the Thomson River to form Cooper Creek. The first European to see the river was Thomas ...

travels through the shire's former area on its way to

Cooper Creek The Cooper Creek (formerly Cooper's Creek) is a river in the Australian states of Queensland and South Australia. It was the site of the death of the explorers Burke and Wills in 1861. It is sometimes known as the Barcoo River from one of its t ...

and eventually

Lake Eyre Lake Eyre ( ), officially known as Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre, is an endorheic lake in east-central Far North South Australia, some north of Adelaide. The shallow lake is the depocentre of the vast endorheic Lake Eyre basin, and contains th ...

. Like much of the west, sheep became the mainstay of the economy. Today, cattle and tourism are of major importance to the region.

History

Kargoolnah Division was created on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 divisions around Queensland under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879'', and included the areas of Blackall, Tambo and Barcaldine and parts of Jericho. On 30 June 1881, a new Tambo Division was proclaimed and excised from Kargoolnah Division. On 11 October 1883, there was an adjustment of boundaries between Tambo Division and

Murweh Division Murweh is a rural locality in the Shire of Murweh, Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = ...

. With the passage of the ''Local Authorities Act 1902'', Tambo Division became the Shire of Tambo on 31 March 1903. On 15 March 2008, under the ''Local Government (Reform Implementation) Act 2007'' passed by the Parliament of Queensland on 10 August 2007, the Shire of Tambo merged with the Shire of Blackall to form the

Towns and localities

The Shire of Tambo included the following settlements: * Tambo * Bayrick *

Caldervale Caldervale may refer to: * Caldervale, Queensland, a locality in the Blackall-Tambo Region, Queensland, Australia * Calder Valley line, a railway line in Northern England, previously known as the Caldervale line * Caldervale, also known as 'Fin Me ...

* Landsdowne * Lumeah * Macfarlane * Minnie Downs * Mount Enniskillen * Scrubby Creek * Windeyer * Yandarlo

Chairmen

* 1927: James Miller

Population

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tambo Shire Former local government areas of Queensland 1881 establishments in Australia 2008 disestablishments in Australia Populated places disestablished in 2008