The Shire of Warwick was a

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in the

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region of

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. The administrative centre and major town of the shire was the town of

Warwick Warwick ( ) is a market town, civil parish and the county town of Warwickshire in the Warwick District in England, adjacent to the River Avon. It is south of Coventry, and south-east of Birmingham. It is adjoined with Leamington Spa and Whi ...

History

On 19 March 1992, the

Electoral and Administrative Review Commission The Electoral and Administrative Review Commission (1989–1993) was an agency of the Government of Queensland, Australia to investigate the electoral system and public administration of the state and local government authorities of Queensland. ...

, 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 three new local government areas. That recommendation was not implemented, but the

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 ...

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 ...

, Glengallan and Rosenthal to form the 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 Warwick was established.Warwick Shire Council
- Shire History. Retrieved 16 December 2006. Under the local council amalgamation programme instigated by the Queensland Government in 2007, the Shires 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 ...

and Warwick were merged in March 2008 to create 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. ...

Towns and localities

The Shire of Warwick included the following settlements: Warwick area: *

Allora area: *

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* Clintonvale * Deuchar *

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* Mount Marshall * Talgai * Willowvale^* Glengallan area: *

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* Canningvale * Elbow Valley * Emu Vale * Freestone * Gladfield * Glengallan * Junabee * Maryvale * Morgan Park * Mount Colliery * Mount Sturt *

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* Sladevale * Swanfels *

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* Wiyarra * Womina * Yangan Rosenthal area: * Rosenthal Heights *

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* Dalveen * Greymare * Karara *

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Leslie Dam Leslie Dam is a dam in the locality of the same name Leslie Dam, Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. It is from Warwick town centre. Freshwater fishing and water sports facilities are available. The dam was named after Patrick Lesli ...

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* Palgrave * Pratten * Rosehill *

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* Wheatvale ^* Not to be confused with

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Population

* From time series data

Mayors

* Bruce Green * Ron Bellingham

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Warwick Shire Former local government areas of Queensland Darling Downs Warwick, Queensland 2008 disestablishments in Australia Populated places disestablished in 2008