The South Burnett Region is a
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 Burnett
The South Burnett is a peanut growing and wine-producing area on the Great Dividing Range, north of the Darling Downs, in Queensland. It is with the basin of the Burnett River. The area is within two local government areas, South Burnett Region ...
district of
Queensland
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, Australia.
Origins
This Local Government was created in March 2008 as a result of the report of the Local Government Reform Commission released in July 2007.
Prior to the 2008 amalgamation, the South Burnett Region, located in the southern catchment of the
Burnett River
The Burnett River is a river located in the Wide Bay–Burnett and Central Queensland regions of Queensland, Australia.
Course and features
The Burnett River rises in the Burnett Range, part of the Great Dividing Range, close to Mount Gaeta a ...
, existed as four distinct local government areas:
* the
Shire of Kingaroy
The Shire of Kingaroy was a local government area in the South Burnett region of Queensland, Australia, about northwest of the capital, Brisbane. The shire covered an area of , and existed as a local government entity from 1912 until 2008, when ...
;
* the
Shire of Nanango
The Shire of Nanango was a local government area located in the South Burnett region of Queensland, Australia, about northwest of the capital, Brisbane. The Shire covered an area of , and existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 200 ...
;
* the
Shire of Murgon;
* and the
Shire of Wondai
The Shire of Wondai was a local government area located in the South Burnett region of Queensland, Australia, about northwest of the capital, Brisbane. The shire covered an area of , and existed as a local government entity from 1910 until 20 ...
.
The report recommended the new local government area should not be divided into
ward
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* Hospital ward, a hospital division, floor, or room set aside for a particular class or group of patients, for example the psychiatric ward
* Prison ward, a division of a penal institution such as a pris ...
s and should elect six councilors and a mayor however the Interim Steering Committee applied to the State Government for four wards based on the old shire boundaries. As the total population is just a few hundred short of the level set in the report for eight councilors and a mayor, application for this was also made.
Area and size
The South Burnett Region covers an area ,
[ containing a population of 32,555][ in June 2018 and has an estimated operating budget of A$42 m (as at 2008).
The Aboriginal community of ]Cherbourg
Cherbourg (; , , ), nrf, Chèrbourg, ) is a former commune and subprefecture located at the northern end of the Cotentin peninsula in the northwestern French department of Manche. It was merged into the commune of Cherbourg-Octeville on 28 Feb ...
has been excluded from the amalgamated area and continues to have its own local government.
Towns and localities
The South Burnett Region includes the following settlements:
Kingaroy area:
* Coolabunia
Coolabunia is a rural locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Coolabunia had a population of 161 people.
Geography
The D'Aguilar Highway passes through from south-east to north-west.
Hornley is a neighbourhood (). ...
* Ellesmere
* Goodger
* Haly Creek
* Inverlaw
* Kingaroy
Kingaroy is a rural town and locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. The town is situated on the junction of the D'Aguilar and the Bunya Highways, north-west of the state capital Brisbane and south west of Gympie. As a ...
* Kumbia
* Memerambi
* Taabinga
* Wooroolin
Nanango area:
* Benarkin
* Benarkin North
* Blackbutt
* Brooklands
Brooklands was a motor racing circuit and aerodrome built near Weybridge in Surrey, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1907 and was the world's first purpose-built 'banked' motor racing circuit as well as one of Britain's first airfields, ...
* Bunya Mountains
The Bunya Mountains are a distinctive set of peaks forming an isolated section of the Great Dividing Range in southern Queensland. The mountain range forms the northern edge of the Darling Downs in the locality also called Bunya Mountains ne ...
* East Nanango
* Glan Devon
* Maidenwell
* Nanango
Nanango is a rural town and locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Nanango had a population of 3,599 people.
Geography
Nanango is situated north-west of the state capital, Brisbane, at the junc ...
* South East Nanango
* Taromeo
Murgon area:
* Cloyna
* Moffatdale
* Murgon
Murgon is a rural town and locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Murgon had a population of 2,378 people.
Geography
Murgon is in the region of Queensland known as the South Burnett, the southern ...
* Tablelands
* Windera
Windera is a town in the South Burnett Region and a locality split between the South Burnett Region and the Gympie Region in Queensland, Australia. In the the locality of Windera had a population of 93 people.
Geography
Windera was the termin ...
* Wooroonden
Wondai area:
* Boondooma
Boondooma is a rural locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Boondooma had a population of 76 people.
Geography
The Boondooma Dam and its associated lake is on south-eastern boundary between Boondooma and Okeden ...
* Cushnie
* Durong
* Ficks Crossing
* Hivesville
* Mondure
* Proston
Proston is a rural town and locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia.
Geography
The town is located north-west of the state capital, Brisbane northwest of the South Burnett regions commercial centre, Kingaroy and south ...
* Tingoora
* Wheatlands
* Wondai
Wondai is a rural town and locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Wondai had a population of 1,975 people.
Geography
Wondai is located to the south of the Bunya Highway, north west of the state capital, Brisbane ...
Others areas:
* Booie
* Byee
* Crawford
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* Crawford, Lancashire, a small village near Rainford, Merseyside, England
* Crawford, South Lanarkshire, a ...
* Glenrock
* Gordonbrook
* Ironpot
* Kawl Kawl
* Marshlands
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* Runnymede
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* Silverleaf
* Tarong
* Wattle Camp
Libraries
The South Burnett Regional Council operate public libraries at Blackbutt, Kingaroy
Kingaroy is a rural town and locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. The town is situated on the junction of the D'Aguilar and the Bunya Highways, north-west of the state capital Brisbane and south west of Gympie. As a ...
, Murgon
Murgon is a rural town and locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Murgon had a population of 2,378 people.
Geography
Murgon is in the region of Queensland known as the South Burnett, the southern ...
, Nanango
Nanango is a rural town and locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Nanango had a population of 3,599 people.
Geography
Nanango is situated north-west of the state capital, Brisbane, at the junc ...
, Proston
Proston is a rural town and locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia.
Geography
The town is located north-west of the state capital, Brisbane northwest of the South Burnett regions commercial centre, Kingaroy and south ...
, and Wondai
Wondai is a rural town and locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Wondai had a population of 1,975 people.
Geography
Wondai is located to the south of the Bunya Highway, north west of the state capital, Brisbane ...
.
Mayor and Councillors
2008 election
On 15 March 2008, the first mayor elected to the South Burnett Region was David Ian Carter.
The first councillors elected to the South Burnett Region were as follows:
* Division 1: Barry Green
* Division 2: Debra Palmer
* Division 3: Damien Tessmann
* Division 4: Keith Campbell (unopposed)
* Division 5: Kathy Duff
* Division 6: Cheryl Dalton
2012 election
In the elections held on 28 April 2012, Wayne Kratzmann was elected mayor; he was unopposed.
The councillors elected were:
* Division 1: Barry Green (continuing)
* Division 2: Debra Palmer (continuing, unopposed)
* Division 3: Damien Tessman (unopposed)
* Division 4: Keith Campbell (continuing)
* Division 5: Kathy Duff (continuing, unopposed)
* Division 6: Cheryl Dalton (continuing)
2016 election
In the elections held on 19 March 2016, Keith Campbell was elected mayor; he was one of five candidates.
The councillors elected were:
2020 election
In the election held on 28 March 2020, Brett Wayne Otto was elected mayor.
References
External links
South Burnett Regional Council
Retrieved 18 April 2008
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Local government areas of Queensland
2008 establishments in Australia