The Shire of Livingstone 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 ...

located in the Capricornia region of

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, Australia, to the immediate north and east of the regional city of

Rockhampton Rockhampton is a city in the Rockhampton Region of Central Queensland, Australia. The population of Rockhampton in June 2021 was 79,967, Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018. making it the fourth-largest city in the state outside of the ...

. The shire, administered from the coastal town of

Yeppoon Yeppoon is a coastal town and locality in the Shire of Livingstone, Queensland, Australia. Yeppoon is renowned for its beaches, tropical climate, and the islands out on the bay. Located from the city of Rockhampton, Yeppoon is the seat of the ...

, covers an area of , and existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 2008, when it amalgamated with several other councils to become the

Rockhampton Region The Rockhampton Region is a local government area (LGA) in Central Queensland, Australia, located on the Tropic of Capricorn about north of Brisbane. Rockhampton is the region's major city; the region also includes the Fitzroy River, Mount ...

. The Shire was re-established on 1 January 2014 following a successful de-amalgamation referendum in 2013. Industry within the shire is diverse. Timber is harvested from extensive pine plantations near Byfield in the north. Significant

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production takes place within the shire, as well as other agricultural crops. Tourism is increasingly becoming a mainstay of the area, with

Keppel Bay Keppel Bay is a bay in Central Queensland, Australia at the mouth of the Fitzroy River on the coast of the Coral Sea. Extent Keppel Bay extends from Station Point on Curtis Island () in the Gladstone Region to Zilzie Point at Zilzie () i ...

and the nearby islands a major drawcard, and more than half of the Shire's population lives in the coastal area centred on

and

Emu Park Emu Park is a coastal town and locality on the Capricorn Coast located south of Yeppoon in Queensland, Australia. It is within the local government area of Shire of Livingstone (between 2008 and 2013, it was within the Rockhampton Region). In ...

. The coastal strip within the shire is known as the

Capricorn Coast The Capricorn Coast is a stretch of coastline in Central Queensland, Australia and is part of the Shire of Livingstone (formerly part of Rockhampton Region). Geography The Capricorn Coasts takes its name from Cape Capricorn () on Curtis Is ...

. The

Shoalwater Bay Shoalwater Bay is a large bay on the Capricorn Coast of Central Queensland, Australia 100 km north of the coastal town of Yeppoon and 628 km north-north-west of the state capital, Brisbane. Since 1966, the land surrounding Shoalwater Ba ...

Military Training Area is also located within the shire.

History

On 11 November 1879, the

Gogango Division #REDIRECT Shire of Livingstone Gogango Division #REDIRECT Shire of Livingstone The Shire of Livingstone is a local government area located in the Capricornia region of Central Queensland, Queensland, Australia, to the immediate north and east ...

was established as one of 74 divisions around Queensland under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879'' with a population of 5023. It covered an area of surrounding but not including the town of

—an area significantly greater than the modern

Rockhampton Regional Council The Rockhampton Region is a local government area (LGA) in Central Queensland, Australia, located on the Tropic of Capricorn about north of Brisbane. Rockhampton is the region's major city; the region also includes the Fitzroy River, Mount A ...

covers. Its administrative centre was in North

. Capital and people came to the area in greater numbers after the discovery of gold in 1882 at Mount Morgan, about south of Rockhampton. A bridge was built spanning the Fitzroy River in 1882, and a year later in September 1883, the Borough of North Rockhampton was proclaimed. On 3 March 1892, part of subdivision 2 of the Broadsound Division was transferred to subdivision 3 of the Gogango Division, while another part of subdivision 2 of the Broadsound Division was transferred to the

Duaringa Division #REDIRECT Shire of Duaringa The Shire of Duaringa was a Local government in Australia, local government area in the Capricornia, Queensland, Capricornia region of Queensland, Australia. Duaringa Shire covered an area of 18,201 square kilometres ...

. On 6 April 1899, the part of the Gogango Division south of the Fitzroy River split away to form the

Fitzroy Division #REDIRECT Shire of Fitzroy The Shire of Fitzroy was a local government area located in the Capricornia region of Central Queensland, Queensland, Australia, to the immediate west and south of the regional city of Rockhampton Rockhampton is ...

. With the passage of the ''Local Authorities Act 1902'', Gogango Division became the

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on 31 March 1903, and on 8 August 1903 it was renamed Shire of Livingstone. On 1 July 1984, the neighbouring

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grew to include some of its outer suburbs which had previously been within the Shire of Livingstone. On 15 March 2008, under the ''Local Government (Reform Implementation) Act 2007'' passed by the

Parliament of Queensland The Parliament of Queensland is the legislature of Queensland, Australia. As provided under the Constitution of Queensland, the Parliament consists of the Monarch of Australia and the Legislative Assembly. It has been the only unicameral s ...

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

and the Shires of Mount Morgan and

Fitzroy Fitzroy or FitzRoy may refer to: People As a given name *Several members of the Somerset family (Dukes of Beaufort) have this as a middle-name: **FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (1788–1855) ** Henry Charles FitzRoy Somerset, 8th Duke of Beau ...

to form the

. In 2012, a proposal was made to de-amalgamate the Shire of Livingstone from the Rockhampton Region. On 9 March 2013, the citizens of the former Livingstone shire voted in a referendum to de-amalgamate. The Shire of Livingstone was re-established on 1 January 2014.

Towns and localities

The Shire of Livingstone includes the following settlements: Rockhampton area: *

Glendale Glendale is the anglicised version of the Gaelic Gleann Dail, which means ''valley of fertile, low-lying arable land''. It may refer to: Places Australia * Glendale, New South Wales ** Stockland Glendale, a shopping centre *Glendale, Queensland, ...

* Glenlee * Ironpot * Lakes Creek¹ *

Mount Chalmers Conway Range () is a mountain range in the Cook Mountains of Antarctica, on the west edge of the Ross Ice Shelf. Location The Conway Range is in the northeast part of the Cook Mountains. It lies between Mulock Glacier to the north and Carlyon Gl ...

* Nankin * Nerimbera * Rockyview Yeppoon-Keppel area: * Adelaide Park * Bangalee² * Barlows Hill * Barmaryee * Causeway Lake *

Cooee Bay Cooee Bay is a coastal locality in the Livingstone Shire, Queensland, Australia. In the Cooee Bay had a population of 913 people. Geography Cooee Bay is bounded to the east by the Coral Sea. It is centrally located on the Capricorn Coast, tw ...

Coral Sea The Coral Sea () is a marginal sea of the South Pacific off the northeast coast of Australia, and classified as an interim Australian bioregion. The Coral Sea extends down the Australian northeast coast. Most of it is protected by the Fre ...

* Farnborough * Hidden Valley *

Inverness Inverness (; from the gd, Inbhir Nis , meaning "Mouth of the River Ness"; sco, Innerness) is a city in the Scottish Highlands. It is the administrative centre for The Highland Council and is regarded as the capital of the Highlands. Histori ...

Joskeleigh Joskeleigh is a coastal rural locality in the Livingstone Shire, Queensland, Australia. In the , Joskeleigh had a population of 70 people. Geography The waters of the '' Coral Sea'' form the eastern boundary. History Joskeleigh Provisiona ...

Keppel Sands Keppel Sands is a coastal rural town and locality in the Livingstone Shire, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Keppel Sands had a population of 360 people. Geography Keppel Sands is the southernmost town on the Capricorn Coast. ...

Kinka Beach Kinka Beach is a coastal rural locality in the Livingstone Shire, Queensland, Australia. In the , Kinka Beach had a population of 621 people. Geography Kinka Beach is on the Capricorn Coast, situated on the banks of Kinka Creek, about north o ...

* Lammermoor * Meikleville Hill *

Mulambin Mulambin is a coastal town and locality in the Livingstone Shire, Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subd ...

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* Rosslyn * Taranganba * Taroomball *

Zilzie Zilzie is a coastal locality in the Livingstone Shire, Queensland, Australia. In the , Zilzie had a population of 2,713 people. Geography Contiguous with Emu Park, the town is located on the Capricorn Coast, north north west of the state cap ...

Other areas: * Barmoya * Bondoola * Bungundarra * Byfield * Byfield NP * Canal Creek * Canoona * Cawarral * Cobraball * Coorooman * Coowonga *

Etna Creek Etna Creek is a rural locality in the Livingstone Shire, Queensland, Australia. In the Etna Creek had a population of 792 people. Geography South Yaamba is a town () in the north-east of locality. The town of South Yaamba is not to be confuse ...

Great Keppel Island Great Keppel Island (''Woppaburra, Wop-Pa, Wapparaburra'') lies from the coast off Yeppoon in the Shire of Livingstone, Queensland, Australia. It is part of the Capricorn Coast of Central Queensland. The island's traditional owners are the Wopp ...

* Greenlake * Jardine * Kunwarara * Lake Mary *

Marlborough Marlborough may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Marlborough, Wiltshire, England ** Marlborough College, public school * Marlborough School, Woodstock in Oxfordshire, England * The Marlborough Science Academy in Hertfordshire, England Austral ...

* Maryvale³ * Milman * Mount Gardiner * Mulara * Ogmore * Princhester * Rossmoya *

Sandringham Sandringham can refer to: Places * Sandringham, New South Wales, Australia * Sandringham, Queensland, Australia * Sandringham, Victoria, Australia **Sandringham railway line **Sandringham railway station **Electoral district of Sandringham * Sand ...

* Shoalwater *

* Stanage *

Stockyard Stockyard or Stockyards may refer to: Places * Stockyard, Queensland, Australia, locality in the Shire of Livingstone *Stockyard Landing, original name of Arabi, Louisiana *Stockyards, California, former town *Stockyards, nickname for the northw ...

* Tanby * The Caves * The Keppels * Thompson Point * Tungamull * Wattlebank * Weerriba *

Woodbury Woodbury may refer to: Geography Antarctica *Woodbury Glacier, a glacier on Graham Land, British Antarctic Territory Australia * Woodbury, Tasmania, a locality in Australia England * Woodbury, Bournemouth, an area in Dorset *Woodbury, East Devo ...

Yaamba Yaamba is a rural town and locality in the Livingstone Shire, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Yaamba had a population of 62 people. Geography Yaamba is bounded by the Fitzroy River to the south and by its tributary Alligator ...

¹ - shared with

² - not to be confused with Bangalee in the

Gladstone Region Gladstone Region is a local government area in Queensland, Australia. The council covers an area of , had an estimated resident population at 30 June 2018 of 62,979, and has an estimated operating budget of A$84 million. History Gladstone Re ...

³ - not to be confused with Maryvale in 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 Stanthor ...

Climate

The city has a

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(

Köppen Köppen is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Bernd Köppen (born 1951), German pianist and composer * Carl Köppen (1833-1907), German military advisor in Meiji era Japan * Edlef Köppen (1893–1939), German author and ...

: ''Aw''), marking the southern boundary of this climatic zone, more precisely in the

Byfield National Park Byfield National Park is a national park in the Shire of Livingstone, Queensland, Australia. Geography The park is 70 km north-east of Rockhampton. The parks encloses 12 km of coastline including four beaches. To the north of th ...

Libraries

The Livingstone Shire Council operates public libraries in Byfield,

, and

. It also supports volunteer-operated libraries in

and Stanage Bay.

Population

Chairmen and mayors

The following were the chairmen and mayors of the Shire of Livingstone in its first incarnation: * 1927: W. Beak * 1933–1936 Owen DanielDaniel, Mr Owen
—

Queensland Parliament The Parliament of Queensland is the legislature of Queensland, Australia. As provided under the Constitution of Queensland, the Parliament consists of the Monarch of Australia and the Legislative Assembly. It has been the only unicameral s ...

. Retrieved 19 May 2016. * John Murray * 1983: Lindsay Hartwig served for one year * The following were the mayors of Shire of Livingstone in its second incarnation: * 2014–2020 : Bill Ludwig *2020–present: Andrew Darryl Ireland

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Livingstone Shire 1879 establishments in Australia Local government areas of Queensland 2008 disestablishments in Australia Populated places disestablished in 2008 2014 establishments in Australia Former local government areas of Queensland