The Shire of Balmoral is a former

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 ...

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, Australia, located in eastern

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History

The

Bulimba Division #REDIRECT Shire of Belmont The Shire of Belmont is a former local government area of Queensland, Australia, located in eastern Brisbane including the current suburb of Belmont. History The Bulimba Division was one of the original divisions ...

was one of the original divisions created on 11 November 1879 under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879''. On 19 January 1888, the No. 1 subdivision of Bulimba Division was separated to create

Balmoral Division #REDIRECT Shire of Balmoral The Shire of Balmoral is a former local government areas of Queensland, local government area of Queensland, Australia, located in eastern Brisbane. History The Bulimba Division was one of the original divisions crea ...

. On 17 March 1892, there was an alteration of boundaries. The Pritchard's Road land and gravel reserve (100 acres) were transferred from Kianawah Division (later renamed

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) to Balmoral Division, while the Grassdale Estate land was transferred from Kianawah Division to Bulimba Division. The ''Local Authorities Act 1902'' replaced all Divisions with Towns and Shires, so the Balmoral Division became the Shire of Balmoral on 31 March 1903. On 1 October 1925, the shire was amalgamated into the

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Chairmen

The chairmen of the Balmoral Shire Council were: * 1888–1890: Edward Griffith (brother of

Samuel Griffith Sir Samuel Walker Griffith, (21 June 1845 – 9 August 1920) was an Australian judge and politician who served as the inaugural Chief Justice of Australia, in office from 1903 to 1919. He also served a term as Chief Justice of Queensland and t ...

) * 1891: James Nuttall * 1892: Alexander Kelly * 1893: C. F. Uhlmann * 1894: T. Penlington * 1895: E. Stanton * 1896–1897: R. Jamieson * 1898–1899: A. C. H. Rossiter * 1900: E. Stanton * 1901–1902: E. K. Russell * 1903–1904: W. Icke * 1905: A. Stirling * 1906: R. J. Mulvey * 1907: J. Congreve * 1908: P. G. Donovan * 1909: E. Stanton * 1911: John Watson * 1912–1913: E. Stanton * 1914: * 1915: * 1916–1917: A. Harrison * 1918: * 1919: * 1920–1925: A. Harrison

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Balmoral Shire Former local government areas of Queensland Brisbane 1888 establishments in Australia 1925 disestablishments in Australia