The Town of Windsor is a former local government area of

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, Australia, located in northern

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History

On 11 February 1887, a portion of the

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was proclaimed a municipality to be known as the

Shire of Windsor Windsor may refer to: Places Australia *Windsor, New South Wales ** Municipality of Windsor, a former local government area * Windsor, Queensland, a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland ** Shire of Windsor, a former local government authority around Wi ...

. On 10 February 1904, the shire was proclaimed the Town of Windsor. On 1 October 1925, the town was amalgamated into the

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Windsor Town Council Chambers

In the 1860s, local

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stone was extracted from a quarry at

Windsor Windsor may refer to: Places Australia * Windsor, New South Wales ** Municipality of Windsor, a former local government area * Windsor, Queensland, a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland **Shire of Windsor, a former local government authority around Wi ...

alongside Lutwyche Road. In 1897 the Windsor Shire Council built their Shire Chambers (later Town Chambers) at 356 Lutwyche Road (corner of Palmer Street) (), immediately beside the quarry using stone from the quarry. After the amalgamation into City of Brisbane, the Windsor Town Council Chambers was used as storage and office space by the

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, which undertook a restoration of the building in 1987. Today it is home to the

Windsor and District Historical Society Windsor may refer to: Places Australia *Windsor, New South Wales ** Municipality of Windsor, a former local government area * Windsor, Queensland, a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland ** Shire of Windsor, a former local government authority around Wi ...

and the

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; the public is welcome to visit. The Windsor Town Council Chambers was listed on the

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in 1992.

Presidents and mayors

The presidents of the Windsor Shire Council were: * 1887: Matthew Rigby * 1888: Cornelius Ryan * 1889: Kenneth McLennan * 1890: Charles Birkbeck * 1891: George Jopp * 1892: John McIntyre * 1893: William Lane * 1894: Thomas Hawkins * 1895: William Mooney * 1896–1897: Hugh Cameron * 1898–1899: Kenneth McLennan (again) * 1900: James Carroll * 1901: Angus Briscoe * 1902: Thomas Gardiner * 1903: Frederick Hart The mayors of the Windsor Town Council were: * 1904: Kenneth McLennan (again) * 1905: Austin Graham * 1906: George Hewitt * 1907: James Price * 1908: William Bowser * 1909: Thomas Gardiner (again) * 1910: George Hewitt (again) * 1911: Arthur Bale * 1912: William Parsons * 1913: Thomas Gardiner (again) * 1914: William Clark * 1915: Charles Taylor * 1916: Robert Lane * 1917: Alex Inglis * 1918–1919: William Jolly * 1920: Robert Lane * 1921–1923: William Jolly (again) * 1924–1925: Henry Bond

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Windsor Town Former local government areas of Queensland Windsor, Queensland 1925 disestablishments in Australia