The Shire of Boonah was a local government area in South East Queensland, Australia, about 80 kilometres (50 mi) southwest of Brisbane. The shire covered an area of 1,921.6 square kilometres (741.9 sq mi), and existed from 1880 until its merger with parts of the Shire of Beaudesert and City of Ipswich to form the Scenic Rim Region on 15 March 2008.

The shire was part of the "Scenic Rim", a group of mountain ranges forming part of the Great Dividing Range, and contained four national parks—Main Range, Mount French, Moogerah Peaks and Mount Greville National Park which is now part of Moogerah Peaks National Park.

The Goolman Division was incorporated on 11 November 1879 under the Divisional Boards Act 1879 with a population of 1,542.^[2] It was centred on Boonah and its board consisting of six councillors. On 4 January 1884, there was an adjustment of boundaries between No. 2 subdivision of Mutdapilly Division and subdivision No. 2 of the Goolman Division.^[3][4] Initially, the Goolman Division had its office in Flinders (27°46′59″S 152°42′59″E). However, in 1887, the railway line from Ipswich was extended to Boonah, and the Goolman Division office moved to Boonah.^[5]

On 25 October 1890, part of the northern section of Goolman Division became part of the new Normanby Division. With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, Goolman Division became the Shire of Goolman on 31 March 1903. The Shire offices were in High Street, Boonah. The Goolman Shire War Memorial was unveiled in Boonah (then part of the Goolman Shire) on 19 May 1920 by General Birdwood and Councillor Alexander John Tait McKay. It is generally known as the Boonah War Memorial.^[6] On 14 October 1937 was renamed Shire of Boonah,^[7] which apparently means "bloodwood tree" in the local Aboriginal language.

The Shire of Boonah included the following settlements:

• Boonah
• Aratula
• Charlwood
• Coulson
• Fassifern
• Harrisville¹
• Kalbar
• Maroon
• Moogerah
• Mount Alford
• Mount Walker
• Roadvale
• Rosevale
• Silverdale
• Tarome
• Templin
• Warrill View

¹ - split with the City of Ipswich

# The estimated 1947 population of the post-1949 area was 6,239.^[13]

• 1880: Charles William Hunt^[14]
• 1915: William Ramsden Bowman (the great-grandson of John Macarthur)^[15]
• 1927: W. Farley^[16]
• 1943-1947 Harold Richter^[17]
• 1959–1961: Oliver Walter Hooper. He was the grandson of one of the original landowners of the area that became the town of Boonah. Many of the streets of Boonah are named after his aunts & uncles. Oliver was a member of the Boonah Shire Council for 15 years, becoming chairman (mayor) and dying during his second term.^{[citation needed]}
• 1994–2008: John Brent. he is one of the longest continuing serving elected members in Australia with almost 40 years of service and over twenty as mayor. He was first elected as a councillor in the Shire of Boonah in 1976 and was chairman of the Shire of Boonah since 12 April 1994, becoming mayor of the Scenic Rim Region in 2008 following the amalgamation.^[18]

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