Shire_of_Isis

Shire of Isis

Shire of Isis

Local government area in Queensland, Australia


The Shire of Isis was a local government area located in the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland, Australia, to the south of Bundaberg. The Shire, administered from the town of Childers covered an area of 1,702.2 square kilometres (657.2 sq mi), and existed as a local government entity from 1887 until 2008, when it was amalgamated with the City of Bundaberg and the Shires of Burnett and Kolan to form the Bundaberg Region.

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History

Map of Isis Division and adjacent local government areas, March 1902

The Isis Division was established on 1 January 1887 under the Divisional Boards Act 1887, on land previously part of the Burrum Division.

With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, Isis Division became the Shire of Isis on 31 March 1903.[2]

On 15 March 2008, under the Local Government (Reform Implementation) Act 2007 passed by the Parliament of Queensland on 10 August 2007, the Shire of Isis merged with the City of Bundaberg and the Shires of Burnett and Kolan to form the Bundaberg Region.[2][3]

Towns and localities

The Shire of Isis included the following settlements:

Chairmen

The above dates included multiple terms.

Population

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References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Isis (S) (Local Government Area)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
  2. Pugh, Theophilus Parsons (1927). Pugh's Almanac for 1927. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  3. O'Neill, B.W. (1987). Taming the Isis. Childers: Isis Shire Council. pp. 288–294.

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