Charters Towers Region

The Charters Towers Region is a local government area in North Queensland, Australia southwest of, and inland from the city of Townsville, based in Charters Towers. Established in 2008, it was preceded by two previous local government areas which dated back to the 1870s.

It has an estimated operating budget of A$27.5 m.

History

Prior to 2008, the Charters Towers Region was an entire area of two previous and distinct local government areas:

the City of Charters Towers;
and the Shire of Dalrymple.

The City of Charters Towers had its beginning in the Charters Towers Municipality which was proclaimed on 21 June 1877 under the Municipal Institutions Act 1864.^[3] It achieved a measure of autonomy in 1878 with the enactment of the Local Government Act. With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, it became the Town of Charters Towers on 31 March 1903 and was proclaimed the City of Charters Towers on 13 April 1909.^[4]

The Shire of Dalymple began as Dalrymple Division, one of Queensland's 74 divisions created under the Divisional Boards Act 1879 on 11 November 1879. It became a Shire on 31 March 1903.

In July 2007, the Local Government Reform Commission released its report and recommended that the two areas amalgamate. Amongst its reasons given for this recommendation were improved service delivery and capacity through a larger asset base and increased operating revenue, and the fact that a significant (and growing) proportion of the Shire's population lived in Charters Towers's outer suburbs and bringing all of Charters Towers under one local government was viewed as desirable. It did not consider amalgamation with the neighbouring Townsville/Thuringowa region due to disparate communities of interest. Both councils opposed the amalgamation, although the City Council concluded it was inevitable due to a shared community of interest.^[5] On 15 March 2008, the City and Shire formally ceased to exist, and elections were held on the same day to elect councillors and a mayor to the Regional Council.

Wards

The council remains undivided and its elected body consists of six councillors and a mayor.

Towns and localities

A Rugby league team from Charters towers (1915)

The Charter Towers Region includes the following settlements:

Charters Towers area:

Dalrymple area:

Basalt
Black Jack
Breddan
Campaspe
Crimea
Dotswood
Greenvale
Hervey Range
Homestead
Llanarth
Macrossan
Mingela
Paluma
Pentland
Ravenswood
Sellheim
Valley of Lagoons

Population

The populations given relate to the component entities prior to 2008. The next census, due in 2011, will be the first for the new Region.

Year	Population (Region total)	Population (Former City)	Population (Former Shire)
1933	10,238	6,978	3,260
1947	9,872	7,561	2,311
1954	8,875	6,961	1,914
1961	9,839	7,633	2,206
1966	9,605	7,602	2,003
1971	9,796	7,518	2,278
1976	10,494	7,914	2,580
1981	10,161	6,823	3,338
1986	11,460	7,208	4,252
1991	12,500	9,016	3,484
1996	12,562	8,893	3,669
2001	12,345	8,492	3,853
2006	11,937	8,155	3,782

References

↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 March 2011). "Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2009–10". Retrieved 11 June 2011.
↑ Election summary (ECQ)
↑ 28 Vic No. 21 (Imp)
↑ Queensland Government Gazette, Vol. XCII, 13 April 1909, p.1019.
↑ Queensland Local Government Reform Commission (July 2007). Report of the Local Government Reform Commission (PDF). 2. pp. 80–84. ISBN 1-921057-11-4. Retrieved 3 June 2010.

External links

University of Queensland: Queensland Places: Charters Towers Regional Council

Local government areas of Queensland

South East	Brisbane Gold Coast Ipswich Lockyer Valley Logan Moreton Bay Noosa Redland Scenic Rim Somerset Sunshine Coast

Wide Bay–Burnett	Bundaberg Cherbourg Fraser Coast Gympie North Burnett South Burnett

Darling Downs	Goondiwindi Southern Downs Toowoomba Western Downs

Central	Banana Central Highlands Gladstone Isaac Livingstone Rockhampton Whitsunday Woorabinda

North	Burdekin Charters Towers Hinchinbrook Mackay Mareeba Palm Island Townsville

Far North	Aurukun Cairns Cassowary Coast Cook Douglas Hopevale Kowanyama Lockhart River Mapoon Napranum Northern Peninsula Area Pormpuraaw Tablelands Torres Torres Strait Island Weipa Wujal Wujal Yarrabah

North West	Burke Carpentaria Cloncurry Croydon Doomadgee Etheridge Flinders McKinlay Mornington Mount Isa Richmond

Central West	Barcaldine Barcoo Blackall-Tambo Boulia Diamantina Longreach Winton

South West	Balonne Bulloo Maranoa Murweh Paroo Quilpie

North Queensland, Queensland

Cities	Townsville Mackay

Townships	Airlie Beach Ayr Bowen Charters Towers Ingham Proserpine

Local Government Areas	Burdekin Charters Towers Hinchinbrook Mackay Palm Island Townsville Whitsunday Region

National Parks	Blackwood Brook Islands Bowling Green Bay Brampton Islands Broad Sound Islands Cape Hillsborough Cape Palmerston Cape Upstart Conway Dipperu Dryander Eungella Gloucester Island Halifax Bay Wetlands Holbourne Island Homevale Lindeman Islands Magnetic Island Molle Islands Moorrinya Mount Aberdeen Mount Martin Mount Ossa Newry Islands Northumberland Islands Orpheus Island Paluma Range Pioneer Peaks Reliance Creek Repulse Island Round Top Island Smith Islands South Cumberland Islands South Island Swain Reefs Whitsunday Islands

Places of interest	Wallaman Falls Whitsunday Islands

Coordinates: 20°06′S 146°16′E / 20.100°S 146.267°E / -20.100; 146.267

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