The Town of Normanton is a former
local government area for the town of
Normanton in
North Queensland ,
Australia . It existed from 1886 to 1910.
History
Map of Borough of Normanton and adjacent local government areas, March 1902
On 6 February 1886, the
Borough of Normanton was constituted separately as a municipality for the emerging town of
Normanton . Its first elections held on 13 April 1886.
[1]
With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902 , the Borough of Hughenden became the Town of Hughenden on 31 March 1903.
[1]
[2]
On 8 January 1910, the Town of Normanton was abolished and absorbed into the
Shire of Carpentaria .
[2]
[3]
Mayors
1888: R. G. Shanklin
[4]
1889: Major Colless
[5]
1890: H.B. Raffety
[6]
1891: Mr. Valkenburg
[7]
1892: Mr. Hely
[8]
1893: Alderman Lawrence
[9]
1894: Mr. R. Robinson
[10]
1898,
[11] 1904: Mr. S. Mathers
[12]
1905, 1906,
[13] 1908:
[14] Mr. Rowland Robinson
[15]
1907: Mr. Mathers, proprietor of the Norman Chronicle
[16]
1909, 1910, 1911 : James Robert Butteris
[17]
[18]
[19]
References
^
a
b
"Agency ID 2380, Normanton Borough Council" .
Queensland State Archives . Retrieved 12 September 2013 .
^
a
b
"Agency ID 10947, Normanton Town Council" .
Queensland State Archives . Retrieved 12 September 2013 .
^
"Agency ID 557, Carpentaria Shire Council" .
Queensland State Archives . Retrieved 12 September 2013 .
^ (The Queensland [Brisbane] Sat 6 Oct 1888)
^ (Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald & General Advertiser [Qld.] Thu 14 Feb 1889, page 4)
^ Consolidated Index to Queensland Government Gazette 1859-1919 .
Queensland Family History Society . 2004.
ISBN
1-876613-79-3 .
^ (Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald & General Advertiser [Qld.] Mon 20 Apr 1891)
^ (Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald & General Advertiser [Qld.] Sat 30 Apr 1892)
^ (The Northern Miner [Charters Towers, Qld.] Sat 25 Feb 1893)
^ (The Northern Miner [Charters Towers, Qld.] Fri 2 Mar 1894)
^ (The Queenslander [Brisbane, Qld.] Sat 14 May 1898, page 919)
^ (The Northern Miner [Charters Towers, Qld.] Wed 10 Feb 1904)
^ (The Brisbane Courier [Qld.] Mon 1 Oct 1906)
^ (The Northern Miner [Charters Towers] Mon 27 Jan 1908)
^ (The Northern Miner [Charters Towers] 30 Jan 1905)
^ (The Northern Miner [Charters Towers] Sat 11 May 1907)
^ (The Northern Miner [Charters Towers] Wed 24 Feb 1909
^ (The Northern Miner [Charters Towers] Thu 27 Jan 1910)
^ The Cairns Post Monday 9 January 1911
External links
"Normanton" . Queensland Places . Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland.
Cities Towns Boroughs/Municipalities Shires Divisions Lists
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