Local government area in Queensland, Australia
The City of Warwick was a
local government area administering the regional centre of
Warwick in the
Darling Downs region of
Queensland . The City covered an area of 25.1 square kilometres (9.7 sq mi), and existed as a local government entity from 1861 until 1994, when it was dissolved and amalgamated with
Shire of Allora ,
Shire of Rosenthal and
Shire of Glengallan to form the
Shire of Warwick .
History
The
Borough of Warwick came into being on 25 May 1861 under the Municipalities Act 1858 , a piece of New South Wales legislation inherited by Queensland at its separation two years earlier.
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With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902 , the Borough of Warwick became the
Town of Warwick .
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On 4 April 1936 it was proclaimed as the City of Warwick.
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On 19 March 1992, the
Electoral and Administrative Review Commission , created two years earlier, produced its report External Boundaries of Local Authorities , and recommended that local government boundaries in the Warwick area be rationalised into 3 new local government areas.
[5] That recommendation was not implemented, but the outcome was that the City of Warwick was merged with the Shires of
Allora ,
Glengallan and
Rosenthal to form a new
Shire of Warwick . The Local Government (Allora, Glengallan, Rosenthal and Warwick) Regulation 1994 was gazetted on 20 May 1994. On 25 June, an election was held for the new council, and on 1 July 1994, the City of Warwick was abolished.
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Mayors
1861-1862: James Jones Kingsford
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1863: Thomas McEvoy
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1864: William Marshall
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1865: S. W. Alfred
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1866: Thomas McEvoy
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1866-1867 James Morgan, father of
Arthur Morgan (mayor 1886-1889 and Premier of Queensland)
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1868: John Liddell Ross
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1869: Edmund L. Thornton
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1870 John Liddell Ross
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1871-1872: Samuel Evenden
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1873-1874: John Liddell Ross
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1875: Frederick Morgan
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1876: Frederick Hudson
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1876-1877:
Jacob Horwitz , Member of the
Queensland Legislative Assembly for
Warwick
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1878: John W. Quinn
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1879-1880: James M'Keachie
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1881-1884:
Thomas Alexander Johnson , Member of the Queensland Legislative Council and father of W.G. Johnson (mayor in 1912)
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1885: W.D. Wilson
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1886-1889:
Arthur Morgan , Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Warwick, Member of the
Queensland Legislative Council ,
Premier of Queensland
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1890:
John Archibald , also Member of the Queensland Legislative Council
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1891: John Healy, a council member for 33 years and father of
John Healy , Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Warwick
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1892:
Francis Grayson , also Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for
Cunningham
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1893: William Morgan
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1894: William Collins
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1895: Jeremiah Allman, father of John Allman (mayor in 1933)
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1896: Francis Grayson (2nd term)
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1897: John Archibald (2nd term)
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1898: Arthur Morgan (2nd term)
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1899: William Wallace
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1900-1901: William Morgan
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1902: Jeremiah Allman (2nd term)
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1903: C.B. Daveney
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1904: Francis Grayson (3rd term)
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1905: J.D. Connellan
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1906: J.S. Morgan
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1907: B.T. De Conlay
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1908-1909: R.J. Shilliday
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1910: Daniel Connolly
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1911: John Healy (2nd term)
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1912: W.G. Johnson, son of Thomas Alexander Johnson (MLC and mayor in 1881-1884)
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1913: John Allman
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1914: John Lamb
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1915: John Anderson
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1916: D.J. Hutchings
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1917-1918: John W. Gilham
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1919: A.P. Jutsum
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1920: R.E. Gillam
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1921-1923: John Anderson
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1924: Daniel Connolly
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1927: Daniel Connolly
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1933-1936: John Allman, son of Jeremiah Allman (mayor in 1895)
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1988: Stanley Richard Walsh
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Town clerks
1861: Edward Jones
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1861: C. F. Bell
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1861-1863 :John Oxenham
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1863-1865: George Kennedy
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1865-1868: J. M. Garrett
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1868-1903: F. B. Woods
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1903-1916: J. Spreadborough
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Population
Year
Population
1933
6,664
1947
7,129
1954
9,151
1961
9,843
1966
10,065
1971
9,303
1976
9,169
1981
8,853
1986
9,435
1991
10,393
1996
10,947
References
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Australian Bureau of Statistics (1993). 2730.3 Census counts for small areas : Queensland .
ISBN
0-642-17236-6 .
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"Agency ID 2505, Warwick Municipal Council" .
Queensland State Archives . Retrieved 3 February 2014 .
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"Agency ID 2507, Warwick Town Council" .
Queensland State Archives . Retrieved 3 February 2014 .
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"Agency ID 10419, Warwick City Council" .
Queensland State Archives . Retrieved 3 February 2014 .
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"External Boundaries of Local Authorities" (PDF) .
Electoral and Administrative Review Commission . Retrieved 3 February 2014 .
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"Agency ID 6067, Warwick Shire Council" .
Queensland State Archives . Retrieved 10 September 2013 .
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Warwick Examiner and Times (Qld. : 1867 - 1919) . Qld.: National Library of Australia. 13 February 1901. p. 3. Retrieved 1 October 2015 .
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"1847-- --1936" .
The Telegraph . Queensland, Australia. 22 June 1936. p. 20 (CITY FINAL LAST MINUTE NEWS). Retrieved 19 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
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"Local Government Elections" .
The Western Star and Roma Advertiser . Toowoomba, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 15 February 1888. p. 3. Retrieved 4 October 2013 .
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"WARWICK VETERAN" .
Daily Mail . No. 5018. Queensland, Australia. 20 December 1918. p. 2. Retrieved 19 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
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"WARWICK MUNICIPAL COUNCIL" .
Warwick Argus (Qld. : 1879 - 1901) . Qld.: National Library of Australia. 11 February 1896. p. 2. Retrieved 1 October 2015 .
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"SKETCH OF THE MAYOR'S LIFE" .
Warwick Examiner And Times . No. 4831. Queensland, Australia. 26 February 1916. p. 3. Retrieved 19 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
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Queensland and Queenslanders : incorporating 'Prominent Queenslanders' , Australian History Publishing Co, p. 80, retrieved 1 October 2015 — available
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Pugh's Almanac for 1927 . Retrieved 13 June 2014 .
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"Warwick Town Hall Centenary" . Monument Australia . Retrieved 1 October 2015 .
External links
Cities Towns Boroughs/Municipalities Shires Divisions Lists
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