Former local government area in Queensland, Australia
The Shire of Beenleigh is a former
local government area in the south-east of
Queensland, Australia, centred on the town of
Beenleigh. It existed from 1879 to 1949.
History
On 11 November 1879, the
Beenleigh Division was created as one of 74 divisions within Queensland under the Divisional Boards Act 1879 with a population of 1578.[1][2]
With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, it became a Shire on 31 March 1903.[2][3]
Amalgamations in 1948
On 9 December 1948, as part of a major reorganisation of local government in
South East Queensland, an Order in Council replaced ten former local government areas between the
City of Brisbane and the
New South Wales border with only four.[4][5] The former ten were:
the new
Shire of Albert, a merger of Beenleigh, Coomera, Nerang (except for the
Burleigh Heads area), the southern part of Tingalpa and the eastern part of Waterford[6]
an enlarged Shire of Beaudesert, an amalgamation of Beaudesert and Tamborine with the western part of Waterford
Town of South Coast, an amalgamation of the Towns of Southport and Coolangatta with the Burleigh Heads part of Nerang (which later became the
City of Gold Coast)
the new
Redland Shire, an amalgamation of Cleveland and the northern part of Tingalpa (which later became
Redland City)
The Order came into effect on 10 June 1949, when the first elections were held.