City of Mackay

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City of Mackay
Queensland

Location within Queensland
Population: 85,399 (2006 census)[1]
Established: 1869
Area: 2897.5 km² (1118.7 sq mi)
Council Seat: Mackay
Region: North Queensland
Website: http://www.mackay.qld.gov.au/
LGAs around City of Mackay:
Bowen Whitsunday Pacific Ocean
Mirani City of Mackay Pacific Ocean
Nebo Sarina Pacific Ocean
Mackay City Council Building, Gordon Street, Mackay
Mackay City Council Building, Gordon Street, Mackay
This article is about a former local government area. For the urban locality of Mackay, see Mackay, Queensland.
For the new local government area, see Mackay Regional Council.

The City of Mackay was a Local Government Area located in the North Queensland region of Queensland, Australia, encompassing the regional city of Mackay and the surrounding region. The City was created as a municipal borough in 1869, and prior to amalgamation with the Shire of Pioneer in 1994, the City was limited to the central suburbs on the south shore of the Pioneer River. From 1994 until 2008, the City covered an area of 2,897.5 square kilometres (1,118.7 sq mi). In 2008, it amalgamated with the Shires of Mirani and Sarina to become the Mackay Regional Council.

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[edit] History

The Mackay Municipality was proclaimed on 22 September 1869 under the Municipal Institutions Act 1864'. The Pioneer Division was established on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 founding divisions under the Divisional Boards Act 1879. With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, Pioneer became a shire and Mackay a town on 31 March 1903.

On 21 November 1991, the Electoral and Administrative Review Commission, created two years earlier, produced its second report, and recommended that local government boundaries in the Mackay area be rationalised. The Local Government (Mackay and Pioneer) Regulation 1993 was gazetted on 17 December 1993, and on 30 March 1994, the two amalgamated into a larger City of Mackay, which first met on 8 April 1994.

On 15 March 2008, under the Local Government (Reform Implementation) Act 2007 passed by the Parliament of Queensland on 10 August 2007, the City of Mackay merged with the Shires of Mirani and Sarina to form the Mackay Regional Council.

[edit] Towns and Localities

Prior to 1994, Mackay consisted of the suburbs of Mackay, West Mackay, South Mackay and East Mackay—all other suburbs of Mackay were in the Shire of Pioneer's area. After the amalgamation, it consisted of the following areas:

Suburbs:

  • Mackay:
    • East Mackay
    • West Mackay
    • South Mackay
  • Andergrove
  • Beaconsfield
  • Blacks Beach
  • Bucasia
  • Cremorne
  • Dolphin Heads
  • Eimeo
  • Erakala
  • Foulden
  • Glenella
  • Mackay Harbour
  • Mount Pleasant
  • Nindaroo
  • North Mackay
  • Ooralea
  • Paget
  • Racecourse
  • Richmond
  • Rural View
  • Shoal Point
  • Slade Point

Towns:

National Parks:

Other localities:

  • Alexandra
  • Balberra
  • Balnagowan
  • Belmunda
  • Bloomsbury
  • Chelona
  • Dumbleton
  • Dunnrock
  • Greenmount
  • Habana
  • Homebush
  • Mentmore
  • Mount Charlton
  • Mount Pelion
  • Munbura
  • North Eton
  • Palmyra
  • Pleystowe
  • Rosella
  • Sandiford
  • Sunnyside
  • Te Kowai
  • The Leap
  • Victoria Plains
  • Yalboroo

[edit] Transport

[edit] Sister cities

[edit] Population

Year Population
(Mackay)		 Population
(Pioneer)		 Population
(Total)
1933 10,665 9,926 20591
1947 13,486 11,606 25092
1954 14,762 14,316 29,078
1961 16,809 15,741 32,550
1966 18,640 19,900 38,540
1971 19,148 22,561 41,709
1976 20,224 26,938 47,162
1981 20,664 33,732 54,396
1986 22,199 36,084 58,283
1991 23,052 40,614 63,666
1996 71,894
2001 75,020
2006 20,803[2] 85,399

[edit] References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). Mackay (C) (Local Government Area). 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2008-03-18.
  2. ^ Combined population of the four suburbs making up the old area.
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