Central Highlands Region

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Central Highlands Regional Council
Queensland

Location within Queensland

Population

31,078 (2010)^[1]

• Density

0.578982/km² (1.49956/sq mi)

Established

2008

Area

53,677 km² (20,724.8 sq mi)

Website

www.centralhighlands.qld.gov.au

LGAs around Central Highlands Regional Council:
Isaac	Rockhampton	Rockhampton
Barcaldine	Central Highlands Regional Council	Banana
Blackall-Tambo / Murweh	Maranoa	Western Downs

Central Highlands Regional Council is a local government area in Queensland, Australia. It was created in March 2008 as a result of the report of the Local Government Reform Commission released in July 2007. The new Council, located in Central Queensland, contains the entire areas of four previous local government areas;

Legislation introduced into the Queensland Parliament gave the name of the new council as Central Highlands Regional Council.^[2] The report recommended that the new local government area should not be divided into wards and elect eight councillors and a mayor. The Central Highlands Regional Council has an area of 53,677 square kilometres (20,725 sq mi), contains an estimated resident population in 2006 of 26,824 and has an estimated operating budget of A$66 m.

The Regional Council covers the towns of Blackwater, Bluff, Capella, Dingo, Duaringa, Emerald, Rolleston, Springsure and Tieri as well as the villages/communities of Anakie, Bogantungan, Bauhinia, Comet, Fernlees, Gindie, Orion, Rubyvale, Sapphire, The Willows, Withersfield and Yamala.

References

↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 March 2011). "Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2009–10". Retrieved 11 June 2011.
↑ "Local Government Reform Bill" (PDF). State of Queensland. 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-09.

External links

v t e Towns in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland

Anakie Bauhinia Blackwater Bluff Bogantungan Capella Comet Dingo Duaringa Emerald Fernlees Gindee Rolleston Rubyvale Sapphire Springsure The Willows Tieri Withersfield Yamala

Main Article: Local government areas of Queensland

v t e 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 Douglas Hinchinbrook Mackay Mareeba Palm Island Townsville

Far North	Aurukun Cairns Cassowary Coast Cook 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

Coordinates: 23°31′20″S 148°09′42″E / 23.52222°S 148.16167°E / -23.52222; 148.16167

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