Shire of Clifton

Shire of Clifton Queensland
Location within Queensland
Population	2,549 (2006 census)[1]
• Density	2.9383/km2 (7.6102/sq mi)
Established	1879
Area	867.5 km2 (334.9 sq mi)
Council seat	Clifton
Region	Darling Downs
Website	www.clifton.qld.gov.au
LGAs around Shire of Clifton: Pittsworth Cambooya Cambooya Millmerran Shire of Clifton Gatton Warwick Warwick Warwick

The Shire of Clifton was a local government area in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia, southwest of the regional city of Toowoomba. The shire, administered from the town of Clifton, covered an area of 867.5 square kilometres (334.9 sq mi), and existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 2008, when it amalgamated with several other councils in the Toowoomba area to form the Toowoomba Region.

History

Map of Clifton Division and adjacent local government areas, March 1902. Legend: Toowoomba Municipality (4), Warwick Municipality (5), Drayton Shire (6), Middle Ridge Division (7), Gowrie Division (12), Normanby Division (13), Rosewood Division (14), Walloon Division (17)

The Clifton Division was incorporated on 11 November 1879 under the Divisional Boards Act 1879 with a population of 1382.^[2][3]

With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, the Clifton Division became the Shire of Clifton on 31 March 1903.^[3]

On 23 Jan 1915, part of the Shire of Clifton was amalgamated with the Town of Allora to create the new Shire of Allora. The Shire of Clifton continued with smaller boundaries.^{[4][5] [6]}

On 15 March 2008, under the Local Government (Reform Implementation) Act 2007 passed by the Parliament of Queensland on 10 August 2007, the Shire of Clifton merged with the City of Toowoomba and the Shires of Cambooya, Crows Nest, Jondaryan, Millmerran, Pittsworth and Shire of Rosalie to form the Toowoomba Region.^[3][7]

Towns and localities

• Clifton
• Kings Creek
• Nobby (split with Shire of Cambooya)
• Pilton

Population

Chairmen and mayors

The leaders of the Clifton Division and Clifton Shire were:^[8]

Clifton Divisional Board

• Charles Clarke (1880—1881)
• James Hanley (1881—1882)
• Thomas Grimes (1882—1883)
• William Deacon (1883—1885)
• George Clarke (1886—1888)
• William Deacon (1889—1890)
• James Hanley (1890—1891)
• John Logan (1891—1892)
• John Keleher (1892—1893)
• Andrew Gordon (1893—1894)
• James Hanley (1894—1895)
• Edward Harvey (1895—1896)
• John Logan (1896—1897)
• Edward Harvey (1897—1898)
• Maas Henry Hinz (1899—1900)
• James Bourke (1900—1901)
• Jeremiah Collins (1901—1902)
• John Keleher (1902—1903)

Clifton Shire Council

• Charles Young Gillam (1903—1904)
• Bernard McGovern (1904—1905)
• John Logan (1905—1906)
• Charles Young Gillam (1906—1907)
• John O'Sullivan (1907—1908)
• Edward Cooper (1908—1909)
• Phillip Henry Imhoff (1909—1910)
• John Logan (1910—1911)
• James Purcell (1911—1913)
• Henry Allen Smith (1913—1914)
• James Bourke (1914—1915)
• John Logan (1915—1916)
• John Gallagher (1916—1917)
• James Meara (1917—1921)
• Walter Robert Ross (1922—1923)
• James Meara (1924—1947)
• Heinrich Heinrichsen (1947—1949)
• Herbert Warfield (1949—1955)
• William Bourke (1955—1967)
• William Finlay (1967—1976)
• Virgil O'Leary (1976—1979)
• William Bishop (1979—1982)
• Emmett Lyons (1982—1991)
• Ian Jones (1991—1994)
• Reg Murphy (1994—1997)
• Patricia Collins (1997—2004)
• Ian Jones (2004—2008)

References

Coordinates: 27°55′53.6″S 151°54′30.7″E / 27.931556°S 151.908528°E / -27.931556; 151.908528