City of Townsville
City of Townsville Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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Location within Queensland | |||||||||||||||
Population | 193,946 (2015)[1] (26th) | ||||||||||||||
β’ Density | 51.954/km2 (134.561/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Established | 1865 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 3,733 km2 (1,441.3 sq mi)[2] | ||||||||||||||
Mayor | Jenny Hill | ||||||||||||||
Council seat | Townsville City | ||||||||||||||
Region | North Queensland | ||||||||||||||
Federal Division(s) | Herbert, Dawson, Kennedy | ||||||||||||||
Website | City of Townsville | ||||||||||||||
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The City of Townsville is an Australian local government area (LGA) located in North Queensland, Australia. It encompasses the city of Townsville, together with the surrounding rural areas, to the south are the communities of Alligator Creek, Woodstock and Reid River, and to the north are Northern Beaches and Paluma, and also included is Magnetic Island. It currently has a population of 175,542 residents,[3][4] and is the 18th largest LGA in Australia.
History
Prior to 2008, the new City of Townsville was an entire area of two previous and distinct local government areas:
- the former City of Townsville;
- and the City of Thuringowa.
The City of Townsville was first established as the Borough of Townsville under the Municipal Institutions Act 1864 on 15 February 1866. The surrounding rural area, which was given the name Thuringowa Division, was established on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 divisions around Queensland under the Divisional Boards Act 1879. On 31 March 1903, Thuringowa Division became the Shire of Thuringowa and Townsville was granted city status under the Local Authorities Act 1902, the ancestor of the current Local Government Act 1993.
The borders of the Townsville municipality were expanded to keep pace with urban growth in 1882, 1918, 1936, 1958 and 1964 β the purpose of expanding the borders was to keep urban and rural administrations separate.[5] This state government convention changed under the Bjelke-Peterson government and the borders between the two local governments became static. By 1986 the Shire of Thuringowa had grown to a population of 27 000 and was declared a city.[5]
In 1939, Fred Paterson stood successfully as an alderman for the Townsville City Council, becoming the first member of the Communist Party to win such an office in Australia. He was then re-elected in 1943. The same year, he stood for the federal seat of Herbert, but was narrowly defeated. He then contested and won the Bowen seat in the Queensland Parliament, holding it from 1944 until 1950.
A succession of endorsed Australian Labor Party mayors and majority councillors held a continuous civic government from 1976β2008, this was the longest continuous Labor administration in the country until Tony Mooney was defeated in 2008.
Following local government reform undertaken by the State Government of Queensland, the City of Townsville and the City of Thuringowa were amalgamated in 2008.[6] The process of amalgamation was completed on the election of a new combined council on 15 March 2008.
Mayors
- 1866β1867: John Melton Black (first mayor)[7][8]
- 1868: William Alfred Ross[7][9]
- 1869: William Aplin[7]
- 1870: Frederick Coleman[7][9]
- 1871β1872: Patrick Hanran (total of 7 terms as mayor)[7][9]
- 1873: S. F. Walker[7]
- 1874: Joseph Fletcher[7][9]
- 1875: S. F. Walker[7]
- 1876: Henry Knapp (briefly)[9]
- 1876β1877: Patrick Hanran[7]
- 1878: E. A. Head[7]
- 1879: Patrick Hanran[7]
- 1880β1881: Thankful Percy Willmett (was mayor several times)[7][9]
- 1882: Patrick Hanran[7]
- 1883: W.V. Brown[7]
- 1883β1884: Thankful Percy Willmett[7]
- 1885: Eugene J. Forrest[9]
- 1885: Henry Barbenson Le Touzel Hubert[7][9]
- 1886: W.P. Walker[7]
- 1887β1888: Arthur Glennie Bundock[7][9][10]
- 1889: John Newport Parkes[7][9]
- 1890: William Clayton[7][9]
- 1891: Lionel Fairley[7][9]
- 1892: Patrick Hanran[7]
- 1892: C.F.A. Sparre[7]
- 1893: Patrick Hanran[7]
- 1894: Murdo Cameron[7][9]
- 1895: Eugene J. Forrest[7]
- 1896: Patrick Hanran[7]
- 1897: Michael McKiernan[7][9]
- 1898: A.E. McCreedy[7][9]
- 1899: Thomas Enright[7][9]
- 1900: A.E. McCreedy[7][9]
- 1901: Murdo Cameron[7][9]
- 1902: Thankful Percy Willmett[7]
- 1903: William Archer Ackers[7][9]
- 1904: Thomas Smyth [7]
- 1905: Murdo Cameron [7][9]
- 1906: J. Thompson [7]
- 1907: Peter Minehan [7][9]
- 1988: G. Murray [7]
- 1909: Thomas Smyth [9]
- 1910: Joseph Hodel[9][11]
- 1911: George Murray[9]
- 1912: John Henry Tyack[7][12]
- 1913: Robert Wilson McClelland[7]
- 1914β1915: William Henry Swales[7]
- 1916: Robert Wilson McClelland[7][9]
- 1917β1918: John Edward Clegg[7][9]
- 1919: Thomas George Melrose[7][9]
- 1920β1923: William Green[7][9]
- 1924β1926: Anthony Ogden[7][9]
- 1927β1932: William John Heatley[7][9]
- 1933β1952: John Stewart Mitchell Gill[7][9]
- 1952β1967: Angus J. Smith[7][9]
- 1967β1972: Harold Phillips[7][9]
- 1972β1976: Max Hooper[7]
- 1976β1980: Perc Tucker[7]
- 1980β1989: Mike Reynolds[7]
- 1989β2008: Tony Mooney[7]
- 2008β2012: Les Tyrell (previously mayor of the City of Thuringowa)[7][13]
- 2012β :Jenny Hill[14][15]
Other notable aldermen include:
- 1936β1949 (deputy mayor 1939β1944) Tom Aikens, Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Mundingburra and Townsville South[16]
Townsville City Council
Townsville City Council is the Local Government Authority that services the Local Government Area of Townsville. The council is represented by 10 councillors and the mayor, who have been elected by the whole city. The current mayor is Cr Jenny Hill,[15] who was formerly the deputy mayor of the pre-amalgamation City of Townsville in 2007 and early 2008.
The council provides many services to residents of the city of Townsville, including infrastructure, water, garbage, public works, and entertainment and leisure i.e. parks, theatres, events etc.
In 2006 the council had an operating expenditure of $201.3M and a capital works budget of $103.3M[17]
Civic cabinet
The current civic cabinet consists of one mayor, elected at large, and 10 councillors, elected from 10 individual divisions. At the last Queensland Local Government election, held on 19 March 2016, Jenny Hill from the centre-left Team Jenny Hill was elected mayor of Townsville, along with 10 other councillors from the same team.[18] No councillors were elected from the rival centre-right Jayne Arlett's team, nor were any independents, effectively creating an undivided council. Les Walker, from Team Jenny Hill, was elected as deputy mayor.[19]
Position | Person | Party |
Mayor of Townsville | Jenny Hill | Team Jenny Hill |
Division 1 Councillor | Margie Ryder | Team Jenny Hill |
Division 2 Councillor | Paul Jacob | Team Jenny Hill |
Division 3 Councillor | Ann-Maree Greaney | Team Jenny Hill |
Division 4 Councillor | Mark Molachino | Team Jenny Hill |
Division 5 Councillor | Russ Cook | Team Jenny Hill |
Division 6 Councillor | Verena Coombe | Team Jenny Hill |
Division 7 Councillor | Kurt Rehbein | Team Jenny Hill |
Division 8 Councillor | Maurie Soars | Team Jenny Hill |
Division 9 Councillor | Colleen Doyle | Team Jenny Hill |
Division 10 Councillor | Les Walker (Deputy Mayor) | Team Jenny Hill |
Towns and localities
Population
The populations given relate to the component entities prior to 2008. The 2011 census, was the first for the new City.
Year | Population (City total) |
Population (Townsville) |
Population (Thuringowa) |
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1911 | 15,731 | 10,636 | 5,095 |
1921 | 23,690 | 21,353 | 2,337 |
1933 | 29,300 | 25,876 | 3,424 |
1947 | 36,436 | 34,109 | 2,327 |
1954 | 43,098 | 40,471 | 2,627 |
1961 | 53,715 | 51,143 | 2,572 |
1966 | 65,303 | 62,403 | 2,900 |
1971 | 72,023 | 68,591 | 3,432 |
1976 | 91,279 | 80,365 | 10,914 |
1981 | 98,900 | 81,172 | 17,728 |
1986 | 112,917 | 82,809 | 30,108 |
1991 | 125,010 | 87,288 | 37,722 |
1996 | 131,371 | 87,052 | 44,319 |
2001 | 143,841 | 92,701 | 51,140 |
2006 | 158,647 | 99,483 | 59,164 |
2011 | 174,462 |
Sister cities
- Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea since 1983
- Shunan, Japan since 1990
- Iwaki City, Japan since August 1991
- Changshu, People's Republic of China since 1995
- Suwon, South Korea since 1996
- Foshan, People's Republic of China since 2006[20]
References
- β "3218.0 β Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2014β15". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- β http://www.ltc.townsville.qld.gov.au/stayinginformed/Pages/default.aspx%5B%5D
- β "Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2007β08: Population Estimates by Statistical District, 2001 to 2008". Australian Bureau of Statistics.
- β Australian Bureau of Statistics (23 April 2009). "Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2007β08". Retrieved 30 September 2009.
- 1 2 Townsville City Council Submission to the Local Government Reform Commission (Submission). Townsville: Townsville City Council. May 2007. p. 2. Retrieved 25 May 2007.
- β A Message from the Chairman, Cr Tony Mooney
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 "Mayors of Townsville" (PDF). Townsville City Council. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
- β "Chronological history of Townsville, 1770 to 1900". Townsville City Council. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 Mathew, John (2008), Highways and byways : the origin of Townsville street names (PDF) (Rev. ed.), Townsville Library Service, ISBN 0 9578987 54
- β "Local Government Elections.". The Western Star and Roma Advertiser. Toowoomba, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 15 February 1888. p. 3. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
- β Manion, Jim. "Hodel, Joseph (1850β1943)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre for Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- β Consolidated Index to Queensland Government Gazette 1859β1919. Queensland Family History Society. 2004. ISBN 1 876613 79 3.
- β "2008 Townsville City Council β Mayoral Election β Election Summary". Electoral Commission Queensland. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- β "2012 Townsville City Council β Mayoral Election β Election Summary". Electoral Commission Queensland. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- 1 2 "2016 Townsville City Council - Mayoral Election - Election Summary". Electoral Commission of Queensland. 20 April 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
- β "Aikens, Mr Thomas (Tom)". Re-Member Database. Queensland Parliament. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
- β http://www.townsville.qld.gov.au Townsville City Council web site β Budget 2006/07
- β "2016 Townsville City Council - Councillor Election - Election Summary". Electoral Commission of Queensland. 20 April 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
- β "Cr Les Walker - Deputy Mayor of Townsville". Townsville City Council. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
- β "Townsville City Council β Townsville's Sister Cities". Archived from the original on 3 January 2007. Retrieved 12 June 2007.
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