The Bundaberg Region is a

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in the

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region of

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, Australia, about north of

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Bundaberg Bundaberg () is the major regional city in the Wide Bay-Burnett region of the state of Queensland, Australia. It is the List of cities in Australia by population, ninth largest city in the state. The Bundaberg central business district is situa ...

, and also contains a significant rural area surrounding the city. It was created in 2008 from a merger of the City of Bundaberg with the Shires of Burnett,

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and Kolan. The Bundaberg Regional Council, which administers the Region, has an estimated operating budget of A$89 million. In the , the Bundaberg Region had a population of 99,215 people.

History

Prior to the 2008 amalgamation, the Bundaberg Region existed as four distinct local government areas: * the City of Bundaberg; * the Shire of Burnett; * the Shire of Isis; * and the Shire of Kolan. Local government in the Bundaberg area began on 11 November 1879 with the creation of 74 divisions around Queensland under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879''. These included the Barolin, Burrum and Kolan divisions. The first eight years saw several areas break away and become self-governing due to increases in local population. The first was Bundaberg itself, which with an area of and a population of 1,192, split from Barolin on 22 April 1881 to form the Municipality of Bundaberg under the ''Local Government Act 1878''. Areas to the south ( Woongarra) and north ( Gooburrum) of the

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split from Kolan on 31 December 1885, and Barolin on 30 January 1886 respectively, while on 1 January 1887, the Isis Division further to the south split away from Burrum. Thus by 1887, the Municipality of Bundaberg and the Barolin, Gooburrum, Isis, Kolan and Woongarra Divisions covered the entire territory of what is now the Bundaberg Region. On 31 March 1903, after the passage of the ''Local Authorities Act 1902'', the Municipality became a Town while the Divisions became Shires. On 22 November 1913, Bundaberg was proclaimed a City. On 21 December 1917, the Shire of Barolin was abolished and its area split between the City of Bundaberg and the

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. Bundaberg grew to and was united with what was then its entire suburban extent. 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 Bundaberg area be rationalised. The ''Local Government (Bundaberg and Burnett) Regulation 1993'' was gazetted on 17 December 1993, and on 30 March 1994, the Shires of Gooburrum and Woongarra were abolished, with most transferred into a new Shire of Burnett. A portion of Woongarra was transferred to the City, more than doubling its area and increasing its population by 8,200 in 1991 census terms. On 15 March 2008, under the ''Local Government (Reform Implementation) Act 2007'' passed by the

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on 10 August 2007, the City of Bundaberg merged with the Shires of Burnett,

and Kolan to form the Bundaberg Region.

Divisions and councillors

Although the Commission recommended the council be undivided with ten councillors and a mayor, the gazetted form was that of 10 divisions each electing a single councillor, plus a mayor representing the whole region. Those elected at the 2024 local government election were: * Mayor: Helen Blackburn * Division 1 Councillor: Jason Bartels * Division 2 Councillor: Bill Trevor OAM * Division 3 Councillor: Deb Keslake * Division 4 Councillor: Tracey McPhee * Division 5 Councillor: Larine Statham-Blair * Division 6 Councillor: Carmen McEneany * Division 7 Councillor: Gary Kirk * Division 8 Councillor: Steve Cooper * Division 9 Councillor: May Mitchell * Division 10 Councillor: John Learmonth

Mayors

Suburbs

The Bundaberg Region includes the following settlements: Inner

area: * Ashfield * Avenell Heights * Avoca * Branyan * Bundaberg Central * Bundaberg East * Bundaberg North *

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* Bundaberg West *

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* Norville * Svensson Heights * Thabeban * Walkervale Outer

-Burnett area: * Burnett Heads * Mon Repos * Bargara * Coral Cove * Elliott Heads * Innes Park * Kalkie * Qunaba * Rubyanna *

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Kolan area: * Gin Gin * Bullyard * Bungadoo * Dalysford * Delan *

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* Horse Camp * Kalpowar * Maroondan * McIlwraith * Moolboolaman * Morganville * Tirroan * Wallaville North and West Burnett area: * Abbotsford * Avondale * Bucca * Fairymead * Gooburrum * Littabella * Meadowvale * Miara * Moore Park *

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* Oakwood * Rosedale¹ *

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* South Kolan * Watalgan * Waterloo * Welcome Creek * Winfield * Yandaran Isis area: * Childers * Apple Tree Creek * Booyal *

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* Cordalba * Doolbi * Farnsfield * Goodwood * Horton * Isis Central * Kullogum * North Isis * Redridge * South Isis * Woodgate Other Burnett area: *

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* Calavos * Coonarr *

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* Elliott * Givelda * Kinkuna * Pine Creek * Port of Bundaberg * South Bingera * Woongarra ¹ – split with Gladstone Region

Demographics

The populations given relate to the component entities prior to 2008. * The population of the 1996 area of Bundaberg in 1991 was 41,219.

Libraries

The Bundaberg Regional Council operate public libraries in Bundaberg Central, Childers, Gin Gin, and Woodgate Beach.

References

External links

*
ECQ map of divisions
{{Authority control Bundaberg Local government areas of Queensland 2008 establishments in Australia