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. The shire, administered from the town of Clifton, covered an area of , 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

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History

The Clifton Division was incorporated on 11 November 1879 under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879'' with a population of 1382. With the passage of the ''Local Authorities Act 1902'', the Clifton Division became the Shire of Clifton on 31 March 1903. On 23 January 1915, part of the Shire of Clifton was amalgamated with the

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. The Shire of Clifton continued with smaller boundaries. 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

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and the Shires of Cambooya, Crows Nest, Jondaryan, Millmerran,

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and Shire of Rosalie to form the

Towns and localities

The Shire of Clifton includes the following settlements: * Clifton * Kings Creek *

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¹ * Pilton ¹ - split with the former Shire of Cambooya

Population

Chairmen and mayors

The leaders of the Clifton Division and Clifton Shire were:

Clifton Divisional Board

* Charles Clarke (1880—1881) * James Hanly (1881—1882) * Thomas Grimes (1882—1883) * William Deacon (1883—1885) * George Clarke (1886—1888) * William Deacon (1889—1890) * James Hanly (1890—1891) * John Logan (1891—1892) * John Keleher (1892—1893) * Andrew Gordon (1893—1894) * James Hanly (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) *

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(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

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Clifton Shire Former local government areas of Queensland Darling Downs Toowoomba 1879 establishments in Australia 2008 disestablishments in Australia Populated places disestablished in 2008