The Shire of Rosenthal was a local government area south and west of the regional centre of

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. The shire, administered from Rosenthal Heights, a Warwick suburb, covered an area of , and existed as a local government entity from 1886 until 1994, when it was dissolved and amalgamated with City of Warwick,

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and

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to form the

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History

The Inglewood Division was created on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 divisions around Queensland under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879'' with a population of 1378. Following a petition by residents, the Rosenthal Division was created on 18 April 1889 under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879'' from Subdivision No. 1 of Inglewood Division. With the passage of the ''Local Authorities Act 1902'', Rosenthal Division became the Shire of Rosenthal on 31 March 1903. Its offices were located at Willi Street, Rosenthal Heights. On 19 March 1992, the

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, created two years earlier, produced its report ''External Boundaries of Local Authorities'', and recommended that local government boundaries in the Warwick area be rationalised into 3 new local government areas. That recommendation was not implemented, but the outcome was that the Shire of Rosenthal was merged with the Shires of

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and Glengallan and the City of Warwick to form a new

. The ''Local Government (Allora, Glengallan, Rosenthal and Warwick) Regulation 1994'' was gazetted on 20 May 1994. On 25 June, an election was held for the new council, and on 1 July 1994, the Shire of Rosenthal was abolished.

Towns and localities

The Shire of Rosenthal included the following settlements: * Rosenthal Heights *

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* Dalveen * Greymare * Karara * Leslie *

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* Palgrave * Pratten * Rosehill *

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* Wheatvale

Chairmen

* 1927: J. A. Costello * 1959: J. A. Costello

Population

References

External links

Local Government (Allora, Glengallan, Rosenthal and Warwick) Regulation 1994
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rosenthal Shire Former local government areas of Queensland 1886 establishments in Australia 1994 disestablishments in Australia