The Shire of Beaudesert was a

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located in South East

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, Australia, stretching from the

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border, along the Gold Coast

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to the urban fringes of the cities of

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and

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. The Shire covered an area of , and existed from 1879 until its abolition on 15 March 2008, following which it was split between

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and the new

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History

The Tabragalba Division was incorporated on 11 November 1879 under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879'' with a population of 869, centred on Beaudesert. On 18 January 1884, there was an adjustment of boundaries between subdivision No. 1 of Tabragalba Division and subdivision No.2 of the Coomera Division. With the passage of the ''Local Authorities Act 1902'', Tabragalba Division became Shire of Tabragalba on 31 March 1903, and on 8 August 1903 was renamed Shire of Beaudesert by an Order in Council. On 23 November 1912, a separate Town of Beaudesert was established to manage the town itself, but on 14 September 1929 it was merged back into the shire.

Amalgamations in 1948

On 9 December 1948, as part of a major reorganisation of local government in

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, an Order in Council replacing ten former local government areas between the

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and the

border with only four. The former ten were: * Beaudesert *

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* Coomera *

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* Tamborine *

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The four resulting local government areas were: * an enlarged Shire of Beaudesert, an amalgamation of Beaudesert and Tamborine with the western part of Waterford * the new

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: a merger of Beenleigh, Coomera, Nerang (except for the

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area), the southern part of Tingalpa and the eastern part of Waterford *

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, an amalgamation of the Towns of Southport and Coolangatta with the Burleigh Heads part of Nerang (which later became

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) * the new Redland Shire, an amalgamation of Cleveland and the northern part of Tingalpa (which later became

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) The Order came into effect on 10 June 1949, when the first elections were held. The enlarged Shire of Beaudesert was split into four divisions with a total of eight councillors—Division 2 with four, Division 4 with two and the others with one each. The chairman (later mayor) was to be chosen from amongst the councillors. The new council was formally established at elections on 31 May 1949 and a Special Meeting was held on 7 June. It had grown 40% in population and gained in the process.

Growing suburbs

On 8 June 1978, the Shire of Logan was created out of parts of Beaudesert and the

. The council lost of its area and 11,550 people to Logan. At the 1979 council elections, Beaudesert was resubdivided into eight divisions each electing one councillor.

2008 amalgamations

On 15 March 2008, under the ''Local Government (Reform Implementation) Act 2007'' passed by the

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on 10 August 2007, the Shire of Beaudesert was abolished and became one of only three Queensland councils, alongside

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and

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, to be split in two. The northern area, which while still largely rural was part of

's growth corridor, became part of

, while the southern rural section became part of the

alongside the

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. Beaudesert became the administrative centre for the Scenic Rim Region and the Beaudesert Shire Council building now houses the Scenic Rim Regional Council. There are 6 Councillors and a Mayor for an area of 4,238sq km and a regional population of 38,000.

Towns and localities

The Shire of Beaudesert included the following settlements: Northern Beaudesert section: * Allenview *

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* Cedar Creek¹ * Cedar Grove * Cedar Vale * Chambers Flat * Greenbank² *

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* Kagaru³ * Logan Reserve² *

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* Munruben * New Beith *

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* Park Ridge South *

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* Stockleigh * Tamborine³ * Undullah³ * Veresdale³ * Veresdale Scrub *

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* Yarrabilba ¹ - split with the

² - split with

³ - split with the

Southern Beaudesert section: * Beaudesert * Beechmont * Benobble * Biddaddaba * Birnam * Boyland * Bromelton *

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* Christmas Creek * Cryna * Gleneagle * Hillview * Innisplain * Josephville * Kerry *

Kooralbyn Kooralbyn is a rural locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Kooralbyn had a population of 1,697 people. Geography Kooralbyn is approximately south-west of Beaudesert, itself some south of Brisbane in South East ...

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* Laravale * Palen Creek *

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* Tabooba *

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* Tamrookum Creek *

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* Wonglepong

Population

# The estimated 1947 population of the post-1949 area was 8,968.

Chairmen and mayors

The chairmen and mayors of the Beaudesert Division and Shire of Beaudesert were: * 1915-1916 Tom Plunkett * 1927-1929: Joseph Hopkins * 1949–1957: James McDonald Sharp * 1957–1973: Euguene Tilley * 1973–1977: Andrew Drynan * 1977–1979: Eugene Tilley * 1979–1991: Alan Struss * 1991–1997: Michael Fraser * 1997–2000: Joy Drescher * 2000–2004: Ron Munn * 2004–2008: Joy Drescher The mayors of the Town of Beaudesert (1912—1929) were: * 1916: De Burgh Bannatyne Bentinck Persse * 1917: Stephen Mylett * 1918-29: Montagu Selwyn Smith

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shire Of Beaudesert Beaudesert 1879 establishments in Australia 2008 disestablishments in Australia Populated places disestablished in 2008