Maranoa Region is a local government area in

South West Queensland South West Queensland is a remote region in the Australian state of Queensland which covers . The region lies to the south of Central West Queensland and west of the Darling Downs and includes the Maranoa district and parts of the Channel Countr ...

, Australia. The town of

Roma Roma or ROMA may refer to: Places Australia * Roma, Queensland, a town ** Roma Airport ** Roma Courthouse ** Electoral district of Roma, defunct ** Town of Roma, defunct town, now part of the Maranoa Regional Council * Roma Street, Brisbane, a ...

is the administrative headquarters of the region.

History

The

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region of

includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Maranoa Region particularly the towns of Mitchell, Amby,

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and

Mungallala Mungallala is a rural town and locality in the Maranoa Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Mungallala had a population of 136 people. Geography The town is in South West Queensland, west of the state capital Brisbane and ...

and the properties of Forest Vale and North Yanco. '' Gungabula'' (also known as ''Kongabula'' and ''Khungabula'') is an

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of the headwaters of the Dawson River in Central Queensland. The language region includes areas within the local government area of Maranoa Region, particularly the towns of Charleville, Augathella and Blackall and as well as the Carnarvon Range. On 17 May 1927, 57 allotments of Mount Abundance land, south-west of Roma, were advertised for lease by the

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. Each lease carried a condition that a certain area had to be cultivated with wheat within a specified period. A map advertised the offer which ran from the 17 to 31 May 1927. In July 2007, the Local Government Reform Commission released a report recommending a number of amalgamations of local government areas in Queensland. As a result, under the ''Local Government (Reform Implementation) Act 2007'', on 15 March 2008, the new local government area of Roma Region was created, as an amalgamation of five previous local government areas: * the Town of Roma; * the

Shire of Bendemere The Shire of Bendemere was a local government area in the Maranoa region of Queensland, Australia, and existed from 1911 until 2008 when it amalgamated into Maranoa Region. The Shire, administered from the town of Yuleba, covered an area of , ...

; * the Shire of Booringa; * the

Shire of Bungil The Shire of Bungil was a local government area in the Maranoa region of Queensland, Australia. It existed from 1880 to 2008. The shire surrounded the town of Roma, which had its own local government. Roma was also the location of the administ ...

; * and the Shire of Warroo. The report recommended that its people elect eight councillors and a

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and it should not be divided into wards. The Maranoa Region covers an area of , and had a population in June 2018 of 12,791, and has an operating budget of A$44.2m per annum. On 26 July 2009, Roma Region was renamed Maranoa Region.

Towns and localities

The Maranoa Region includes the following settlements: Roma area: *

(town) Bendemere area: *

Yuleba Yuleba ( ) is a rural town and locality in the Maranoa Region, in the south-west of Queensland, Australia. In the , Yuleba had a population of 207 people. Geography Yuleba is located 327 kilometres (203 mi) east of Charleville, 61 kilometr ...

(town) * Jackson (locality) *

Wallumbilla Wallumbilla is a rural town and locality in the Maranoa Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Wallumbilla had a population of 388 people, with 191 people living in the town itself. Geography Wallumbilla is situated on the ...

(town) * Wallumbilla North (locality) * Wallumbilla South (locality) Booringa area: * Mitchell (town) * Amby (locality) *

(locality) Bungil area: * Eumamurrin * Euthulla * Injune (town) * Muckadilla (locality) * Mount Abundance (locality) *

Tingun Tingun is a rural locality in the Maranoa Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Tingun had a population of 157 people. Geography The Western railway line forms the northern boundary of the locality. Road infrastructure The Warrego Highway ...

Warroo area: *

(locality) * Noorindoo *

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(town)

Amenities

Maranoa Regional Council operates public libraries at Injune, Jackson, Mitchell,

, and

Mayors

* 2008 - 2016: Robert ("Scruff") Loughnan (former mayor of

Bungil Shire Council The Shire of Bungil was a local government area in the Maranoa region of Queensland, Australia. It existed from 1880 to 2008. The shire surrounded the town of Roma, which had its own local government. Roma was also the location of the administ ...

) * 2016–present: Tyson Duthie Golder

References

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