The Shire of Nerang was a

local government area A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a federated state, state, province, division (politica ...

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, Australia. The shire existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 1949.

History

On 11 November 1879, the Nerang Division was created as one of 74 divisions within Queensland under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879'' with a population of 652. On 6 July 1883, Southport Division was formed from part of subdivision No. 1 of Nerang Division and part of subdivision No. 1 of Coomera Division. With the passage of the ''Local Authorities Act 1902'', the Nerang Division became the Shire of Nerang on 31 March 1903. On 12 June 1914, part of Nerang Shire was separated to enable the establishment of the

Town of Coolangatta The Town of Coolangatta was a local government area in South East Queensland, Australia, centred on Coolangatta. It existed from 1914 to 1949. History On 11 November 1879, the Nerang Division was created as one of 74 divisions within Queensl ...

. In 1927 the council met in their offices at

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Amalgamations in 1948

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

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

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and the

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

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* Nerang *

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* Tamborine *

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The four resulting local government areas were: * 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 *

Town of South Coast The Town of South Coast was a local government area in South East Queensland, Australia. History On 11 November 1879, the Nerang Division and Coomera Division were created as two of 74 divisions within Queensland under the ''Divisional Boards ...

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

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) * an enlarged Shire of Beaudesert, an amalgamation of Beaudesert and Tamborine with the western part of Waterford * 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.

Chairmen

* 1880-1881: Walter John Browne *1881-1884: Robert Hope *1914 - 1917: William Stephens * 1917— March 1928: Walter James Brake (died in office) *April 1928 - 1948 (died in office): William Godfrey Holden (Goff) Rudd *1948 - 1949: Eric John Gaven, last chairman of Nerang Shire Council and first chairman of

Albert Shire Council The Shire of Albert was a local government area in Queensland, located south of the capital, Brisbane, and taking in areas to the north and west of the Gold Coast. It was named after the Prince Consort of the United Kingdom, and husband of Quee ...

William Stephens, a

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and a

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and mayor of the

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, was a long-term councillor at Nerang, first serving in 1882 and serving for a total of 36 years.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nerang Shire Former local government areas of Queensland 1879 establishments in Australia 1949 disestablishments in Australia

History

Amalgamations in 1948

Chairmen

References

Further reading

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