The Shire of Coomera was a

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

History

On 11 November 1879, the Coomera Division was created as one of 74 divisions within Queensland under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879'' with a population of 642. 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. 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'', the Coomera Division became the Shire of Coomera on 31 March 1903.

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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* Coomera *

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* Tamborine * Tingalpa *

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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 Burleigh Heads area), the southern part of Tingalpa and the eastern part of Waterford * an enlarged Shire of Beaudesert, an amalgamation of Beaudesert and Tamborine with the western 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.

Chairmen

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