The Shire of Enoggera is a former

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, Australia, located in north-western

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History

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was one of the original divisions created on 11 November 1879 under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879''. It comprised 3 subdivisions. By 1886, the residents of subdivision 1 were petitioning to separate and become the

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, resulting in the establishment of the Shire of Windsor on 11 February 1887. Meanwhile, the residents of subdivision 2 were petitioning to separate and become the

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, resulting in the creation of the

on 18 August 1887. The now much-depleted

then requested to be renamed the

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and this occurred on 28 March 1888. The ''Local Authorities Act 1902'' replaced divisions with shires and towns. As a result, on 31 March 1903, the Enoggera Division became the Shire of Enoggera. On 1 October 1925, the shire was amalgamated into the

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Chairmen

The chairmen of the division and shire were: * 1880–1882: John Lloyd Bale * 1883–1885: John Guthrie * 1886–1887: Jesse Paten * 1888: William McCallum Park * 1889–1890: John Scott Mullin * 1891: William Peter Gordon * 1892: Edward Joseph Corbett of

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* 1893: Jesse Paten * 1894–95: Charles Henry Chamberlain * 1896–98: James Fred Cole * 1899: Thomas Marshall senior * 1900: James Fred Cole, then Jesse Paten * 1901: John Francis Bergin * 1902: John Tate * 1903: David Lanham, later Thomas Robinson * 1904: David Lanham * 1905: James Fred Cole * 1906: Alfred Pickering * 1907: David Lanham * 1908: John Tate * 1909 Mr Marshall junior * 1910: John Francis Bergin * 1911: William Harwood Ashton * 1912: George Oakden * 1913: John Francis Bergin * 1914: James Fred Cole * 1915: Alfred Pickering * 1916: Henry Willmington * 1917: Henry Hilder * 1918: Walter Woodcock * 1919: James Fred Cole * 1920–24: Thomas Pratt

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Enoggera Shire Former local government areas of Queensland Enoggera, Queensland 1879 establishments in Australia 1925 disestablishments in Australia