The Shire of Inglewood was a

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on the Queensland-

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border in the

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region, about halfway between the towns of

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and

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. Administered from the town of

Inglewood Inglewood may refer to: Places Australia *Inglewood, Queensland * Shire of Inglewood, Queensland, a former local government area *Inglewood, South Australia *Inglewood, Victoria *Inglewood, Western Australia Canada * Inglewood, Ontario *Inglewoo ...

, it covered an area of , and existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 2008, when it amalgamated with the

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and the Town of Goondiwindi to form the

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History

The Inglewood Division was created on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 divisions around Queensland under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879'' with a population of 1378. Following a petition by residents, the Rosenthal Division was created on 18 April 1889 under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879'' from Subdivision No. 1 of the Inglewood Division. With the passage of the '' Local Authorities Act 1902'', Inglewood Division became the Shire of Inglewood on 31 March 1903. 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 Inglewood was merged with the

and the Town of Goondiwindi to form the

. Major industries in the Shire included

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, and wool growing.

Towns and localities

The Shire of Inglewood included the following settlements: Towns: *

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* Silver Spur *

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State forests: * Bringalily State Forest * Yelarbon State Forest Localities: * Beebo * Bonshaw * Brush Creek * Bybera * Coolmunda * Glenarbon * Greenup * Limevale *

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* Mosquito Creek * Oman Ama * Riverton * Smithlea * Terrica * Warroo * Watsons Crossing * Whetstone

Chairmen and mayors

* 1927: W. J. Tomkins * 2007-2007: Joan White (first female mayor)

Population

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Inglewood Shire Former local government areas of Queensland Darling Downs 1879 establishments in Australia 2008 disestablishments in Australia Populated places disestablished in 2008