The Shire of Tingalpa was a local government area in the south-eastern suburbs of

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, Australia. The shire, administered from

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, covered an area of , and existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 1949.

History

On 11 November 1879, the Tingalpa Division was created as one of 74 divisions within Queensland under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879'' with a population of 1,490. However, the residents of

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sought to be independent of the division and on 29 May 1885, Cleveland Division was separated from Tingalpa Division. With the passage of the ''Local Authorities Act 1902'', the Tingalpa Division became the Shire of Tingalpa on 31 March 1903. On 1 October 1925, the shire lost areas west of the

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to the new

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Amalgamations in 1948

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

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

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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, an amalgamation of Cleveland and the northern part of Tingalpa (which later became

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) * 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 * 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 Order came into effect on 10 June 1949, when the first elections were held.

Localities

* Carbrook * Daisy Hill *

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* Rochedale *

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* Victoria Point * Woodridge

Chairmen

* 1880: Mr Greaves * 1890: Hans Heinrich Heinemann * 1927: August Stern * Henry Heinemann (son of Hans Heinrich Heinemann)

References

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