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This article is about the local government area. For the metropolitan area, see Townsville, Queensland. For the Townsville CBD suburb, see Townsville City, Queensland. For other uses, see Townsville (disambiguation).
City of Townsville
Queensland
Location within QueenslandPopulation: 185,768(2010)[1] Established: 1865 Area: 3733 km² (1,441.3 sq mi) [2] Mayor: Les Tyrell Council Seat: Townsville City Region: North Queensland 
LGAs around City of Townsville: Hinchinbrook Coral Sea Coral Sea Charters Towers City of Townsville Burdekin Charters Towers Charters Towers Burdekin The City of Townsville is an Australian Local Government Area (LGA) located in North Queensland, Australia. The LGA encompasses the city of Townsville, together with the surrounding rural areas, to the south are the communities of Alligator Creek, Woodstock and Reid River, and to the North are areas like the Northern Beaches and Paluma, and also included is Magnetic Island. It currently has a population of 175,542 residents,[3][4] and is the 18th largest LGA in Australia.
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History
Townsville's Town Hall 1895 with, from left to right, Aldermen T. Enright, E.J. Forrest, D.F. Treehy (Townclerk), P. Lillis (Rate Receiver), J. N. Parkes, B.P. McDougall (Accountant)
The City of Townsville was first established as a Municipality under the Municipal Institutions Act 1864 on 15 February 1866. The surrounding rural area, which was given the name Thuringowa, was established on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 divisions around Queensland under the Divisional Boards Act 1879. On 31 March 1903, Thuringowa became a shire and Townsville was granted City status under the Local Authorities Act 1902, the ancestor of the current Local Government Act 1993.
The borders of the Townsville municipality were expanded to keep pace with urban growth in 1882, 1918, 1936, 1958 and 1964 — the purpose of expanding the borders was to keep urban and rural administrations separate.[5] This state government convention changed under the Bjelke-Peterson government and the borders between the two local governments became static. By 1986 the Shire of Thuringowa had grown to a population of 27 000 and was declared a city.[5]
In 1939, Fred Paterson stood successfully as an alderman for the Townsville City Council, becoming the first member of the Communist Party to win such an office in Australia. He was then re-elected in 1943. The same year, he stood for the federal seat of Herbert, but was narrowly defeated. He then contested and won the Bowen seat in the Queensland Parliament, holding it from 1944 until 1950.
A succession of endorsed Australian Labor Party mayors and majority councillors held a continuous civic government from 1976–2008, this was the longest continuous Labor administration in the country until Tony Mooney was defeated in 2008.
Following local government reform undertaken by the State Government of Queensland, the City of Townsville and the City of Thuringowa were amalgamated in 2008.[6] The process of amalgamation was completed on the election of a new combined council on 15 March 2008.
Townsville City Council
Townsville City Council is the Local Government Authority that services the Local Government Area of Townsville. The council is represented by 12 councillors and the Mayor, who have been elected by the whole city. The current mayor is Cr Les Tyrell, who was formerly the mayor of the City of Thuringowa until the 2008 elections. The former Mayor of Townsville was Tony Mooney who had held the position since 1989 when he succeeded Mike Reynolds.
The council provides many services to residents of the city of Townsville, including infrastructure, water, garbage, public works, and entertainment and leisure i.e parks, theatres, events etc.
Currently the council has total operating expenditure of $201.3M and a capital works budget of $103.3M [7]
Towns and localities
Main article: List of Townsville suburbsPopulation
The populations given relate to the component entities prior to 2008. The next census, due in 2011, will be the first for the new City.
Year Population
(City total)Population
(Townsville)Population
(Thuringowa)1911 15,731 10,636 5,095 1921 23,690 21,353 2,337 1933 29,300 25,876 3,424 1947 36,436 34,109 2,327 1954 43,098 40,471 2,627 1961 53,715 51,143 2,572 1966 65,303 62,403 2,900 1971 72,023 68,591 3,432 1976 91,279 80,365 10,914 1981 98,900 81,172 17,728 1986 112,917 82,809 30,108 1991 125,010 87,288 37,722 1996 131,371 87,052 44,319 2001 143,841 92,701 51,140 2006 158,647 99,483 59,164 Civic Cabinet
The current Civic Cabinet consists of one mayor and 12 councillors.
- Mayor: Les Tyrell (Independent)
- Chief Executive Officer: Ray Burton [8]
Councillors (undivided council without divisions):
- Deanne Bell
- Sue Blom
- David Crisafulli (Deputy Mayor)(LNP Qld)
- Brian Hewett
- Ray Gartrell
- Jenny Hill
- Jenny Lane
- Dale Last
- Natalie Marr
- Vern Veitch
- Tony Parsons
- Trevor Roberts
Sister cities
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea since 1983
Shunan, Japan since 1990- Iwaki City, Japan since August, 1991
Changshu, People's Republic of China since 1995
Suwon, South Korea since 1996- Foshan, People's Republic of China since 2006[9]
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 March 2011). "Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2009–10". http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Products/3218.0~2009-10~Main+Features~Queensland?OpenDocument. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
- ^ http://www.ltc.townsville.qld.gov.au/stayinginformed/Pages/default.aspx
- ^ "Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2007-08: Population Estimates by Statistical District, 2001 to 2008". Australian Bureau of Statistics. http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/3218.02007-08?OpenDocument.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (23 April 2009). "Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2007–08". http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Products/3218.0~2007-08~Main+Features~Queensland?OpenDocument. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
- ^ a b (Submission) Townsville City Council Submission to the Local Government Reform Commission. Townsville: Townsville City Council. May 2007. p. 2. http://www.townsville.qld.gov.au/wwwdocs/yourcouncil/docs/TCC_Submission.pdf. Retrieved 2007-05-25.
- ^ A Message from the Chairman, Cr Tony Mooney
- ^ http://www.townsville.qld.gov.au Townsville City Council web site - Budget 2006/07
- ^ Council announces CEO
- ^ "Townsville City Council - Townsville's Sister Cities". Archived from the original on 2007-01-03. http://web.archive.org/web/20070103214825/http://www.townsville.qld.gov.au/about/sister_cities.asp. Retrieved 2007-06-12.
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