City of Mackay

This article is about a former local government area. For the urban locality of Mackay, see Mackay, Queensland.

For the new local government area, see Mackay Regional Council.

City of Mackay Queensland
Location within Queensland
Population:	85,399(2006 census)[1]
Established:	1869
Area:	2897.5 km² (1,118.7 sq mi)
Council Seat:	Mackay
Region:	Central Queensland
Website: http://www.mackay.qld.gov.au/
LGAs around City of Mackay: Bowen Whitsunday Pacific Ocean Mirani City of Mackay Pacific Ocean Nebo Sarina Pacific Ocean

Mackay City Council Building, Gordon Street, Mackay

The City of Mackay was a Local Government Area located in the Central Queensland region of Queensland, Australia, encompassing the regional city of Mackay and the surrounding region. The City was created as a municipal borough in 1869, and prior to amalgamation with the Shire of Pioneer in 1994, the City was limited to the central suburbs on the south shore of the Pioneer River. From 1994 until 2008, the City covered an area of 2,897.5 square kilometres (1,118.7 sq mi). In 2008, it amalgamated with the Shires of Mirani and Sarina to become the Mackay Regional Council.

History

The Mackay Municipality was proclaimed on 22 September 1869 under the Municipal Institutions Act 1864. The Pioneer Division was established on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 founding divisions under the Divisional Boards Act 1879. With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, Pioneer became a shire and Mackay a town on 31 March 1903. The latter received City status on 17 August 1918.

On 21 November 1991, the Electoral and Administrative Review Commission, created two years earlier, produced its second report, and recommended that local government boundaries in the Mackay area be rationalised. The Local Government (Mackay and Pioneer) Regulation 1993 was gazetted on 17 December 1993, and on 30 March 1994, the two amalgamated into a larger City of Mackay, which first met on 8 April 1994.

On 15 March 2008, under the Local Government (Reform Implementation) Act 2007 passed by the Parliament of Queensland on 10 August 2007, the City of Mackay merged with the Shires of Mirani and Sarina to form the Mackay Regional Council.

Towns and Localities

Prior to 1994, Mackay consisted of the suburbs of Mackay, West Mackay, South Mackay and East Mackay—all other suburbs of Mackay were in the Shire of Pioneer's area. After the amalgamation, it consisted of the following areas:

Suburbs: Mackay: East Mackay West Mackay South Mackay Andergrove Beaconsfield Blacks Beach Bucasia Cremorne Dolphin Heads Eimeo Erakala Foulden Glenella Mackay Harbour Mount Pleasant Nindaroo North Mackay Ooralea Paget Racecourse Richmond Rural View Shoal Point Slade Point

Towns: Bakers Creek Ball Bay Brampton Island Calen Farleigh Halliday Bay Hampden Kuttabul Laguna Quays Lindeman Island McEwens Beach Midge Point Mount Ossa Oakenden Pindi Pindi Seaforth St Helens Beach Walkerston National Parks: Cape Hillsborough NP Eungella NP Mount Jukes NP Mount Martin NP Mount Ossa NP Pioneer Peaks NP Reliance Creek NP

Other localities: Alexandra Balberra Balnagowan Belmunda Bloomsbury Chelona Dumbleton Dunnrock Greenmount Habana Homebush Mentmore Mount Charlton Mount Pelion Munbura Palmyra Pleystowe Rosella Sandiford Sunnyside Te Kowai The Leap Victoria Plains Yalboroo

Transport

• Mackay Airport
• North Coast railway line, Mackay Station
• Bruce Highway

Sister cities

• Matsuura, Japan (Nagasaki Prefecture)

Population

Year	Population (Mackay)	Population (Pioneer)	Population (Total)
1933	10,665	9,926	20591
1947	13,486	11,606	25092
1954	14,762	14,316	29,078
1961	16,809	15,741	32,550
1966	18,640	19,900	38,540
1971	19,148	22,561	41,709
1976	20,224	26,938	47,162
1981	20,664	33,732	54,396
1986	22,199	36,084	58,283
1991	23,052	40,614	63,666
1996			71,894
2001			75,020
2006	20,803[2]		85,399

References

1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Mackay (C) (Local Government Area)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=LGA34760&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2008-03-18. 
2. ^ Combined population of the four suburbs making up the old area.

Coordinates: 21°08′28.31″S 149°11′08.26″E / 21.1411972°S 149.1856278°E / -21.1411972; 149.1856278