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City of Warwick
Queensland
Location within QueenslandPopulation: 10,393(1991 census)[1] Established: 1861 Area: 25.1 km² (9.7 sq mi) Council Seat: Warwick Region: Darling Downs LGAs around City of Warwick: Allora Allora Glengallan Rosenthal City of Warwick Glengallan Rosenthal Glengallan Glengallan The City of Warwick was a Local Government Area administering the regional centre of Warwick in the Darling Downs region of Queensland. The City covered an area of 25.1 square kilometres (9.7 sq mi), and existed as a local government entity from 1861 until 1994, when it was dissolved and amalgamated with Shire of Allora, Shire of Rosenthal and Shire of Glengallan to form the Shire of Warwick.
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History
The Municipality of Warwick came into being on 25 May 1861 under the Municipalities Act 1858, a piece of New South Wales legislation inherited by Queensland at its separation two years earlier. With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, it became a Town, and on 4 April 1936 it was proclaimed as a City.
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 Warwick area be rationalised, and that the City be merged with the Shires of Allora, Glengallan and Rosenthal to form a new Shire of Warwick. The Local Government (Allora, Glengallan, Rosenthal and Warwick) Regulation 1994 was gazetted on 20 May 1994. On 25 June, an election was held for the new council, and on 1 July 1994, Warwick passed out of existence.
Population
Year Population 1933 6,664 1947 7,129 1954 9,151 1961 9,843 1966 10,065 1971 9,303 1976 9,169 1981 8,853 1986 9,435 1991 10,393 1996 10,947 References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (1993). 2730.3 Census counts for small areas : Queensland. ISBN 0642172366.
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Coordinates: 28°12′59.98″S 152°01′00.01″E / 28.2166611°S 152.0166694°E
Categories:- Populated places established in 1861
- 1861 establishments in Australia
- Former Local Government Areas of Queensland
- Warwick, Queensland
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