Shire of Caboolture

The Shire of Caboolture was a local government area located in the Australian state of Queensland on the northern urban fringe of the capital, Brisbane, and south of the Sunshine Coast. The Shire covered an area of 1,224.4 square kilometres (472.7 sq mi), of which approximately one-quarter was urban, and existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 2008, when it amalgamated with the City of Redcliffe and Shire of Pine Rivers to form the Moreton Bay Region, which was renamed the City of Moreton Bay in July 2023.

Shire of Caboolture Queensland
Location within Queensland
Population	132,473 (2006 census)[1]
• Density	108.194/km2 (280.222/sq mi)
Established	1879
Abolished	2008
Area	1,224.4 km2 (472.7 sq mi)
Council seat	Caboolture
Region	South East Queensland
Website	Shire of Caboolture
LGAs around Shire of Caboolture: Caloundra Caloundra Pacific Ocean Kilcoy Shire of Caboolture Moreton Bay Esk Pine Rivers Pine Rivers

Caboolture Shire Council chambers

History

Map of Caboolture Division and adjacent local government areas, March 1902

Caboolture Division was created on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 divisions around Queensland under the Divisional Boards Act 1879.^[2][3][4] It was centred on Caboolture, which was at that time a small logging town, and initially covered all of Moreton Bay and much of the Sunshine Coast, but by 1890 had shrunk considerably with the separate incorporation of the Pine Division (21 January 1888),^[5] Redcliffe Division (5 April 1888) and Maroochy Division (5 July 1890).^[6]

Caboolture Division became the Shire of Caboolture on 31 March 1903 after the Local Authorities Act 1902 was enacted.^[3][7]

On 15 March 2008, under the Local Government (Reform Implementation) Act 2007 passed by the Parliament of Queensland on 10 August 2007, the Shire of Caboolture merged with the City of Redcliffe and the Shire of Pine Rivers to form the Moreton Bay Region,^[7] which was renamed City of Moreton Bay in July 2023.^[8]

Suburbs and towns

The Shire of Caboolture included the following suburbs:

Coastal Caboolture region: Beachmere Bellmere Burpengary Burpengary East Caboolture Caboolture South Deception Bay Donnybrook Elimbah Godwin Beach Meldale Moodlu Morayfield Narangba Ningi Sandstone Point Toorbul Upper Caboolture

Inland Caboolture region: Bellthorpe Booroobin Bracalba Campbells Pocket Cedarton Commissioners Flat D'Aguilar Delaneys Creek Moorina Mount Delaney Mount Mee Neurum Rocksberg Stanmore Stony Creek Wamuran Wamuran Basin Woodford

Bribie Island: Banksia Beach Bellara Bongaree Bribie Island NP Welsby White Patch Woorim

Population

Year	Population	% Annual growth
1933	5,316
1947	5,716
1954	7,101	3.15
1961	8,877	3.24
1966	10,149	2.71
1971	12,207	3.76
1976	19,404	9.71
1981	32,644	10.96
1986	47,494	7.79
1991	70,052	8.08
1996	98,859	7.13
2001	112,458	2.61
2006	132,473	3.33

Chairmen and mayors

• 1881: William Pettigrew^[9]
• 1927: Anders Anderson Fredin^[10]
• 1991-1994 Patricia Rhoda (Pat) Camilleri^[11]
• 2000-2008: Joy Leishman