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Local government area of Queensland, Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Shire of Cleveland is a former local government area in the south-east of Queensland, Australia, centred on the town of Cleveland beside Moreton Bay.
On 11 November 1879, the Tingalpa Division was created as one of 74 divisions within Queensland under the Divisional Boards Act 1879.[1] However, the residents of Cleveland sought to be independent of the division[2] and on 29 May 1885, Cleveland Division was proclaimed as being separated from Tingalpa Division.[3][4][5][6]
With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, Cleveland Division became the Shire of Cleveland on 31 March 1903.[6][7]
On 9 December 1948, as part of a major reorganisation of local government in South East Queensland, an Order in Council replacing ten former local government areas between the City of Brisbane and the New South Wales border with only four.[8][9] The former ten were:
The four resulting local government areas were:
The Order came into effect on 10 June 1949, when the first elections were held.
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