Shire of Burnett

The Shire of Burnett was a local government area located in the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland, Australia. It surrounded, but did not include, the regional city of Bundaberg, and covered an area of 2,000.8 square kilometres (772.5 sq mi). It existed as a local government entity from its creation through the amalgamation of the Shire of Gooburrum and the Shire of Woongarra in 1994 until 2008, when it amalgamated with the City of Bundaberg and other councils in the region to form the Bundaberg Region.

Shire of Burnett Queensland
Location within Queensland
Population	27,232 (2006 census)[1]
• Density	13.6106/km2 (35.2512/sq mi)
Established	1994
Area	2,000.8 km2 (772.5 sq mi)
Council seat	Bargara (160 Hughes Rd)
Region	Wide Bay–Burnett
Website	Shire of Burnett
LGAs around Shire of Burnett: Kolan Miriam Vale Coral Sea Kolan Shire of Burnett Coral Sea Isis Isis Hervey Bay

History

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 Bundaberg area be rationalised. The Local Government (Bundaberg and Burnett) Regulation 1993 was gazetted on 17 December 1993, in effect amalgamating the Shires of Gooburrum and Woongarra, and transferring a newer urban area to the City of Bundaberg. On 30 March 1994, the Shire of Burnett came into being.

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 Burnett merged with the City of Bundaberg and the Shires of Isis and Kolan to form the Bundaberg Region.^[2]

Population

Year	Population (total)	Population (Gooburrum)	Population (Woongarra)
1921	5,435	2,922	2,513
1933	7,202	3,915	3,287
1947	7,170	3,825	3,345
1954	7,835	4,131	3,704
1961	8,521	4,372	4,149
1966	9,710	4,776	4,934
1971	9,669	4,519	5,150
1976	14,018	5,227	8,791
1981	15,126	5,261	9,865
1986	17,832	5,917	11,915
1991	23,608*	7,117	16,491
1996	21,218*
2001	23,598
2006	27,232

* Excluding the area transferred to City of Bundaberg in 1994, the population of Burnett was 15,417 in 1991.

Towns and localities

The Shire of Burnett included the following settlements:

North Burnett area: Abbotsford Avondale Bucca Fairymead Gooburrum Littabella Meadowvale Miara Moore Park Moorland Oakwood Rosedale1 Sharon South Kolan Watalgan Waterloo Waterloo Winfield Yandaran

South Burnett area: Alloway Bargara2 Branyan Burnett Heads Calavos Coonarr Coral Cove2 Electra Elliott Elliott Heads2 Givelda Innes Park2 Kalkie2 Kinkuna Mon Repos2 Pine Creek Port of Bundaberg Qunaba2 Rubyanna2 South Bingera Windermere2 Woongarra

¹ - split with Gladstone Region
² - split with the former City of Bundaberg

External links

• Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived February 18, 2008)

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Burnett (S) (Local Government Area)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 18 March 2008.
2. "Agency ID 11037, Bundaberg Region Council". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 25 September 2013.

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