TheShire of Tingalpa was alocal government area in the south-eastern suburbs ofBrisbane,Queensland, Australia. The shire, administered fromMount Cotton, covered an area of 120 square miles (311 km²), and existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 1949.

On 11 November 1879, the Tingalpa Division was created as one of 74 divisions within Queensland under theDivisional Boards Act 1879 with a population of 1,490.^[2]

However, the residents ofCleveland sought to be independent of the division^[3] and on 29 May 1885,Cleveland Division was separated from Tingalpa Division.^[4][5][6][7]

With the passage of theLocal Authorities Act 1902, the Tingalpa Division became the Shire of Tingalpa on 31 March 1903.^[8]

On 1 October 1925, the shire lost areas west of theTingalpa Creek to the newCity of Brisbane.

On 9 December 1948, as part of a major reorganisation of local government inSouth East Queensland, an Order in Council replacing ten former local government areas between theCity of Brisbane and theNew South Wales border with only four.^[9][10] The former ten were:

• Beaudesert
• Beenleigh
• Cleveland
• Coolangatta
• Coomera
• Nerang
• Southport
• Tamborine
• Tingalpa
• Waterford

The four resulting local government areas were:

• the newRedland Shire, an amalgamation of Cleveland and the northern part of Tingalpa (which later becameRedland City)
• the newShire of Albert, a merger of Beenleigh, Coomera, Nerang (except for theBurleigh Heads area), the southern part of Tingalpa and the eastern part of Waterford^[11]
• an enlarged Shire of Beaudesert, an amalgamation of Beaudesert and Tamborine with the western part of Waterford
• Town of South Coast, an amalgamation of the Towns of Southport and Coolangatta with the Burleigh Heads part of Nerang (which later becameCity of Gold Coast)

The Order came into effect on 10 June 1949, when the first elections were held.

• Mount Cotton^[12]
• Carbrook^[12]
• Daisy Hill^[12]
• Kingston^[12]
• Loganholme^[12]
• Loganlea^[12]
• Redland Bay
• Rochedale
• Slacks Creek^[12]
• Victoria Point
• Woodridge^[12]

• 1880: Mr Greaves^[13]
• 1890: Hans Heinrich Heinemann^[14]
• 1927: August Stern^[15]
• Henry Heinemann (son of Hans Heinrich Heinemann)^[16]

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