TheShire of Coomera was alocal government area inSouth East Queensland, Australia. The shire, administered fromCoomera, existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 1949.
On 11 November 1879, theCoomera Division was created as one of 74 divisions within Queensland under theDivisional Boards Act 1879 with a population of 642.[1][2]
On 6 July 1883,Southport Division was formed from part of subdivision No. 1 ofNerang Division and part of subdivision No. 1 of Coomera Division.[3][4][5][6]
On 18 January 1884, there was an adjustment of boundaries between subdivision No. 1 ofTabragalba Division and subdivision No.2 of the Coomera Division.[7][8]
With the passage of theLocal Authorities Act 1902, the Coomera Division became the Shire of Coomera on 31 March 1903.[9]
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.[10][11] 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.
| Chairman | Term |
|---|---|
| David Yaun | 1880–1883 |
| William Bailey | 1884–1885 |
| A. Robinson | 1886 |
| Samuel Grimes | 1887 |
| Richard Mayes | 1900 |
| J. Yaun | 1904 |
| John Beattie | 1905 |
| A. Thomson | 1906 |
| I. Hart | 1907 |
| J. Yaun | 1908 |
| T. Doherty | 1909 |
| John Joseph Johns | 1910 |
| James Frank Oxenford | 1911–1913 |
| John Siganto | 1914 |
| James Frank Oxenford | 1915 |
| Richard Mayes | 1916–1917 |
| John Beattie | 1918 |
| James Frank Oxenford | 1919–1922 |
| S. F. Walker | 1922 |
| T. Doherty | 1923 |
| A. Thomson | 1923 |
| John Joseph Johns[13] | 1924–1927 |
| John Siganto | 1927–1930 |
| Charles Edwards | 1930–1937 |
| S. R. Black | 1937–1946 |
| William Frank Oxenford | 1946–1949 |
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