Shire of Walsh

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The Shire of Walsh was a local government area in Far North Queensland, Australia, located to the south-west of the town Cairns.

History[]

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

The Woothakata Division, based in the mining town of Thornborough on the , was created on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 divisions around Queensland under the Divisional Boards Act 1879.

On 15 May 1889, the tin-mining area at Stannary Hills and Irvinebank and its hinterland in and around the (an area of 4110 sq miles) were severed from Woothakata Division to create Walsh Division.[1][2] It takes its name from the Walsh River, which, in turn, was named after William Henry Walsh, a pastoralist and the Queensland Parliamentary Secretary for Public Works (1870-1873).[3][4]

With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, the Walsh Division became the Shire of Walsh on 31 March 1903.

On 16 December 1908, a small part of Shire of Woothakata was transferred to the Shire of Walsh, which was then split with one part being proclaimed the new Shire of Chillagoe, based at Chillagoe.[5]

In 1927, the offices of the Walsh Shire were in Irvinebank.[6]

On 25 June 1932, the Shires of Walsh and Chillagoe merged into the Shire of Woothakata,[7] which was renamed the Shire of Mareeba on 20 December 1947.[2][8][9]

Chairmen[]

  • 1897: S. Bennett [10]
  • 1908: Thomas Martin Delugar [11]
  • 1927: J. O'Keefe [6]

References[]

  1. ^ "Proclamation [Walsh Division]". Queensland Government Gazette. 18 May 1889. p. 47:141.
  2. ^ a b "Woothakata Shire". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  3. ^ "Walsh Shire". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  4. ^ "Walsh River (entry 36381)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  5. ^ "SHIRE BOUNDARIES". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 19 December 1908. p. 10. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
  6. ^ a b Pugh, Theophilus Parsons (1927). Pugh's Almanac for 1927. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  7. ^ "Untitled". Queensland Government Gazette. 23 April 1932. p. 137:1553.
  8. ^ "WOOTHAKATA NOW MAREEBA SHIRE". Townsville Daily Bulletin. Qld.: National Library of Australia. 19 December 1947. p. 5. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  9. ^ "TONGUE-TWISTER CHANGES NAME". The Northern Miner. Charters Towers, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 22 December 1947. p. 1. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  10. ^ Consolidated Index to Queensland Government Gazette 1859-1919. Queensland Family History Society. 2004. ISBN 1 876613 79 3.
  11. ^ "LICENSING AUTHORITIES". Townsville Daily Bulletin. Qld.: National Library of Australia. 4 April 1908. p. 3. Retrieved 19 May 2014.

External links[]

  • "Walsh Shire". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland.

Coordinates: 17°25′42″S 145°12′15″E / 17.4283°S 145.2042°E / -17.4283; 145.2042

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