History
In 1879, the Divisional Boards Act was passed, allowing boards to be created to provide amenities and charge rates, but with limited independence. In a proclamation on 11 November 1879, several Divisional Boards were proclaimed in the Ipswich area—Bundanba, Brassall, Mutdapilly, Purga and Walloon. On 25 October 1890, Rosewood and Normanby followed. The Local Authorities Act 1902 abolished the divisional boards, replacing them with shire or town councils with the same powers plus the jurisdiction to create by-laws. On 31 March 1903, its provisions took effect, replacing the above boards with Shires. On 4 July 1905, Mutdapilly merged into the Shire of Rosewood.
On 13 October 1916, after maps of a "Greater Ipswich" were put on display, the Shires of Bundamba, Brassall, Purga were merged to form the new Shire of Ipswich, with some land from Bundamba and Brassall becoming part of the City, and the Shire of Walloon merged into Rosewood. The Shire was renamed Moreton on 28 July 1917. Its boundaries were extended on 16 August 1930 to include part of the Shire of Waterford.
At this point, the City of Ipswich, Shire of Moreton and Shire of Rosewood represented the area. In 1948, a new Local Government Act was enacted, and effective from 29 January 1949, the Shire of Rosewood and part of the Shire of Normanby were merged into the Shire of Moreton, while parts of the Shire itself were incorporated into the City.
Council meetings were held in Ipswich until 4 March 1961, when it moved to Churchill.
On 22 March 1995 the Shire merged into the City of Ipswich, as part of an effort to reform local government and create "super-cities". This occurred in tandem with the Shire of Albert merging into the Gold Coast City, and the Shire of Mulgrave merging into the City of Cairns. Its final chairman, John Nugent, won the mayorship of the combined City and continued to lead for another nine years.
Read more about this topic: Shire Of Moreton
Famous quotes containing the word history:
“It’s nice to be a part of history but people should get it right. I may not be perfect, but I’m bloody close.”
—John Lydon (formerly Johnny Rotten)
“Considered in its entirety, psychoanalysis won’t do. It’s an end product, moreover, like a dinosaur or a zeppelin; no better theory can ever be erected on its ruins, which will remain for ever one of the saddest and strangest of all landmarks in the history of twentieth-century thought.”
—Peter B. Medawar (1915–1987)
“The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of public opinion.”
—Samuel Butler (1835–1902)