Mackay City Council

The City of Mackay was a Local Government Area located in the North Queensland region of Queensland, Australia, encompassing the regional city of Mackay and the surrounding region. The City was created as a municipal borough in 1869, and prior to amalgamation with the Shire of Pioneer in 1994, the City was limited to the central suburbs on the south shore of the Pioneer River. From 1994 until 2008, the City covered an area of 2,897.5 square kilometres (1,118.7 sq mi). In 2008, it amalgamated with the Shires of Mirani and Sarina to become the Mackay Regional Council.

History

The Mackay Municipality was proclaimed on 22 September 1869 under the Municipal Institutions Act 1864'. The Pioneer Division was established on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 founding divisions under the Divisional Boards Act 1879 . With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902 , Pioneer became a shire and Mackay a town on 31 March 1903.

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 Mackay area be rationalised. The Local Government (Mackay and Pioneer) Regulation 1993 was gazetted on 17 December 1993, and on 30 March 1994, the two amalgamated into a larger City of Mackay, which first met on 8 April 1994.

On 15 March 2008, under the Local Government (Reform Implementation) Act 2007 passed by the Parliament of Queensland on 10 August 2007, the City of Mackay merged with the Shires of Mirani and Sarina to form the Mackay Regional Council.

Towns and Localities

Prior to 1994, Mackay consisted of the suburbs of Mackay, West Mackay, South Mackay and East Mackay—all other suburbs of Mackay were in the Shire of Pioneer's area. After the amalgamation, it consisted of the following areas:

Transport

• Mackay Airport
• North Coast railway line, Mackay Station
• Bruce Highway

Sister cities

• Matsuura, Japan (Nagasaki Prefecture)

Population

References

1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Mackay (C) (Local Government Area)". 2006 Census QuickStats . http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=LGA34760&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401 . Retrieved 2008-03-18 .  
2. ^ Combined population of the four suburbs making up the old area.

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