Gympie Region

Local government area in Queensland, Australia

Gympie Region Queensland
Location within Queensland
Population	49,559 (2016 census)[1]
• Density	7.1845/km2 (18.6079/sq mi)
Established	2008
Area	6,898 km2 (2,663.3 sq mi)
Mayor	Mick Curran
Council seat	Gympie
Region	Wide Bay–Burnett
State electorate(s)	Gympie Maryborough Callide
Federal Division(s)	Wide Bay
Website	Gympie Region
LGAs around Gympie Region: North Burnett Fraser Coast Fraser Coast South Burnett Gympie Region Coral Sea South Burnett Somerset Noosa

The Gympie Region is a local government area in the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland, Australia, about 170 kilometres (110 mi) north of Brisbane, the state capital. It is between the Sunshine Coast and Hervey Bay and centred on the town of Gympie. It was created in 2008 from a merger of the Shires of Cooloola and Kilkivan and part of the Shire of Tiaro.

The Regional Council, which governs the Region, has an estimated operating budget of A$50 million.

Contents

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  1 History
  


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  2 Wards
  


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  3 Current Councillors/Mayor
  


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  4 Mayors
  


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  5 Towns and localities
  


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  6 Libraries
  


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  7 Population
  


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  8 See also
  


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  9 References
  


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  10 External links
  

History

Prior to the 2008 amalgamation, the Gympie Region existed as four distinct local government areas:

• the Shire of Cooloola;
  
  
  
  • the City of Gympie;
  
  
  • the Shire of Widgee;
  
  
  
  


• the Shire of Kilkivan;


• and Division 3 (Theebine/Gunalda areas) of the Shire of Tiaro.

Deep Creek Bridge, 1893

Gympie General Hospital, 1935

Gympie Regional Council Chambers, 2012

The Gympie area was originally settled for grazing purposes. The discovery of gold in 1867 led to a gold rush and the development of the Mary River valley for closer agricultural pursuits.

The Widgee Divisional Board was incorporated on 11 November 1879 under the Divisional Boards Act 1879. On 3 July 1886, its western part separately incorporated as the Division of Kilkivan. With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, both Widgee and Kilkivan became shires on 31 March 1903. On 21 November 1940, the Widgee Shire Council moved into new premises formerly occupied by the Bank of New South Wales at 242 Mary Street, Gympie.

The Municipal Borough of Gympie was incorporated on 25 June 1880, holding its first elections on 25 August. A town hall was built in 1890. It became a town under the new Act on 31 March 1903, and on 7 January 1905 was proclaimed a city by the Governor of Queensland.^[2]

On 2 November 1993, the Shire of Widgee and the City of Gympie merged under the terms of the Local Government (Shire of Cooloola) Regulation 1993 to form the Shire of Cooloola. The first elections were held on 27 November 1993 and Adrian McClintock, the former Widgee chairman, was elected for a four-year term.

In July 2007, the Local Government Reform Commission released its report and recommended that Cooloola and Kilkivan amalgamate with part of the Shire of Tiaro. The first two councils opposed amalgamation, but in the event of amalgamation, thought the Commission's proposal the best option. Tiaro wished to amalgamate with the Shire of Woocoo and opposed the plan.^[3]

On 15 March 2008, the three shires ceased to exist, and elections were held on the same day to elect eight councillors and a mayor to the Regional Council. Ron Dyne, the former mayor of Kilkivan, was elected as the region's first mayor. The former Cooloola Shire Council Chambers is now used as the Gympie Regional Council Chambers.

Wards

The council remains undivided and its elected body consists of eight councillors and a mayor, elected for a four-year term.

Current Councillors/Mayor

The mayor of the Gympie Regional Council is Mick Curran,^[4] following the resignation of Ron Dyne,^[5] the former mayor of Kilkivan, in December 2014 due to health reasons. Ron Dyne died in February 2015.^[6] Mayor Mick Curran was elected in the Gympie Regional Council election on 19 March 2016.^[7]

The councillors are:,^[8]

• Mark McDonald – Division 1


• Glen Hartwig – Division 2


• Mal Gear – Division 3


• Daryl Dodt – Division 4


• Dan Stewart – Division 5


• Hilary Smerdon – Division 6


• Bob Leitch – Division 7


• James Cochrane – Division 8

Mayors

• 2015 - :Mick Curran ^[9]
  


• 2016 - :Mick Curran ^[10]
  

Towns and localities

The Gympie Region includes the following settlements:

Gympie area: Gympie Araluen Chatsworth Glanmire Jones Hill Kybong Monkland Nahrunda Southside Tamaree The Dawn Two Mile Veteran Victory Heights Woondum

Widgee area: Amamoor Bollier Brooloo Calico Creek Canina Carters Ridge Cedar Pocket Cooloola Cooloola Cove Dagun Glastonbury Goomboorian Greens Creek Imbil Kandanga Kia Ora Lagoon Pocket Langshaw Melawondi Mothar Mountain Moy Pocket North Deep Creek Pie Creek Rainbow Beach Tandur The Palms Tin Can Bay1 Traveston Wallu Wilsons Pocket

Kilivan area: Kilkivan Booubyjan Cinnabar Goomeri Johnstown Kinbombi Lower Wonga Manumbar Tansey Widgee Woolooga

South Tiaro - Division 3 area: Anderleigh Curra Glen Echo Gunalda Miva Neerdie Scotchy Pocket Theebine

¹ - split with Fraser Coast Region

Libraries

The Gympie Regional Council operate public libraries at Goomeri, Gympie, Imbil, Kilkivan, Rainbow Beach, and Tin Can Bay.^[11]

Population

The populations given relate to the component entities prior to 2008. The next census, due in 2011, will be the first for the new Region. Estimates for the Tiaro component, not included in the figures below, are: 1,315 (1991); 1,695 (1996); 1,789 (2001) and 2,197 (2006).

Year	Population (Region total)	Population (Gympie)	Population (Widgee)	Population (Kilkivan)
1921	15,142	6,539	5,556	3,047
1933	20,722	7,749	8,686	4,287
1947	20,388	8,413	7,834	4,141
1954	22,026	9,964	8,139	3,923
1961	22,678	11,094	7,948	3,636
1966	22,114	11,279	7,490	3,345
1971	21,027	11,096	6,959	2,972
1976	22,171	11,280	8,240	2,651
1981	24,460	11,420	10,540	2,500
1986	27,118	11,430	12,970	2,718
1991	30,626	14,122	13,651	2,853
1996	34,901	15,099	16,637	3,165
2001	36,112	15,021	17,968	3,123
2006	39,478	16,454	19,616	3,408

See also

• Great Sandy Biosphere Reserve

References

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   ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Gympie (R)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 26 November 2017..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
   
   


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   ^ Queensland Government Gazette, 7 January 1905, p.1905:31.
   


3. 
   ^ Queensland Local Government Reform Commission (July 2007). Report of the Local Government Reform Commission (PDF). 2. pp. 151–155. ISBN 1-921057-11-4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
   


4. 
   ^ "Mick Curran declared Gympie council mayor after by-election win". abc.net.au.
   


5. 
   ^ "Ron Dyne resigns as Mayor of Gympie". Sunshine Coast Daily.
   


6. 
   ^ "Former Gympie Mayor Ron Dyne loses battle with cancer". Gympie Times.
   


7. 
   ^ "2016 Gympie Regional Council - Mayoral Election - Election Summary". results.ecq.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
   


8. 
   ^ Councillors' Profiles Archived 27 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine.. gympie.qld.gov.au
   


9. 
   ^ "2015 Gympie Regional Council - Mayoral by Election - Election Summary". results.ecq.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
   


10. 
    ^ "2016 Gympie Regional Council - Mayoral Election - Election Summary". results.ecq.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
    


11. 
    ^ "Library locations". Gympie Regional Council. Archived from the original on 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
    

External links

• Gympie Regional Council website

Media related to Gympie Region at Wikimedia Commons

v t e Towns and localities in the Gympie Region, Queensland
Amamoor Amamoor Creek Anderleigh Araluen Banks Pocket Barambah Beenaam Valley Bella Creek Bells Bridge Black Snake Bollier Boonara Booubyjan Brooloo Calico Creek Canina Carters Ridge Cedar Pocket Chatsworth Cinnabar Coles Creek Cooloola Cooloola Cove Coondoo Corella Crownthorpe Curra Dagun Downsfield East Deep Creek Elgin Vale Fishermans Pocket Gilldora Glanmire Glastonbury Glen Echo Glenwood Goomboorian Goomeri Goomeribong Greens Creek Gunalda Gympie Imbil Inskip Johnstown Jones Hill Kandanga Kandanga Creek Kanigan Kia Ora Kilkivan Kinbombi Kybong Lagoon Pocket Lake Borumba Langshaw Long Flat Lower Wonga Manumbar Manyung Marys Creek Mcintosh Creek Melawondi Miva Monkland Mooloo Mothar Mountain Moy Pocket Mudlo Munna Creek Nahrunda Neerdie Neusa Vale North Deep Creek Oakview Pie Creek Rainbow Beach Ross Creek Scotchy Pocket Scrubby Creek Sexton Southside Tamaree Tandur Tansey The Dawn The Palms Theebine Tin Can Bay Toolara Forest Traveston Tuan Forest Tuchekoi Two Mile Upper Glastonbury Upper Kandanga Veteran Victory Heights Wallu Widgee Widgee Crossing North Widgee Crossing South Wilsons Pocket Windera Wolvi Woolooga Woondum Wrattens Forest
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South East	Brisbane Gold Coast Ipswich Lockyer Valley Logan Moreton Bay Noosa Redland Scenic Rim Somerset Sunshine Coast
Wide Bay–Burnett	Bundaberg Cherbourg Fraser Coast Gympie North Burnett South Burnett
Darling Downs	Goondiwindi Southern Downs Toowoomba Western Downs
Central	Banana Central Highlands Gladstone Isaac Livingstone Rockhampton Whitsunday Woorabinda
North	Burdekin Charters Towers Hinchinbrook Mackay Mareeba Palm Island Townsville
Far North	Aurukun Cairns Cassowary Coast Cook Douglas Hope Vale Kowanyama Lockhart River Mapoon Napranum Northern Peninsula Area Pormpuraaw Tablelands Torres Torres Strait Island Weipa Wujal Wujal Yarrabah
North West	Burke Carpentaria Cloncurry Croydon Doomadgee Etheridge Flinders Mckinlay Mornington Mount Isa Richmond
Central West	Barcaldine Barcoo Blackall-Tambo Boulia Diamantina Longreach Winton
South West	Balonne Bulloo Maranoa Murweh Paroo Quilpie

Coordinates: 26°11′23″S 152°39′53″E / 26.18972°S 152.66472°E / -26.18972; 152.66472

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