Shire_of_Croydon Knowpia

Shire of Croydon
Queensland
Shire of Croydon; Queensland
	Location within Queensland
Population	288 (2018)
• Density	0.009763/km2 (0.02529/sq mi)
Established	1887
Area	29,498 km2 (11,389.2 sq mi)
Mayor	Trevor Pickering
Council seat	Croydon
Region	Far North Queensland
State electorate(s)	Traeger
Federal division(s)	Kennedy
Website	Shire of Croydon
	LGAs around Shire of Croydon:

The Shire of Croydon is a local government area in western Queensland, Australia. The shire, administered from the town of Croydon, covers an area of 29,498 square kilometres (11,389.2 sq mi).^[1] The council consists of a mayor plus four councillors, each of whom represents the entire Shire.

History edit

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

The area was originally settled as part of a gold rush in the 1880s, and at one time had a population of 7,000. The Croydon Division was created on 31 December 1887 under the Divisional Boards Act 1887.

With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, the Croydon Division became the Shire of Croydon 31 March 1903.^[2]

At one stage the Town of Croydon was responsible for the town itself; however, this was dissolved into the Shire on 1 January 1909.^[3]

Amalgamation edit

Croydon, like many western local government areas, was not affected by amalgamations in 2007–2008, mainly because of the large geographical size and remoteness of the shire. Despite being rated as "weak" by the Financial Sustainability Review, analysis by the Local Government Commissioners revealed this to be due to factors upon which amalgamation would have no effect.

Towns and localities edit

The Shire of Croydon includes the following settlements:

Libraries edit

Croydon Shire Council operates a public library at Croydon.^[4]

Population edit

Year	Population
1933	318
1947	167
1954	161
1961	181
1966	162
1971	236
1976	222
1981	255
1986	324
1991	281
1996	316
2001	322
2006	255
2011	312
2016	294

Chairmen and mayors edit

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (November 2017) Chairmen

1892: E.S. Ross ^[5]
1927: William M. O'Flaherty ^[6]

Mayors edit

2008–2012: Cornelia Bernardina (Corrie) Pickering ^[7]
2012–present: Trevor Joseph Pickering ^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.
^ "Agency ID 6073, CroydonShire Council". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
^ "Order in Council". Queensland Government Gazette. 19 December 1908. p. 91:1196.
^ "Croydon Shire Council". Public Libraries Service. State Library of Queensland. 20 September 2016. Archived from the original on 5 February 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
^ Consolidated Index to Queensland Government Gazette 1859-1919. Queensland Family History Society. 2004. ISBN 1-876613-79-3.
^ Pugh, Theophilus Parsons (1927). Pugh's Almanac for 1927. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
^ "2008 Croydon Shire – Mayoral Election – Election Summary". Electoral Commission Queensland. Electoral Commission of Queensland. Archived from the original on 15 May 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
^ "Councillor Profiles". Croydon Shire Council. Archived from the original on 15 June 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
^ "2012 Croydon Shire - Mayoral Election - Election Summary". results.ecq.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
^ "2016 Croydon Shire Council - Mayoral Election - Election Summary". results.ecq.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
^ "2020 Local Government Elections: Saturday, 28 March 2020". Electoral Commission of Queensland. 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.^{[dead link]}