The Shire of Dalrymple was a local government area located in North Queensland, Australia, and surrounded but did not include the town of Charters Towers, at which its council and administrative centre was based. It covered an area of , and existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 2008, when it amalgamated with the separate City of Charters Towers to form the Charters Towers Region.
History
Dalrymple Division was created on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 divisions around Queensland under the Divisional Boards Act 1879 with a population of 4494. The name Dalrymple is believed to honour George Elphinstone Dalrymple, an early explorer of the region.
On 2 July 1902, the No. 1 subdivision of Dalrymple Division was excised to create a separate Shire of Queenton.
With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, Dalrymple Division became the Shire of Dalrymple on 31 March 1903.
On 1 January 1930, the Shire of Ravenswood was abolished and absorbed into the Shire of Dalrymple as its No. 3 division. Abolished Shire of Ravenswood and merged it with Dalrymple, amongst other changes.
On 15 March 2008, under the Local Government (Reform Implementation) Act 2007 passed by the Parliament of Queensland on 10 August 2007, the Shire of Dalrymple amalgamated with the separate City of Charters Towers to form the Charters Towers Region.
Towns and localities The Shire of Dalrymple included the following settlements:
Basalt Black Jack Breddan Campaspe Crimea Dotswood Greenvale Hervey Range Homestead Llanarth Macrossan Mingela Paluma Pentland Ravenswood Sellheim Valley of Lagoons
Chairmen 1880—1884: John Horace Deane, also Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Townsville and Member of the Queensland Legislative Council 1890: John Horace Deane 1908: Thomas Sydney Markham 1919—1920: John Jones, also Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Kennedy 1927: Arthur Shepherd
Population Year Population 1933 3,260 1947 2,311 1954 1,914 1961 2,206 1966 2,003 1971 2,278 1976 2,580 1981 3,338 1986 4,252 1991 3,484 1996 3,669 2001 3,853 2006 3,782
References
External links University of Queensland: Queensland Places: Dalrymple Shire