The Shire of Inglewood was a local government area of Queensland, Australia on the Queensland-New South Wales border in the Darling Downs region, about halfway between the towns of Goondiwindi and Warwick. Administered from the town of Inglewood, it covered an area of , and existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 2008, when it amalgamated with the Shire of Waggamba and the Town of Goondiwindi to form the Goondiwindi Region.
History
The Inglewood Division was created on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 divisions around Queensland under the Divisional Boards Act 1879 with a population of 1378.
Following a petition by residents, the Rosenthal Division was created on 18 April 1889 under the Divisional Boards Act 1879 from Subdivision No. 1 of the Inglewood Division.
With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, Inglewood Division became the Shire of Inglewood on 31 March 1903.
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 Inglewood was merged with the Shire of Waggamba and the Town of Goondiwindi to form the Goondiwindi Region.
Major industries in the Shire included beef cattle, grains, fruit, olives, tobacco, and wool growing.
Towns and localities The Shire of Inglewood included the following settlements:
Towns: Gore Inglewood Silver Spur Texas State forests: Bringalily State Forest Yelarbon State Forest
Localities: Beebo Bonshaw Brush Creek Bybera Coolmunda Glenarbon Greenup Limevale Maidenhead Mosquito Creek Oman Ama Riverton Smithlea Terrica Warroo Watsons Crossing Whetstone
Chairmen and mayors 1927: W. J. Tomkins 2007–2007: Joan White (first female mayor)
Population
Year Population 1933 4,297 1947 4,057 1954 4,441 1961 4,868 1966 4,184 1971 3,645 1976 3,229 1981 3,026 1986 2,999 1991 2,952 1996 2,771 2001 2,613 2006 2,575
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