The City of Charters Towers was a local government area in North Queensland, Australia, consisting of the centre and suburbs of the town of Charters Towers. Established in 1877, it was entirely surrounded by the Shire of Dalrymple, with which it amalgamated in 2008 to form the Charters Towers Region.
History The Borough of Charters Towers was proclaimed on 21 June 1877 under the Municipal Institutions Act 1864.28 Vic No. 21 (Imp) It achieved a measure of autonomy in 1878 with the enactment of the Local Government Act. With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, the Borough of Charters Towers became the Town of Charters Towers on 31 March 1903.
On 13 April 1909, Charters Towers was proclaimed a City.Queensland Government Gazette, Vol. XCII, 13 April 1909, p.1019.
A separate Shire of Queenton was excised from the surrounding Dalrymple Division on 2 July 1902 and merged with the City of Charters Towers on 23 December 1916.
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 Charters Towers amalgamated with the Shire of Dalrymple to form the Charters Towers Region.
Suburbs The City of Charter Towers included the following settlements:
Alabama Hill Columbia Grand Secret Lissner (later renamed Charters Towers City) Millchester Mosman Park Queenton Richmond Hill Toll Towers Hill
Population Year Population 1933 6,978 1947 7,561 1954 6,961 1961 7,633 1966 7,602 1971 7,518 1976 7,914 1981 6,823 1986 7,208 1991 9,016 1996 8,893 2001 8,492 2006 8,155
Mayors
In the early period of local government in Queensland, elections for aldermen were held annually and the mayor was elected from among the aldermen. Later the mayor became directly elected but still on an annual basis. Finally there was the move to three-year election cycles. 1877–?: John McDonald 1894: Frederick Johnson (son of South Australian politician Thomas Johnson) 1897: Edward Miles 1897 1901: P. J. Allen 1903: Frederick Johnson 1908: David Rollston 1908: William Grant Clark David (Dave) Missingham 1913–1914: Frederick Johnson 1916: C. Watts 1925: Thomas Chappe 1927: Charles Brownson Bryan Beveridge
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