Blackall-Tambo Region

Blackall-Tambo Region Queensland
Location within Queensland
Population	2,086 (2010)[1]
• Density	0.068504/km^2 (0.17743/sq mi)
Established	2008
Area	30,450.6 km^2 (11,757.0 sq mi)
Mayor	Jan Ross[2]
Council seat	Blackall
Region	Central West Queensland
State electorate(s)	Gregory
Federal Division(s)	Flynn
Website	Blackall-Tambo Region
LGAs around Blackall-Tambo Region: Longreach Barcaldine Central Highlands Longreach Blackall-Tambo Region Murweh Quilpie Murweh Murweh

The Blackall-Tambo Region is a local government area in Central West Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, it was preceded by two previous local government areas dating from the 1870s.

For the financial year 2010/11 it had an approximate operating budget of A$30m.^[3]

History

Prior to the 2008 amalgamation, the Blackall-Tambo Region existed as two distinct local government areas:

• the Shire of Blackall;
• and the Shire of Tambo.

The entire Region was originally part of Kargoolnah Division, which was created on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 divisions around Queensland under the Divisional Boards Act 1879. On 20 May 1880, a municipal Borough of Blackall was created to cover the town and its first councillors were elected in July 1880. On 1 January 1881, a new Tambo Division was proclaimed and excised from Kargoolnah.

With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, Kargoolnah became a Shire on 31 March 1903, while Blackall became a Town. The latter was abolished on 7 November 1931 and became Division 3 of the Kargoolnah Shire, which had in the meantime shrunk to include only the Blackall region. On 19 November 1932, after representations to the State Government, Kargoolnah was officially renamed Blackall.

In July 2007, the Local Government Reform Commission released its report and recommended that the two areas amalgamate. Both councils opposed the amalgamation.^[4] On 15 March 2008, the two Shires formally ceased to exist, and elections were held on the same day to elect councillors and a mayor to the Regional Council.

Wards

The Region has four divisions, each of whom elects one councillor, and a mayor is directly elected for the entire region.

Towns and localities

The Blackall-Tambo Region includes the following settlements:

Blackall area: Blackall Yalleroi (ghost town) Northhampton Downs Terrick Terrick Malvern Hills Alice Downs

Tambo area: Tambo Bayrick Caldervale Landsdowne Lumeah Macfarlane Minnie Downs Mount Enniskillen Scrubby Creek Windeyer Yandarlo

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.

Year	Population (Region total)	Population (Blackall)	Population (Tambo)
1933	3,703	2,755	948
1947	3,370	2,488	882
1954	3,825	2,780	1,045
1961	4,415	3,291	1,124
1966	4,004	3,067	937
1971	3,156	2,325	831
1976	2,828	2,160	668
1981	2,985	2,223	762
1986	2,774	2,070	704
1991	2,661	2,045	616
1996	2,399	1,833	566
2001	2,450	1,822	628
2006	2,139	1,524	615

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2009–10". Retrieved 11 June 2011.
2. Election summary Archived 5 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine. (ECQ)
3. Blackall-Tambo Regional Council annual report 2011-12 http://www.btrc.qld.gov.au/web/guest/our-finances
4. Queensland Local Government Reform Commission (July 2007). Report of the Local Government Reform Commission (PDF). 2. pp. 37–41. ISBN 1-921057-11-4. Retrieved 3 June 2010.

External links

• University of Queensland: Queensland Places: Blackall-Tambo Regional Council

Coordinates: 24°39′14″S 145°48′49″E / 24.65389°S 145.81361°E