Beenleigh Division
The Shire of Beenleigh is a former local government area in the south-east of Queensland, Australia, centred on the town of Beenleigh. It existed from 1879 to 1949.
On 11 November 1879, the Beenleigh Division was created as one of 74 divisions within Queensland under the Divisional Boards Act 1879 with a population of 1578.
With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, it became a Shire on 31 March 1903.
On 9 December 1948, as part of a major reorganisation of local government in South East Queensland, an Order in Council replacing ten former local government areas between the City of Brisbane and the New South Wales border with only four. The former ten were:
The four resulting local government areas were:
The Order came into effect on 10 June 1949, when the first elections were held.
The former council chambers of the Shire were relocated to Beenleigh Historical Village in 1982.
Coordinates: 27°42′55″S 153°12′04″E / 27.7154°S 153.2012°E
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