Bundaberg Region
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Bundaberg Region Queensland |
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Location within Queensland
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| Population | 96,936 (2010) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 15.03093/km2 (38.9299/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Established | 2008 | ||||||||||||
| Area | 6,449.1 km2 (2,490.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Mayor | Jack Dempsey | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Bundaberg | ||||||||||||
| Region | Wide Bay–Burnett | ||||||||||||
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| Website | Bundaberg Region | ||||||||||||
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The Bundaberg Region is a local government area in the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland, Australia, about 360 kilometres (220 mi) north of Brisbane, the state capital. It is centred on the city of Bundaberg, and also contains a significant rural area surrounding the city. It was created in 2008 from a merger of the City of Bundaberg with the Shires of Burnett, Isis and Kolan.
The Bundaberg Regional Council, which administers the Region, has an estimated operating budget of A$89 million.
Prior to the 2008 amalgamation, the Bundaberg Region existed as four distinct local government areas:
Local government in the Bundaberg area began on 11 November 1879 with the creation of 74 divisions around Queensland under the Divisional Boards Act 1879. These included the Barolin, Burrum and Kolan divisions.
The first eight years saw several areas break away and become self-governing due to increases in local population. The first was Bundaberg itself, which with an area of 4.1 square kilometres (1.6 sq mi) and a population of 1,192, split from Barolin on 22 April 1881 to form the Municipality of Bundaberg under the Local Government Act 1878. Areas to the south (Woongarra) and north (Gooburrum) of the Burnett River split from Kolan on 31 December 1885, and Barolin on 30 January 1886 respectively, while on 1 January 1887, the Isis Division further to the south split away from Burrum. Thus by 1887, the Municipality of Bundaberg and the Barolin, Gooburrum, Isis, Kolan and Woongarra Divisions covered the entire territory of what is now the Bundaberg Region.
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