Shire of Mutdapilly

The Shire of Mutdapilly is a former local government area in the south-east of Queensland, Australia. The name comes from the Mutdapilly locality, but the locality was never the administrative centre of the shire.

On 11 November 1879, the Mutdapilly Division was created as one of 74 divisions within Queensland under the Divisional Boards Act 1879 with a population of 1809. Initially the divisional office was in the Ipswich Railway Station (outside of the division itself).

On 4 January 1884, there was an adjustment of boundaries between No. 2 subdivision of Mutdapilly Division and subdivision No. 2 of the Goolman Division.

Having an office in Ipswich (outside of the division) was not very convenient for many council members, ratepayers, and contractors, particularly those living in the southern parts of the division, such as Rosevale. The possibility of relocating the divisional offices to somewhere more central within the division was frequently raised. In March 1890, it was decided to relocate the office to Mount Walker. This would put everyone within 9 miles of the office, instead of some people having to travel up to 29 miles to Ipswich. However, the decision was controversial with many ratepayers arguing that they had to travel to Ipswich to transact other business, but not to Mount Walker, so Ipswich was actually more convenient for them. It was also argued that the difficulties of those in the Rosevale area were over-stated as there were a disproportionate number of members of the divisional board living in that area. In June 1890, the divisional board voted to rescind the decision to relocate their office to Mount Walker.

On 25 October 1890, part of the Mutdapilly Division was excised to create the Normanby Division.

The separation of the Normanby Division and the resultant change to the composition of the Mutdapilly Division Board lead to the decision in February 1891 to proceed with the Mount Walker office. Divisional board meetings were immediately relocated to Mount Walker albeit in temporary premises, and in April 1891 a piece of land was purchased in Mount Walker and tenders called for the construction of the office. The office was finished and in use by July 1891.

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