Shire of Woocoo
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Shire of Woocoo Queensland |
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Location within Queensland
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| Population | 3,351 (2006 census) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 1.66891/km2 (4.3225/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1914 | ||||||||||||
| Area | 2,007.9 km2 (775.3 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Oakhurst | ||||||||||||
| Region | Wide Bay–Burnett | ||||||||||||
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| Website | Shire of Woocoo | ||||||||||||
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The Shire of Woocoo was a local government area located in the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland, Australia, containing the rural residential area to the west of the town of Maryborough, and surrounding countryside. The shire covered an area of 2,007.9 square kilometres (775.3 sq mi), and existed as a local government entity from 1914 until 2008, when it was amalgamated with the City of Maryborough, City of Hervey Bay and the 1st and 2nd divisions of the Shire of Tiaro to form the Fraser Coast Region.
Industry in the shire consisted of beef cattle, sugar, timber and light industry servicing Maryborough.
Woocoo was proclaimed a shire under the Local Authorities Act 1902 on 4 December 1914, with its centre of administration at Brooweena. It had previously been part of the Shire of Tiaro, and also included parts of the Shires of Antigua and Howard. The shire was named for Mount Woocoo, which itself was probably named for the local Aboriginal word for "echidna". It held its first meeting on 30 January 1915.
In 1922, the residents of the Woocoo Shire erected a war memorial outside St Mary's Church of England on the Maryborough-Biggenden Road in Teebar (now within Boompa). The Woocoo Shire War Memorial was unveiled on Saturday 6 January 1923 by Major-General Thomas William Glasgow. In 1992 the memorial was relocated to the Woocoo Historical Museum in Brooweena due to concerns about vandalism and is now known as the Brooweena War Memorial.
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