Tambourine Division
The Shire of Tamborine was a local government area in South East Queensland, Australia, centred on the village of Tamborine. It existed from 1890 to 1949.
On 11 November 1879, the Tabragalba Division was created as one of 74 divisions within Queensland under the Divisional Boards Act 1879. On 4 October 1890, part of Tabragalba Division was separated to establish the Tambourine Division.
With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, the Tambourine Division became the Shire of Tambourine on 31 March 1903.
The Shire of Tambourine altered the spelling of its name to Shire of Tamborine on 14 January 1939.
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.
Coordinates: 27°52′34″S 153°07′48″E / 27.876°S 153.13°E
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