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Blackall-Tambo Region - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 24°39′14″S 145°48′49″E / 24.65389°S 145.81361°E

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Blackall-Tambo Region
Queensland

Location within Queensland

Population

1,905 (2021 census)^[1]

• Density

0.062383/km² (0.16157/sq mi)

Established

2008

Area

30,537 km² (11,790.4 sq mi)^[2]

Mayor

Andrew Martin

Council seat

Blackall

Region

Central West Queensland

Website

Blackall-Tambo Region

LGAs around Blackall-Tambo Region:
Longreach	Barcaldine	Central Highlands
Longreach	Blackall-Tambo Region	Murweh
Quilpie	Murweh	Murweh

The Blackall-Tambo Region is a local government area in Central West Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, it was preceded by two previous local government areas dating from the 1870s.

For the financial year 2010/11 it had an approximate operating budget of A$30m.^[3]

In the 2021 census, the Blackall-Tambo Region had a population of 1,905 people.^[1]

History

Kuungkari (also known as Kungkari and Koonkerri) is a language of Western Queensland. The Kuungkari language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of Longreach Shire Council and Blackall-Tambo Shire Council.^[4]

Prior to the 2008 amalgamation, the Blackall-Tambo Region existed as two distinct local government areas:

the Shire of Blackall;
and the Shire of Tambo.

The entire Region was originally part of Kargoolnah Division, which was created on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 divisions around Queensland under the Divisional Boards Act 1879. On 20 May 1880, a municipal Borough of Blackall was created to cover the town and its first councillors were elected in July 1880. On 1 January 1881, a new Tambo Division was proclaimed and excised from Kargoolnah.

With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, Kargoolnah became a Shire on 31 March 1903, while Blackall became a Town. The latter was abolished on 7 November 1931 and became Division 3 of the Kargoolnah Shire, which had in the meantime shrunk to include only the Blackall region. On 19 November 1932, after representations to the State Government, Kargoolnah was officially renamed Blackall.

In July 2007, the Local Government Reform Commission released its report and recommended that the two areas amalgamate. Both councils opposed the amalgamation.^[5] On 15 March 2008, the two Shires formally ceased to exist, and elections were held on the same day to elect councillors and a mayor to the Regional Council.

Wards

The Region has four divisions, each of whom elects one councillor, and a mayor is directly elected for the entire region.

Mayors

2008–2012: Jan Ross^[6]
2012–2016: Barry Muir^[7]
2016–present: Andrew Linedale Martin^[8]^[9]

Towns and localities

The Blackall-Tambo Region includes the following settlements:

Blackall area:

Tambo area:

Amenities

Blackall-Tambo Regional Council operate public libraries at Blackall and Tambo.^[10]

Demographics

The populations given relate to the component entities prior to 2008.

Year	Population (Region total)	Population (Blackall)	Population (Tambo)
1933	3,703	2,755	948
1947	3,370	2,488	882
1954	3,825	2,780	1,045
1961	4,415	3,291	1,124
1966	4,004	3,067	937
1971	3,156	2,325	831
1976	2,828	2,160	668
1981	2,985	2,223	762
1986	2,774	2,070	704
1991	2,661	2,045	616
1996	2,399	1,833	566
2001	2,450	1,822	628
2006	2,139	1,524	615
2016	1,903
2021	1,905

In the 2016 census, the Blackall-Tambo Region had a population of 1,903 people.^[11]

In the 2021 census, the Blackall-Tambo Region had a population of 1,905 people.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Blackall-Tambo Region (LGA)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
^ "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.
^ Blackall-Tambo Regional Council annual report 2011-12 http://www.btrc.qld.gov.au/web/guest/our-finances
^ This Wikipedia article incorporates CC BY 4.0 licensed text from: "Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map". State Library of Queensland. State Library of Queensland. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
^ Queensland Local Government Reform Commission (July 2007). Report of the Local Government Reform Commission (PDF). Vol. 2. pp. 37–41. ISBN 978-1-921057-11-3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2011. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
^ Election summary Archived 5 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine (ECQ)
^ "2012 Blackall-Tambo Regional Council - Mayoral Election - Election Summary". Electoral Commission of Queensland. 28 May 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
^ "2016 Blackall-Tambo Regional Council - Mayoral Election - Election Summary". Electoral Commission of Queensland. 19 April 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
^ "2020 Local Government Elections: Saturday, 28 March 2020". Electoral Commission of Queensland. 2020. Archived from the original on 16 June 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
^ "Blackall-Tambo Regional Council". Public Libraries Connect. State Library of Queensland. 20 September 2016. Archived from the original on 6 February 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Blackall-Tambo Region (LGA)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.

External links

University of Queensland: Queensland Places: Blackall-Tambo Regional Council

v t e Towns and localities in the Blackall-Tambo Region, Queensland
Blackall area	Blackall Yalleroi
Tambo area	Tambo Bayrick Caldervale Lansdowne Lumeah Macfarlane Minnie Downs Mount Enniskillen Scrubby Creek Windeyer Yandarlo
Main Article: Local government areas of Queensland

v t e Local government areas of Queensland
South East	Brisbane Gold Coast Ipswich Lockyer Valley Logan Moreton Bay Noosa Redland Scenic Rim Somerset Sunshine Coast
Wide Bay–Burnett	Bundaberg Cherbourg Fraser Coast Gympie North Burnett South Burnett
Darling Downs	Goondiwindi Southern Downs Toowoomba Western Downs
Central	Banana Central Highlands Gladstone Isaac Livingstone Mackay Rockhampton Whitsunday Woorabinda
North	Burdekin Charters Towers Hinchinbrook Palm Island Townsville
Far North	Aurukun Cairns Cassowary Coast Cook Douglas Hope Vale Kowanyama Lockhart River Mapoon Mareeba Napranum Northern Peninsula Area Pormpuraaw Tablelands Torres Torres Strait Island Weipa Wujal Wujal Yarrabah
North West	Burke Carpentaria Cloncurry Croydon Doomadgee Etheridge Flinders Mckinlay Mornington Mount Isa Richmond
Central West	Barcaldine Barcoo Blackall-Tambo Boulia Diamantina Longreach Winton
South West	Balonne Bulloo Maranoa Murweh Paroo Quilpie

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