The City of Townsville is a local government area (LGA) located in North Queensland, Australia. It encompasses the city of Townsville, together with the surrounding rural areas, to the south are the communities of Alligator Creek, Woodstock and Reid River, and to the north are Northern Beaches and Paluma, and also included is Magnetic Island. In June 2018 the area had a population of 194,072,[1] and is the 28th-largest LGA in Australia. Townsville is considered to be the unofficial capital of North Queensland.[citation needed]
This article is about the local government area. For the metropolitan area, see Townsville, Queensland. For the Townsville CBD suburb, see Townsville City, Queensland. For other uses, see Townsville (disambiguation).
Townsville's Town Hall 1895 with, from left to right, Aldermen T. Enright, E.J. Forrest, D.F. Treehy (Townclerk), P. Lillis (Rate Receiver), J. N. Parkes, B.P. McDougall (Accountant)
The City of Townsville was first established as the Borough of Townsville under the Municipal Institutions Act 1864 on 15 February 1866. The surrounding rural area, which was given the name Thuringowa Division, was established on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 divisions around Queensland under the Divisional Boards Act 1879. On 31 March 1903, Thuringowa Division became the Shire of Thuringowa and Townsville was granted city status under the Local Authorities Act 1902, the ancestor of the current Local Government Act 1993.
The borders of the Townsville municipality were expanded to keep pace with urban growth in 1882, 1918, 1936, 1958 and 1964 – the purpose of expanding the borders was to keep urban and rural administrations separate.[2] This state government convention changed under the Bjelke-Petersen government and the borders between the two local governments became static. By 1986 the Shire of Thuringowa had grown to a population of 27,000 and was declared a city.[2]
The City of Townsville was notable in Australia in the 1890s and early 1900s for its support for municipal socialism. The anarchist and socialist Alderman Ned Lowry advocated for the City of Townsville to control various industries.[3]
In 1939, Fred Paterson stood successfully as an alderman for the Townsville City Council, becoming the first member of the Communist Party to win such an office in Australia. He was then re-elected in 1943. The same year, he stood for the federal seat of Herbert, but was narrowly defeated. He then contested and won the Bowen seat in the Queensland Parliament, holding it from 1944 until 1950.
From 1942 to 1949, the council was held by a majority of members of the pro-soviet Labor party split, the North Queensland Labor Party.[4]
A succession of endorsed Labor Party mayors and majority councillors held a continuous civic government from 1976–2008, this was the longest continuous Labor administration in the country until Tony Mooney was defeated in 2008.
Following local government reform undertaken by the State Government of Queensland, the City of Townsville and the City of Thuringowa were amalgamated in 2008.[5] The process of amalgamation was completed on the election of a new combined council on 15 March 2008.
Mayors
Anthony Ogden, Mayor of Townsville, 1924-19261866–1867: John Melton Black (first mayor)[6][7]
William John Heatley, circa 19301868: William Alfred Ross[6][8]
1936–1949 (deputy mayor 1939–1944) Tom Aikens, Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Mundingburra and Townsville South[16]
Townsville City Council
Townsville City Council is the Local Government Authority that services the Local Government Area of Townsville. The council is represented by 10 councillors and the mayor, who have been elected by the whole city. The current mayor is Cr Jenny Hill,[14] who was formerly the deputy mayor of the pre-amalgamation City of Townsville in 2007 and early 2008.
The council provides many services to residents of the city of Townsville, including infrastructure, water, garbage, public works, and entertainment and leisure i.e. parks, theatres, events etc.
Civic cabinet
The current civic cabinet consists of one mayor, elected at large, and 10 councillors, elected from 10 individual divisions.
At the Queensland Local Government election, held on 19 March 2016, Jenny Hill from the centre-left Team Jenny Hill was elected mayor of Townsville, along with 10 other councillors from the same team.[17] No councillors were elected from the rival centre-right Jayne Arlett's team, nor were any independents, effectively creating an undivided council.
In April 2020, Cr Mark Molachino was unanimously appointed deputy mayor.
The populations given relate to the component entities prior to 2008. The 2011 census was the first for the new City.
Year
Population (City total)
Population (Townsville)
Population (Thuringowa)
1911
15,731
10,636
5,095
1921
23,690
21,353
2,337
1933
29,300
25,876
3,424
1947
36,436
34,109
2,327
1954
43,098
40,471
2,627
1961
53,715
51,143
2,572
1966
65,303
62,403
2,900
1971
72,023
68,591
3,432
1976
91,279
80,365
10,914
1981
98,900
81,172
17,728
1986
112,917
82,809
30,108
1991
125,010
87,288
37,722
1996
131,371
87,052
44,319
2001
143,841
92,701
51,140
2006
158,647
99,483
59,164
2011
174,462
2016
186,757
2021
192,768
Amenities
The Townsville City Council operates libraries at Aitkenvale, Townsville City and Thuringowa Central.[19] It also operates a mobile library service, serving the following suburbs on a regular schedule:[20]
Burgmann, Verity (1985). In our time: socialism and the rise of labor, 1885-1905. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. ISBN0868615374.
Fitzgerald, Ross (1997). The people's champion, Fred Paterson: Australia's only Communist Party member of parliament. University of Queensland Press. ISBN0702229598.
"Local Government Elections". The Western Star and Roma Advertiser. Toowoomba, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 15 February 1888. p.3. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
Manion, Jim. "Hodel, Joseph (1850–1943)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre for Biography, Australian National University. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
Consolidated Index to Queensland Government Gazette 1859–1919. Queensland Family History Society. 2004. ISBN1 876613 79 3.
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