The Shire of Paroo is a local government area in South West Queensland, Australia. The administrative centre is the town of Cunnamulla. The Paroo Shire covers an area of 47,623 square kilometres (18,387sqmi) and in June 2018 the area had a population of 1,586.[1] Over the 12 months to June 2018, the Shire had the equal fastest rate of population decline in the state, -3.8 per cent.[1]
The dominant industry is grazing. Opal fields are also worked within the shire.
History
Map of Paroo Division and adjacent local government areas, March 1902
Gunya (Kunya, Kunja, Kurnja) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Gunya people. The Gunya language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Paroo Shire Council, taking in Cunnamulla and extending north towards Augathella, east towards Bollon and west towards Thargomindah.[2]
Paroo Division was established on 11 November 1879 as one of the original divisions proclaimed under the Divisional Boards Act 1879 with a population of 799.[3][4]
On 3 June 1880, the western part of the Paroo Division was separated to create the Bulloo Division was established on 3 June 1880.[5]
With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, Paroo Division became the Shire of Paroo on 31 March 1903.[4][6]
Shire facilities
Paroo Shire Hall and Council Chambers, Cunnamulla, circa 1930The current Paroo Shire Hall with statue of the Cunnamulla Fella (from the Stan Coster song famously performed by Slim Dusty) in the foreground
In 1924, the shire was building a new shire hall, but it was wrecked in a violent dust storm on 5 February 1924.[7] However, they were able to straighten and strengthen the building[8] and it was finally opened on 6 December 1924 by the Minister for Public Instruction, Frank Brennan.[9]
The current Paroo Shire Council Civic centre is located on the corner of Stockyard Street and Louise Street, Cunnamulla.
Towns and localities
The Shire of Paroo includes the following settlements:
"SEVERE DUST STORM". The Queensland Times. National Library of Australia. 7 February 1924. p.5 Edition: DAILY. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
"CUNNAMULLA". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 21 April 1924. p.9. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
"NEW BUILDINGS AT CUNNAMULLA". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 11 December 1924. p.19. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
"Paroo Shire Council". Public Libraries Connect. State Library of Queensland. 20 September 2016. Archived from the original on 6 February 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
Consolidated Index to Queensland Government Gazette 1859-1919. Queensland Family History Society. 2004. ISBN1 876613 79 3.
"CUNNAMULLA". The Brisbane Courier. No.20, 663. Queensland, Australia. 14 April 1924. p.17. Retrieved 16 April 2018– via National Library of Australia.
Pugh, Theophilus Parsons (1927). Pugh's Almanac for 1927. Archived from the original on 4 March 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
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