The City of Bundaberg was a Local Government Area located in the Wide Bay-Burnett

Wide Bay-Burnett

Wide Bay-Burnett is a region of the Australian state of Queensland, located between 170 and 400 kilometres north of the state capital, Brisbane. The area's population growth has exceeded the state average over the past 20 years, and it is forecast to grow to more than 430,000 by 2031...

 region of Queensland

Queensland

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, Australia

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, encompassing the centre and inner suburbs of the regional city of Bundaberg. The city covered an area of 95.5 square kilometres (36.9 sq mi), and existed as a local government entity in various forms from 1881 until 2008, when it amalgamated with several other councils in the surrounding area to form the Bundaberg Region.

History

Local government in the Bundaberg area began on 11 November 1879 with the creation of the Barolin Division as one of 74 divisions around Queensland under the Divisional Boards Act 1879. On 22 April 1881, a 4.1 square kilometres (1.6 sq mi) area with a population of 1,192 was split from the Division and incorporated as the "Municipality of Bundaberg" under the Local Government Act 1878. With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, Barolin became a shire and Bundaberg a town on 31 March 1903. On 22 November 1913, Bundaberg was proclaimed a City.

On 21 December 1917, the Shire of Barolin was abolished and its area split between the City of Bundaberg and the Shire of Woongarra

Shire of Woongarra

The Shire of Woongarra was a Local Government Area located to the south and east of the regional city of Bundaberg. The shire, administered from Bundaberg itself, covered an area of , and existed as a local government entity from 1885 until 1994, when it amalgamated with Gooburrum to form the Shire...

. Bundaberg grew to 45.2 square kilometres (17.5 sq mi) and was united with what was then its entire suburban extent.

On 21 November 1991, the Electoral and Administrative Review Commission, created two years earlier, produced its second report, and recommended that local government boundaries in the Bundaberg area be rationalised. The Local Government (Bundaberg and Burnett) Regulation 1993 was gazetted on 17 December 1993, and on 30 March 1994, a portion of the Woongarra

Shire of Woongarra

The Shire of Woongarra was a Local Government Area located to the south and east of the regional city of Bundaberg. The shire, administered from Bundaberg itself, covered an area of , and existed as a local government entity from 1885 until 1994, when it amalgamated with Gooburrum to form the Shire...

 (the rest of which was merged into the new Shire of Burnett) was transferred to the City, more than doubling its area and increasing its population by 8,200 in 1991 census terms.

On 15 March 2008, under the Local Government (Reform Implementation) Act 2007 passed by the Parliament of Queensland

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 on 10 August 2007, the City of Bundaberg merged with the Shires of Burnett, Isis

Shire of Isis

The Shire of Isis was a Local Government Area located in the Wide Bay-Burnett region of Queensland, Australia, to the south of Bundaberg. The Shire, administered from the town of Childers covered an area of , and existed as a local government entity from 1887 until 2008, when it was amalgamated...

 and Kolan

Shire of Kolan

The Shire of Kolan was a Local Government Area located in the Wide Bay-Burnett region of Queensland, Australia, to the west of Bundaberg. The Shire, administered from the town of Gin Gin, covered an area of , and existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 2008, when it was amalgamated...

 to form the Bundaberg Region.

Suburbs

• Ashfield
• Avenell Heights
• Avoca
• Branyan
• Bundaberg Central
  Bundaberg Central, Queensland
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• Bundaberg East
• Bundaberg North
• Bundaberg South
• Bundaberg West
• Kalkie
• Kensington
• Kepnock
• Millbank
• Norville
• Svensson Heights
• Thabeban
• Walkervale

Population

Year	Population
1921	9,276
1933	11,466
1947	15,926
1954	19,951
1961	22,839
1966	25,402
1971	27,324
1976	30,456
1981	30,937
1986	31,427
1991	32,737*
1996	42,554
2001	43,146
2006	45,901

* The population of the 1996 area in 1991 was 41,219.