The City of Charters Towers was a Local Government Area located in North Queensland

North Queensland

North Queensland or the Northern Region is the northern part of the state of Queensland in Australia. Queensland is a massive state, larger than most countries, and the tropical northern part of it has been historically remote and undeveloped, resulting in a distinctive regional character and...

, Australia

Australia

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, consisting of the centre and suburbs of the town of Charters Towers

Charters Towers, Queensland

Charters Towers is a city in northern Queensland, Australia. It is located 137 kilometres inland from Townsville on the Flinders Highway. In 2006 the population was 7,979 people, some 450 fewer than in the 2001 census. During the last quarter of the 19th century the town boomed as the rich gold...

. Established in 1877, it was entirely surrounded by the Shire of Dalrymple

Shire of Dalrymple

The Shire of Dalrymple was a Local Government Area located in North Queensland, Australia, and surrounded but did not include the town of Charters Towers, at which its council and administrative centre was based...

, with which it amalgamated in 2008 to form the Charters Towers Region.

History

The Charters Towers Municipality was proclaimed on 21 June 1877 under the Municipal Institutions Act 1864. It achieved a measure of autonomy in 1878 with the enactment of the Local Government Act. With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, Charters Towers became a town council on 31 March 1903. On 13 April 1909, Charters Towers was proclaimed a City.

A separate Shire of Queenton was excised from the surrounding Dalrymple Division on 2 July 1902, and merged with the City on 23 December 1916.

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

Parliament of Queensland

The Parliament of Queensland is the legislature of Queensland, Australia. According to the state's constitution, the Parliament consists of the Queen and the Legislative Assembly. It is the only unicameral state parliament in the country, the upper chamber, the Legislative Council, having been...

 on 10 August 2007, the City of Charters Towers amalgamated with the Shire of Dalrymple

Shire of Dalrymple

The Shire of Dalrymple was a Local Government Area located in North Queensland, Australia, and surrounded but did not include the town of Charters Towers, at which its council and administrative centre was based...

 to form the Charters Towers Region.

Suburbs

• Charters Towers
  Charters Towers, Queensland
  Charters Towers is a city in northern Queensland, Australia. It is located 137 kilometres inland from Townsville on the Flinders Highway. In 2006 the population was 7,979 people, some 450 fewer than in the 2001 census. During the last quarter of the 19th century the town boomed as the rich gold...
  
  
• Alabama Hill
• Columbia
• Grand Secret
• Lissner
• Millchester
• Mosman Park
• Queenton
• Richmond Hill
• Towers Hill

Population

Year	Population
1933	6,978
1947	7,561
1954	6,961
1961	7,633
1966	7,602
1971	7,518
1976	7,914
1981	6,823
1986	7,208
1991	9,016
1996	8,893
2001	8,492
2006	8,155