The Shire of Clifton was a Local Government Area located in the Darling Downs region of Queensland

Queensland

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, Australia

Australia

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, southwest of the regional city of Toowoomba

Toowoomba, Queensland

Toowoomba is a city in Southern Queensland, Australia. It is located west of Queensland's capital city, Brisbane. With an estimated district population of 128,600, Toowoomba is Australia's second largest inland city and its largest non-capital inland city...

. The shire, administered from the town of Clifton

Clifton, Queensland

Clifton is a town in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. The lands around the town was first settled by Europeans in 1840. At the 2006 census, Clifton had a population of 1,067....

, covered an area of 867.5 square kilometres (334.9 sq mi), and existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 2008, when it amalgamated with several other councils in the Toowoomba area to form the Toowoomba Region.

History

The Clifton Divisional Board was incorporated on 11 November 1879 under the Divisional Boards Act 1879. With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, Clifton became a shire council on 31 March 1903.

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

Parliament of Queensland

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 on 10 August 2007, the Shire of Clifton merged with the City of Toowoomba

City of Toowoomba

The City of Toowoomba was a Local Government Area located in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia, encompassing the centre and inner suburbs of the regional city of Toowoomba...

 and the Shires of Cambooya

Shire of Cambooya

The Shire of Cambooya was a Local Government Area located in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia, immediately south of the regional city of Toowoomba...

, Crows Nest, Jondaryan, Millmerran

Shire of Millmerran

The Shire of Millmerran was a Local Government Area located in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia, about southwest of the regional city of Toowoomba...

, Pittsworth

Shire of Pittsworth

The Shire of Pittsworth was a Local Government Area located in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia, about southwest of the regional city of Toowoomba...

 and Shire of Rosalie to form the Toowoomba Region.

Towns and localities

• Clifton
  Clifton, Queensland
  Clifton is a town in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. The lands around the town was first settled by Europeans in 1840. At the 2006 census, Clifton had a population of 1,067....
  
  
• Kings Creek
• Nobby
  Nobby, Queensland
  Nobby is a small village on the Darling Downs, Queensland. It is located halfway between Toowoomba and Warwick. At the 2006 census, Nobby had a population of 391....
  
   (split with Shire of Cambooya
  Shire of Cambooya
  The Shire of Cambooya was a Local Government Area located in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia, immediately south of the regional city of Toowoomba...
  
  )
• Pilton
  Pilton, Queensland
  Pilton is a settlement in Queensland, Australia, located south of the city of Toowoomba. At the 2006 census, the locality recorded a population of 209, living in 74 inhabited dwellings. The median age of the population was 41 years, and the median weekly household income was $866....
  
  

Population

Year	Population
1933	3,105
1947	2,760
1954	2,542
1961	2,572
1966	2,549
1971	2,378
1976	2,260
1981	2,188
1986	2,354
1991	2,301
1996	2,308
2001	2,327
2006	2,549

Mayors and Chairmen

• Ian Jones (2004—2008)
• Patricia Collins (1997—2004)
• Reg Murphy (1994—1997)
• Ian Jones (1991—1994)
• Emmett Lyons (1982—1991)
• William Bishop (1979—1982)
• Virgil O'Leary (1976—1979)
• William Finlay (1967—1976)
• William Bourke (1955—1967)
• Herbert Warfield (1949—1955)
• Heinrich Heinrichsen (1947—1949)
• James Meara (1924—1947)
• W. R. Ross (1922—1923)
• James Meara (1917—1921)