Annual Report 2021-22

                                                                          2021 - 22 Annual Report




Our Council
Noosa Shire Council was created in 1910           In 2008, the Noosa Shire was amalgamated
under the Queensland Local Authorities Act        with Maroochy Shire and the City of Caloundra
of 1902. As such, the Shire of Noosa was          to form the Sunshine Coast Regional Shire.
created out of an area previously belonging to    In March 2013 and after several years of
Widgee (now Cooloola Shire) and a small strip     campaigning by the community, residents of
along the northern border of Maroochy (now        the former Noosa Shire went to the polls to vote
Sunshine Coast). Noosa’s population at the        on a referendum whether or not Noosa should
time was about 2,000.                             de-amalgamate from the Sunshine Coast
At the first local government election on 22nd    Regional Shire. In response, 82.6% of voters
April, nine Councillors were elected. James       were in favour of de-amalgamation.
Duke became the first Shire Chairman. The         On 1 January 2014, Noosa Shire Council was
bridge at Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, is          officially re-established as an independent
named after him, in his memory. The first Shire   local government area.
Clerk was Mr E.A. Edwards who held office
until 1946.




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