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The Cairns Region is a local government area in Far North Queensland, Queensland, Australia, centred on the regional centre of Cairns. It was established in 2008 by the amalgamation of the City of Cairns and the Shire of Douglas. However, following public protest and a referendum in 2013, on 1 January 2014, the Shire of Douglas was separated from the Cairns Region and re-established as a local government authority. The Cairns Regional Council has an estimated operating budget of A$300 million. == History == The Cairns Region began as three separate entities: the City of Cairns, the Shire of Douglas and the Shire of Mulgrave. The City, which for most of its existence covered only the central business district and inner suburbs of Cairns, had its beginning in the Borough of Cairns which was proclaimed on 28 May 1885 under the ''Local Government Act 1878''.〔''Queensland Government Gazette'', Vol. XXXVI (1885), p.1733.〕 With the passage of the ''Local Authorities Act 1902'', it became a Town on 31 March 1903 and was proclaimed a City on 12 October 1923.〔''Queensland Government Gazette'', Vol. CXXI, 12 October 1923, p.1108.〕 The Shire of Mulgrave had its origins in the Cairns Division, one of Queensland's 74 divisions created under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879'' on 11 November 1879. The Douglas Division was created on 3 June 1880. They became the Shire of Cairns and the Shire of Douglas on 31 March 1903. On 20 December 1919, it grew to include some territory from the abolished Shire of Barron, and on 16 November 1940, the shire was renamed Mulgrave. 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 Cairns area be rationalised, and that the Shire be dissolved and amalgamated with the City of Cairns. The ''Local Government (Cairns, Douglas, Mareeba and Mulgrave) Regulation 1994'' was gazetted on 16 December 1994. On 22 March 1995, the Shire was abolished and became part of the new City of Cairns. In July 2007, the Local Government Reform Commission released its report and recommended that Cairns amalgamate with the Shire of Douglas, and that the new Cairns Regional Council be undivided with 10 councillors and a mayor. On 15 March 2008, the City and Shire formally ceased to exist, and elections were held on the same day to elect councillors and a mayor to the Regional Council. In 2012, a proposal was made to de-amalgamate the Shire of Douglas from the Cairns Region.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.dlg.qld.gov.au/resources/report/local-government/bc/douglas-proposal.pdf )〕 On 9 March 2013, the citizens of the former Douglas shire voted in a referendum to de-amalgamate.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/local/DOUGLAS/results/district96.html )〕 The shire was re-established on 1 January 2014.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.dsdip.qld.gov.au/bc/ )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cairns Region」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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