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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. It covered an area of , and existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 2008, when it amalgamated with the separate City of Charters Towers to form the Charters Towers Region. == History == Dalrymple Division was created on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 divisions around Queensland under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879'' with a population of 4494. The name ''Dalrymple'' is believed to honour George Elphinstone Dalrymple, an early explorer of the region. On 2 July 1902, the No. 1 subdivision of Dalrymple Division was excised to create a separate Shire of Queenton. With the passage of the ''Local Authorities Act 1902'', Dalrymple Division became the Shire of Dalrymple on 31 March 1903. On 1 January 1930, the Shire of Ravenswood was abolished and absorbed into the Shire of Dalrymple as its No. 3 division.〔 Abolished Shire of Ravenswood and merged it with Dalrymple, amongst other changes.〕 On 15 March 2008, under the ''Local Government (Reform Implementation) Act 2007'' passed by the Parliament of Queensland on 10 August 2007, the Shire of Dalrymple amalgamated with the separate City of Charters Towers to form the Charters Towers Region. 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「Shire of Dalrymple」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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