Shire of Douglas
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The Shire of Douglas is a local government area in Far North Queensland. It is located on the coast north of the city of Cairns. The shire, administered from the town of Mossman, covers an area of Script error: No such module "convert".,[2] and existed as a local government entity from 1880 until 2008, when it was amalgamated with the City of Cairns to become the Cairns Region. Following a poll in 2013, the Shire of Douglas was re-established on 1 January 2014.
The major industries are tourism and sugar production. Minor industries include tropical fruit and beef.
In the Template:CensusAU, the Shire of Douglas had a population of 12,337 people.[1]
History
Kuku Yalanji (also known as Gugu Yalanji, Kuku Yalaja, and Kuku Yelandji) is an Australian Aboriginal language of the Mossman and Daintree areas of North Queensland. The language region includes areas within the local government area of Shire of Douglas and Shire of Cook, particularly the localities of Mossman, Daintree, Bloomfield River, China Camp, Maytown, Palmer, Cape Tribulation and Wujal Wujal.[3]
Yalanji (also known as Kuku Yalanji, Kuku Yalaja, Kuku Yelandji, and Gugu Yalanji) is an Australian Aboriginal language of Far North Queensland. The traditional language region is Mossman River in the south to the Annan River in the north, bordered by the Pacific Ocean in the east and extending inland to west of Mount Mulgrave. This includes the local government boundaries of the Shire of Douglas, the Shire of Cook and the Aboriginal Shire of Wujal Wujal and the towns and localities of Cooktown, Mossman, Daintree, Cape Tribulation and Wujal Wujal. It includes the head of the Palmer River, the Bloomfield River, China Camp, Maytown, and Palmerville.[4]
On 11 November 1879, the Cairns Division was one of the initial 74 divisions created under the Divisional Boards Act 1879.[5] On 3 June 1880, the northern part of Cairns Division was excised to create Douglas Division.[6]
With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, Douglas Division became the Shire of Douglas on 31 March 1903.
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 Douglas merged with the City of Cairns to form the Cairns Region.
In 2012, a proposal was made to de-amalgamate the Shire of Douglas from the Cairns Region.[7] On 6 December 2012, the Queensland Minister for Local Government, the Hon. David Crisafulli, granted the people of the former Douglas Shire a vote on possible de-amalgamation from the Cairns Regional Council, even though the Queensland Treasury Corporation had calculated the costs to be too high a burden on the few ratepayers of this small Shire, and the Shire to be unviable in the long term. Despite strong opposition from many parties, on 9 March 2013 the citizens of the former Douglas shire voted in a referendum to de-amalgamate.[8] The shire was re-established on 1 January 2014.[9][10]
Towns and localities
The Douglas Shire Council's administrative centre is in Mossman.[11]
The Shire of Douglas includes the following settlements:
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1 – shared with the Shire of Cook
2 – until 1995, it was part of the Shire, now it's part of the Cairns Region
Libraries
The Douglas Shire Council operates public libraries at Mossman and Port Douglas.[12]
Demographics
| Year | Population | Notes |
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| 1933 | 2,901 | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". |
| 1947 | 2,493 | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". |
| 1954 | 3,100 | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". |
| 1961 | 3,354 | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". |
| 1966 | 3,919 | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". |
| 1971 | 4,072 | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". |
| 1976 | 4,746 | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". |
| 1981 | 5,957 | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". |
| 1986 | 7,750 | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". |
| 1991 | 12,440 | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". |
| 1996 | 12,980 | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". |
| Template:CensusAU | 13,966 | [13] |
| Template:CensusAU | 10,193 | [14] |
| 2011 | 11,380 | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Shire of Douglas did not exist at this time but was part of the Cairns Region. |
| Template:CensusAU | 11,714 | [15] |
| Template:CensusAU | 12,337 | [1] |
Council
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Election results
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| Template:Australian party style | | Template:Australian politics/name | Michael Kerr | 3,386 | 54.95 | Script error: No such module "MultiReplace". |
| Template:Australian party style | | Template:Australian politics/name | Julia Leu | 2,776 | 45.05 | Script error: No such module "MultiReplace". |
| Total formal votes | 6,162 | 98.12 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Informal votes | 118 | 1.88 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 6,280 | Script error: No such module "String". | |||
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| Template:Australian party style | | Template:Australian politics/name | Lisa Scomazzon (elected 1) | 3,951 | 16.40 | Script error: No such module "MultiReplace". |
| Template:Australian party style | | Template:Australian politics/name | Peter McKeown (elected 2) | 3,527 | 14.64 | Script error: No such module "MultiReplace". |
| Template:Australian party style | | Template:Australian politics/name | Roy Zammataro (elected 3) | 3,179 | 13.20 | Script error: No such module "MultiReplace". |
| Template:Australian party style | | Template:Australian politics/name | Noli Abigail (elected 4) | 2,959 | 12.28 | Script error: No such module "MultiReplace". |
| Template:Australian party style | | Template:Australian politics/name | Natalie Johnson | 2,888 | 11.99 | Script error: No such module "MultiReplace". |
| Template:Australian party style | | Template:Australian politics/name | Kym Rowley | 2,338 | 9.71 | Script error: No such module "MultiReplace". |
| Template:Australian party style | | Template:Australian politics/name | Bruce Clarke | 2,021 | 8.39 | Script error: No such module "MultiReplace". |
| Template:Australian party style | | Template:Australian politics/name | Terry Melchert | 1,967 | 8.17 | Script error: No such module "MultiReplace". |
| Template:Australian party style | | Template:Australian politics/name | Steve Cruickshank | 1,258 | 5.22 | Script error: No such module "MultiReplace". |
| Total formal votes | 6,022 | 96.03 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Informal votes | 249 | 3.97 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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Chairmen and mayors
The following were the chairmen and mayors of the Shire of Douglas in its first incarnation:[18]
| Term | Incumbent |
|---|---|
| 1900 | Andrew Jack |
| 1901–1903 | James Reynolds |
| 1904–1905 | Richard Augustine "Dick" Donnelly |
| 1906 | William Mackay |
| 1907 | Daniel Joseph Kirwan |
| 1908 | Robert David Low |
| 1909 | Richard James Walsh |
| 1910 | Robert Punton Tunnie (first term) |
| 1911–1912 | Frederick "Fred" Thompson |
| 1913 | James Patrick Reynolds (first term) |
| 1914 | Robert Punton Tunnie (second term) |
| 1915–1921 | James Patrick Reynolds (second term) |
| 1921–1927 | John Quill |
| 1927–1933 | Severin Berner "Barney" Andreassen |
| 1933–1955 | Raymond David Rex |
| 1955–1964 | Ernest William Berzinski |
| 1964–1967 | George Quaid Jr |
| 1967–1970 | J.S. Allen |
| 1970–1981 | Onslow Rutherford Andrews |
| 1981–1991 | Anthony Mijo |
| 1991–2008 | Mike Berwick |
The following were the mayors of Shire of Douglas in its second incarnation:
| Term | Incumbent |
|---|---|
| 2014–2020 | Julia Leu[19][20] |
| 2020–2024 | Michael John Kerr[21] |
| 2024–current | Lisa Jayne Scomazzon[22] |
References
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Further reading
- Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". — a history of the Shire of Douglas
External links
- University of Queensland: Queensland Places: Douglas Shire
- Douglas Shire Historical Society
- Pro amalgamation website Happy With Cairns
- Pro amalgamation website People Of Douglas
- De-amalgamation website Friends Of Douglas Shire
- Douglas Shire Independent News
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