Shire of Banana
| Banana Shire Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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 Location within Queensland | |||||||||||||||
| Population | 13,489(2006 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.85614/km2 (2.21739/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1879 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 15,755.6 km2 (6,083.3 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Mayor | John Hooper | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Biloela | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Capricornia | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Electoral district of Callide | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Capricornia, Maranoa | ||||||||||||||
| Website | Banana Shire | ||||||||||||||
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The Shire of Banana is a Local Government Area located in the Southern Highlands region of Queensland, Australia, inland from the regional city of Gladstone. The shire was named after the burial site of a huge dun coloured bullock named 'Banana'.
Major industries in the shire include coal mining, beef production, power generation, dryland cropping and irrigation cropping such as lucerne and cotton.
History
Banana Divisional Board was created on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 divisions around Queensland under the Divisional Boards Act 1879. With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, it 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 on 10 August 2007, the Shire of Banana absorbed a significant part of the neighbouring Shire of Taroom, including the town of Taroom itself.
Towns and Localities
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- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Banana (S) (Local Government Area)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2008-03-18.