• Source: City of Mackay

The City of Mackay was a local government area located in the Central Queensland region of Queensland, Australia, encompassing the regional city of Mackay and the surrounding region. The City was created as a municipal borough in 1869, and prior to amalgamation with the Shire of Pioneer in 1994, the City was limited to the central suburbs on the south shore of the Pioneer River. From 1994 until 2008, the City covered an area of 2,897.5 square kilometres (1,118.7 sq mi). In 2008, it amalgamated with the Shires of Mirani and Sarina to become the Mackay Regional Council.




History


The Borough of Mackay was proclaimed on 22 September 1869 under the Municipal Institutions Act 1864. The Pioneer Division was established on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 founding divisions under the Divisional Boards Act 1879.
Initially the council meetings were held in the Court House in River Street, the Post and Telegraph office in Wood Street, and in a building on Sydney Street owned by Mr R. Fleming. The first town hall was a timber structure constructed in 1872 on land that the council purchased at 63 Sydney Street.
With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, Pioneer Division became the Shire of Pioneer and Mackay became Town of Mackay on 31 March 1903. Mackay received City status on 17 August 1918.

During the boom in sugar prices, the borough council decided in 1884 that a larger town hall was needed. However, it was not until 1909 that they decided to proceed with a brick building on the site of the existing town hall in Sydney Street. The council held a design competition, which was won by a local architect and engineer Arthur Rigby. The first town hall was moved to the rear of the block to be behind the new building. The first official Council meeting was held in the (now heritage-listed) second town hall on 19 October 1912 with the official opening the next day.

After the council moved into their new Civic Administration Centre in 1974, they proposed to demolish the town hall and sell off the land to defray the costs of the new civic centre. However, following public protest, they renovated the building to make it available for community purposes.
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 Mackay area be rationalised. The Local Government (Mackay and Pioneer) Regulation 1993 was gazetted on 17 December 1993, and on 30 March 1994, the two amalgamated into a larger City of Mackay, which first met on 8 April 1994.
On 15 March 2008, under the Local Government (Reform Implementation) Act 2007 passed by the Parliament of Queensland on 10 August 2007, the City of Mackay merged with the Shires of Mirani and Sarina to form the Mackay Regional Council.




Towns and localities


Prior to 1994, Mackay consisted of the suburbs of North Mackay, West Mackay, South Mackay and East Mackay.
All other suburbs of Mackay belonged into the defunct Shire of Pioneer.
After the amalgamation, the City of Mackay included the following settlements:




Mayors


1869-1871: David Hay Dalrymple
1872: Alexander Shiels
1873: George Smith
1873-1874: David Hay Dalrymple (second term)
1875-1876: George Smith
1876-1877: Korah H. Wills
1878: William Marsh
1879:Charles R. Dutallis
1880: William Paxton
1881: George Smith (second term)
1882: Edmund S. Rawson
1883: Thomas Pearce
1884: Michael J. Fay
1885: John Harney
1886: George Dimmock
1887: Archibald McIntyre
1888: Henry Lindesay Black
1889: W. Robertson
1890: W.G. Hodges
1891: W.J. Byrne
1891: Henry B. Black
1892: Alexander Pine
1893:N.C. Morthensen
1894: G. Dimmock
1895: Henry B. Black
1895/6?: P.M. Hynes
1896: W.G. Hodges
1897: Henry B. Black
1898: J.H. Thornber
1899: Samuel Lambert
1900: C. Morley
1901: W.G. Hodges
1902: Cecil Garcia Smith
1903: C.P. Ready
1904-1906: T.D. Chataway
1907: Alexander J. McLean
1908: C.R. Klugh
1909: E.J. Marryatt
1910-1911: James Christie
1912: Hans Ditley Petersen
1913: C.P. Ready
1914-1915: George B. Fay
1916: V. Macrossan
1917-1918: James Prout Moule (died 1 June 1918)
1918: William Crawford Weir (resigned to become Town Clerk in November 1918)
1918: Robert Hague
1919: Arthur Hucker
1920: George M. Cameron
1921-1924: A.F. Williams
1924-1927?: George A. Milton
1924–1927?: Lewis Windermere Nott
1927-1930: George A. Milton
1930-1933: Ian A.C. Wood
1933-1934: J.M. Mulherin
1934-1939: George Moody
1939-1952: Ian A.C. Wood
1952-1967: John (Jack) Binnington
1967-1970: Ian A.C. Wood
1970-1988: Albert F. Abbott
1988-1991: Peter J. Jardine
1991-1994: Gregory R. Williamson
Amalgamation of Mackay City and Pioneer Shire Councils

1994–1997: Gordon White, prior to the amalgamation with Pioneer Shire, White had been chairman of the Pioneer Shire Council (1983–1994)
1997-2008: Julie Boyd
Amalgamation of Mackay City Sarina Shire and Mirani Shire Councils

2008-2012: Colin Meng
2012-2016: Dierdre Comerford
2016 - : Gregory R. Williamson




Town Clerks


The town clerks of the City of Mackay were:

1869-1871: Thomas Purves
1871-1872: M.J. Fay
1872: R.W. Smith
1872: A.M. Rheuben
1872: J. Rutherford
1872-1873: A.M Rheuben
1873-1875: H.F. Morgan
1876-1881: J.C. Binney
1881-1883 : F.N. Beddek
1883-1886: W.G. Hodges
1886-1890: C. Davie
1891: G. Dimmock
1892-1895: C. Davie
1895-1901: G. Dimmock
1902: James H. Tornber (died 29 December 1902)
1903-1915: Fred Morley
1916-1918: Arthur Fadden
1918-1943: William Crawford Weir
1944-1957: S. Murray
1957-1980: L.A. Payne
1980-1994: S.B. Fursman
1994-1997: T.P. Crompton
1997-before 2000: R.C. Bain
before 2000-before 2004: J. Harris
before 2004-2008: K. Gouldthorp




Transport


Mackay Airport
North Coast railway line, Mackay Station
Bruce Highway




Sister cities


Matsuura, Japan (Nagasaki Prefecture)




Population






References






External links


Mackay City Council web archive, State Library of Queensland

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