• Source: Shire of Barcoo

The Shire of Barcoo is a local government area in Central West Queensland, Australia.
It covers an area of 61,830 square kilometres (23,872.7 sq mi), and has existed as a local government entity since 1887. It is named for the Barcoo River which reaches a confluence with the Thomson River in the shire to form Cooper Creek.
The major industry in the shire is beef production and some opal mining. There has been some development of the known oil and gas reserves in the region.
In the 2021 census, the Shire of Barcoo had a population of 308 people.




History



Kuungkari (also known as Kungkari and Koonkerri) is a language of Western Queensland. The Kuungkari language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of Longreach Shire Council and Blackall-Tambo Shire Council.
The Barcoo Division was created on 24 December 1887 out of the eastern part of the Diamantina Division, and was subject to the Divisional Boards Act 1887.
In 1927, the council met at Stonehenge.
With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, Barcoo Division became the Shire of Barcoo on 31 March 1903.
It subsequently lost areas when the shires of Isisford (1908) and Quilpie (1930) were incorporated.
Its present mayor, Sally O'Neil, has been in office since 2020.




Towns and localities


The Shire of Barcoo includes the following settlements:

Jundah
Farrars Creek
Stonehenge
Tanbar Station
Windorah




Chairmen and mayors



1927: H. J. Cameron
2000–2012: Bruce Scott (unopposed 2008)
2012–2016: Julie Groves (unopposed)
2016–2020 : Bruce Scott
2020–present: Sally Elizabeth O'Neil




Demographics






Libraries


The Barcoo Shire Council operates public libraries at Jundah, Stonehenge, and Windorah.




References






Further reading


Forrest, Peter; Forrest, Sheila (2014), Their promised land : a history of the people and places of the Barcoo Shire, Western Queensland, Jundah, Queensland Barcoo Shire Council, ISBN 978-0-9871295-6-7




External links


"Barcoo Shire". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland.

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• Shire of Barcoo
• Stonehenge, Queensland (Barcoo Shire)
• Windorah
• Barcoo
• Canterbury, Queensland
• Jundah, Queensland
• Central West Queensland
• Arrabury Airport
• List of schools in Central Queensland
• Farrars Creek, Queensland