{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = lga | name = Shire of Fitzroy | state = qld | image = Fitzroy LGA Qld.png | image_upright = 0.81 | caption = Location within Queensland | pop = 10,310 | pop_year = 2006 census | pop_footnotes =<ref>{{Census 2006 AUS | id = LGA33150 | name = Fitzroy (S) (Local Government Area) | accessdate=2008-03-18|quick = on}}</ref> | area = 5898.7 | est = 1899 | seat = Gracemere | region = Capricornia | logo = Fitzroy Logo.png | url = http://www.fitzroyshire.qld.gov.au/ | near-nw = Livingstone | near-n = Livingstone | near-ne = Livingstone | near-w = Duaringa | near-e = Rockhampton | near-sw = Banana | near-s = Mount Morgan | near-se = Calliope }}
The '''Shire of Fitzroy''' was a local government area located in the Capricornia region of Central Queensland, Queensland, Australia, to the immediate west and south of the regional city of Rockhampton. The shire, administered from the town of Gracemere, covered an area of {{convert|5898.7|km2|sqmi|1}}, and existed as a local government entity from 1899 until 2008, when it amalgamated with several other councils to become the Rockhampton Region. It is named for the Fitzroy River, that passes along the northern boundary of the shire.
==History== thumb|Map of Fitzroy Division and adjacent local government areas, March 1902 On 11 November 1879, the Gogango Division was established as one of 74 divisions around Queensland under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879''.<ref name=gogangod>{{cite QSA Agency|896|Gogango Divisional Board|20 September 2013}}</ref> On 6 April 1899, the section of Gogango south of the Fitzroy River split away to form the Fitzroy Division.<ref name=fitzroyd>{{cite QSA Agency|243|Fitzroy Divisional Board|20 September 2013}}</ref>
With the passage of the ''Local Authorities Act 1902'', Fitzroy Division became the Shire of Fitzroy on 31 March 1903.<ref name=fitzroyd/><ref name=fitzroys>{{cite QSA Agency|245|Fitzroy Shire Council|20 September 2013}}</ref>
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 Fitzroy merged with the City of Rockhampton and the Shires of Mount Morgan and Livingstone to form the Rockhampton Region.<ref name=fitzroys/><ref name=rockr>{{cite QSA Agency|11047|Rockhampton Regional Council|20 September 2013}}</ref>
At the time of amalgamation, the Shire of Fitzroy was the only local government area in Queensland without a library service.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.themorningbulletin.com.au/news/story-time-joy-as-new-gracemere-library-opens/3217465/|title=Story time joy as new Gracemere library opens|date=27 August 2017|work=Rockhampton Morning Bulletin|access-date=1 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201080632/https://www.themorningbulletin.com.au/news/story-time-joy-as-new-gracemere-library-opens/3217465/|archive-date=1 February 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Towns and localities== The Shire of Fitzroy included the following settlements:
* Gracemere * Alton Downs * Bajool * Bouldercombe * Bushley * Dalma * Garnant * Glenroy * Gogango * Kabra * Kalapa * Marmor * Midgee * Morinish * Morinish South * Nine Mile * Pink Lily * Port Alma * Ridgelands * Stanwell * Westwood * Wycarbah
==Chairmen== {{Incomplete list|date=March 2023}} *1899: Thomas Richard Avalon Creed<ref name=grace>{{cite book |last=Johansen|first=Grace|author-link= |date=2003|title=Pioneers to Prosperity: A History of Fitzroy Shire 1853 - 2003|url= |location=Rockhampton, Queensland|publisher=CQU Press|page= |isbn=1876780282}}</ref> *1903: William Wells<ref name=grace/><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=11 July 1934|title=Passing of pioneers regretted: Late Messrs Wells, Burns and Conachan|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/198782123|work=The Evening News|page=10|location= |access-date=5 March 2023}}</ref> *1913: Michael Leahy<ref name=grace/> *1908; 1918; 1924–1930: John Walsh O'Shanesy<ref name=grace/><ref name=pughs1927>{{cite book|last1=Pugh|first1=Theophilus Parsons|title=Pugh's Almanac for 1927|date=1927|url=https://www.textqueensland.com.au/pughs-almanac|access-date=13 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=17 July 1946|title=Death of Mr. J. W. O'Shanesy |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/56404036|work=The Morning Bulletin|page=8|location= |access-date=5 March 2023}}</ref> *1930–1933: Edward Walker Archer<ref name=grace/><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=2 July 1940|title=Death of Mr. E. W. Archer - fine record of public service|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/56168679|work=The Morning Bulletin|page=4|location= |access-date=5 March 2023}}</ref> *1933–1936: John Henry Salmon<ref name=grace/><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=3 April 1947|title=Mr. J. H. Salmon|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/76170707|work=The Central Queensland Herald|page=25|location= |access-date=5 March 2023}}</ref> *1936–1943: John Beck<ref name=grace/><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=21 April 1936|title=Count completed: Livingstone and Fitzroy Shire elections|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/55575915|work=The Morning Bulletin|page=8|location= |access-date=5 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=7 April 1939|title=Shire Council elections: Little change as result of polls|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/56023720|work=The Morning Bulletin|page=8|location= |access-date=5 March 2023}}</ref> *1943–1949: John Gay O'Shanesy<ref name=grace/><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=10 September 1953|title=OBITUARY: Mr. J. G. O'Shanesy |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/57274382|work=The Morning Bulletin|page=4|location= |access-date=5 March 2023}}</ref> *1949–1975: Richard (Richie) Edward Pierce (died in office)<ref name=grace/><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=16 March 1949|title=New chairman of Fitzroy Council|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/56897495|work=The Morning Bulletin|page=8|location= |access-date=5 March 2023}}</ref> *1975–1982; 1988–1994; 1997–2000: Ian Besch<ref name=grace/> *1982–1985: Robert Cedric Mackenzie Archer<ref name=grace/> *1994–1997: Mary Lilliendal Seierup<ref name=grace/> *2000–2004: Donald Edward Close<ref name=grace/> *2004–2008: John Hopkins<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=27 March 2004|title=AMC collapse 'not to blame' for election loss: Close|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2004-03-27/amc-collapse-not-to-blame-for-election-loss-close/159368|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=5 March 2023|quote=Mayor of Fitzroy Don Close has been defeated by John Hopkins.}}</ref>
==Population== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Population |- | 1933 || 4,256 |- | 1947 || 3,773 |- | 1954 || 3,554 |- | 1961 || 3,576 |- | 1966 || 3,590 |- | 1971 || 3,434 |- | 1976 || 3,441 |- | 1981 || 4,645 |- | 1986 || 6,406 |- | 1991 || 8,047 |- | 1996 || 9,499 |- | 2001 || 9,553 |- | 2006 || 10,310 |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [https://queenslandplaces.com.au/fitzroy-shire University of Queensland: Queensland Places: Fitzroy Shire]
{{Queensland former LGAs}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Shire Of Fitzroy}} Fitzroy Category:Local government areas of Queensland disestablished in 2008