Shire of Dalrymple

Shire of Dalrymple
Queensland
Location within Queensland
Population3,782 (2006 census)[1]
 • Density0.055353/km2 (0.143365/sq mi)
Established1879
Area68,324.5 km2 (26,380.2 sq mi)
Council seatCharters Towers
RegionNorth Queensland
LGAs around Shire of Dalrymple:
Etheridge Herberton Hinchinbrook
Flinders Shire of Dalrymple Thuringowa, Townsville
Aramac Belyando Burdekin, Bowen

The Shire of Dalrymple was a local government area located in North Queensland, Australia, and surrounded but did not include the town of Charters Towers, at which its council and administrative centre was based. It covered an area of 68,324.5 square kilometres (26,380.2 sq mi), and existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 2008, when it amalgamated with the separate City of Charters Towers to form the Charters Towers Region.

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Dalrymple (S) (Local Government Area)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 17 September 2009.