| Shire of Tiaro Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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 Location within Queensland | |||||||||||||||
| Population | 5,233 (2006 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 2.39464/km2 (6.2021/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1879 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 2,185.3 km2 (843.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Tiaro | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Wide Bay–Burnett | ||||||||||||||
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| Website | Shire of Tiaro | ||||||||||||||
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The Shire of Tiaro was a local government area in the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland, Australia, between the regional cities of Gympie and Hervey Bay about 220 kilometres (137 mi) north of the state capital, Brisbane. The shire covered an area of 2,185.3 square kilometres (843.7 sq mi), and existed as a local government area from 1879 until 2008, when it was dissolved and split between two new local government areas, the Gympie Region and the Fraser Coast Region.
The name "Tiaro" is of Aboriginal origin, meaning withered or dead tree.[2] 43 per cent of the Shire was covered by State forest. The main industries in the shire were sugar, beef and dairy cattle, orchards and timber felling and milling.[3]
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Tiaro (S) (Local Government Area)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 18 March 2008.
- ^ "Tiaro (entry 34492)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
- ^ Tiaro Shire Council. "Council profile". Archived from the original on 1 May 2007. Retrieved 12 December 2006.