Shire of Chinchilla

Shire of Chinchilla
Queensland
Location within Queensland
Population5,942 (2006 census)[1]
 • Density0.68296/km2 (1.76887/sq mi)
Established1912
Abolished2008
Postcode(s)4413
Area8,700.3 km2 (3,359.2 sq mi)
Council seatChinchilla
RegionDarling Downs
WebsiteShire of Chinchilla
LGAs around Shire of Chinchilla:
Taroom Eidsvold Mundubbera
Murilla Shire of Chinchilla Wondai, Kingaroy
Tara Tara Wambo

The Shire of Chinchilla was a local government area in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. The shire, administered from the town of Chinchilla, covered an area of 8,700.3 square kilometres (3,359.2 sq mi), and existed as a local government entity from 1912 until 2008, when it amalgamated with the Town of Dalby and the Shires of Murilla, Tara and Wambo and the southern part of Taroom to form the Western Downs Region.

The economy of the area is largely reliant on primary production. Agriculture is the mainstay of the community, with beef and pork production, wool growing, and horticulture traditionally underwriting the local economy.

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Chinchilla (S) (Local Government Area)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 15 June 2011.