Shire of Nebo

Shire of Nebo
Queensland
Location within Queensland
Population2,522 (2006 census)[1]
 • Density0.25133/km2 (0.65094/sq mi)
Established1883
Area10,034.6 km2 (3,874.4 sq mi)
MayorBob Oakes
Council seatNebo
RegionCentral Queensland
LGAs around Shire of Nebo:
Bowen Mirani Mackay
Belyando Shire of Nebo Sarina
Belyando Broadsound Broadsound

The Shire of Nebo was a local government area in Central Queensland, Queensland, Australia, about 80 kilometres (50 mi) south-west of the regional city of Mackay. The Shire, administered from the town of Nebo, covered an area of 10,034.6 square kilometres (3,874.4 sq mi), and existed as a local government entity from 1883 until 2008, when it was amalgamated with the Shires of Belyando and Broadsound to form the Isaac Region.

Traditionally a rural area, producing beef, sugar, sorghum and other grains, coal mining is now a major employer, with eight coal mines in the area and capacity for a further five.

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Nebo (S) (Local Government Area)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 3 June 2013.