Shire of Waggamba

Shire of Waggamba
Queensland
Waggamba Shire Hall, Goondiwindi, circa 1930
Location within Queensland
Population2,951 (2006 census)[1]
 • Density0.22021/km2 (0.57034/sq mi)
Established1879
Area13,400.8 km2 (5,174.1 sq mi)
Council seatGoondiwindi
RegionDarling Downs
LGAs around Shire of Waggamba:
Balonne Tara Millmerran
Balonne Shire of Waggamba Inglewood
Moree Plains (NSW) Goondiwindi Inverell (NSW)

The Shire of Waggamba was a local government area of Queensland, Australia on the Queensland-New South Wales border in the Darling Downs region, surrounding the Town of Goondiwindi, a separate local government area limited to the town. Administered from (although not including) the town of Goondiwindi, it covered an area of 13,400.8 square kilometres (5,174.1 sq mi), and existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 2008, when it amalgamated with the Shire of Inglewood and the Town of Goondiwindi to form the Goondiwindi Region.

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Waggamba (S) (Local Government Area)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 18 September 2009.