Shire of Waggamba Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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Population | 2,951 (2006 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 0.22021/km2 (0.57034/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Established | 1879 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 13,400.8 km2 (5,174.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Council seat | Goondiwindi | ||||||||||||||
Region | Darling Downs | ||||||||||||||
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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.