Shire of Wambo

Shire of Wambo
Queensland
Location within Queensland
Population5,229 (2006 census)[1]
 • Density0.91581/km2 (2.37194/sq mi)
Established1879
Area5,709.7 km2 (2,204.5 sq mi)
Council seatDalby
RegionDarling Downs
WebsiteShire of Wambo
LGAs around Shire of Wambo:
Chinchilla Chinchilla Kingaroy
Chinchilla Shire of Wambo Nanango, Rosalie
Tara Millmerran Jondaryan

The Shire of Wambo was a local government area in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. The shire surrounded but did not include the town of Dalby – which had its own municipal government. It covered an area of 5,709.7 square kilometres (2,204.5 sq mi), and existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 2008, when it amalgamated with the Town of Dalby and the Shires of Chinchilla, Murilla and Tara and the southern part of Taroom to form the Western Downs Region.

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