The Aboriginal Shire of Cherbourg is a local government area in Wide Bay–Burnett, Australia.

[1] The Aboriginal Shire of Cherbourg is completely surrounded by the South Burnett Region.

[4] The name Cherbourg derives from the parish name, which takes its name the original 1840s pastoral run name, which is believed to be a corruption of Chirbury, a town in Shropshire, England, the birthplace of pastoralist Richard Jones who leased the pastoral run in the 1850s.

[5] In 2006 census, the shire had a population of around 1,241 people, making it Queensland's third largest Aboriginal community.

Results from 2006 census survey reported 31.4% of the workforce was employed full-time while 49.5% worked part-time and 5.8% were unemployed.