Shire of Bundanba

The Shire of Bundanba is a former local government area in the south-east of Queensland, Australia.

The spelling of Bundanba was officially changed to Bundamba in 1932, but the Bundamba spelling was in common use long prior to that.

[1] On 11 November 1879, the Bundanba Division was created as one of 74 divisions within Queensland under the Divisional Boards Act 1879 with a population of 1828.

[3][4] On 13 October 1916, a rationalisation of the local government areas in and around Ipswich was implemented.

It involved the abolition of five shires:[5] resulting in: The following served as chairmen:

Map of Bundanba Division and adjacent local government areas, March 1902. Legend: Ipswich Municipality (2), Brassall Division (9), Bundanba Division (10), Normanby Division (13), Rosewood Division (14), Walloon (17)
Harry Ferrett, chairman of Bundanba Shire Council, 1912