List of divisional boards in Queensland

This article provides a list of divisional boards in the Australian state of Queensland between 1879 and 1903.

When Queensland separated from New South Wales as a colony in its own right in 1859, it inherited New South Wales's local government legislation, the Municipalities Act 1858, which allowed the creation of a municipality with its own elected council to manage local affairs, upon the petition of householders in the area.

17), which established a new form of local government by dividing all unincorporated parts of Queensland into 74 divisions, and creating for each an elected divisional board which was responsible for a range of services and amenities within its area.

The legislation was amended several times before being replaced by the Divisional Boards Act 1887 (51 Vic No.

19) replaced all divisions with shires and brought them under the same legislation as that which governed the municipalities.