The Shire of Nerang was a local government area in South East Queensland, Australia.
[7] On 12 June 1914, part of Nerang Shire was separated to enable the establishment of the Town of Coolangatta.
[10] On 9 December 1948, as part of a major reorganisation of local government in South East Queensland, an Order in Council replacing ten former local government areas between the City of Brisbane and the New South Wales border with only four.
[11][12] The former ten were: The four resulting local government areas were: The Order came into effect on 10 June 1949, when the first elections were held.
William Stephens, a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly and a Member of the Queensland Legislative Council and mayor of the South Brisbane City Council, was a long-term councillor at Nerang, first serving in 1882 and serving for a total of 36 years.