The main industries in the shire were sugar, beef and dairy cattle, orchards and timber felling and milling.

[7] The Tiaro Divisional Board were opposed to the creation of the shire, and had attempted various legal actions to prevent it.

[16][17] On 15 March 2008, under the Local Government (Reform Implementation) Act 2007 passed by the Parliament of Queensland on 10 August 2007, the Shire of Tiaro was dissolved.

Division 3 of the Shire, located generally south of Blowers Road, Wards Road and Ularrah Creek and including the towns of Theebine, Curra and Gunalda, became part of the new Gympie Region together with the Shires of Cooloola and Kilkivan.

[18] The other two divisions amalgamated with Woocoo and the Cities of Hervey Bay and Maryborough to create Fraser Coast Region.