Shire of Tamborine

The Shire of Tamborine was a local government area in South East Queensland, Australia, centred on the village of Tamborine.

On 11 November 1879, the Tabragalba Division was created as one of 74 divisions within Queensland under the Divisional Boards Act 1879.

[2] With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, the Tambourine Division became the Shire of Tambourine on 31 March 1903.

[3] 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.

[4][5] 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.