Shire of Walloon

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

[1] On 11 November 1879, the Walloon Division was created as one of 74 divisions within Queensland under the Divisional Boards Act 1879 with a population of 3749.

[3][4] On 19 January 1912, under the Local Authorities Act 1902, that part of the Shire of Walloon was excised to create the Shire of Lowood, centred on the town of Lowood.

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

It involved the abolition of five shires:[6] resulting in: