Shire of Banana

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Banana Shire
state = qld


imagesize= 180
caption = Location within Queensland
pop = 13,489
pop_footnotes = (2006 census) [Census 2006 AUS | id = LGA30350 | name = Banana (S) (Local Government Area) | accessdate=2008-03-18|quick = on]
area = 15755.6
est = 1879
seat = Biloela
mayor = John Hooper
region = Capricornia

url = http://www.banana.qld.gov.au/
stategov = Electoral district of Callide
fedgov = Capricornia, Maranoa
near-nw = Fitzroy
near-n = Mt Morgan
near-ne = Calliope
near-w = Duaringa
near-e = Monto
near-sw = Taroom
near-s = Taroom
near-se = Eidsvold

The Shire of Banana is a Local Government Area located in the Southern Highlands region of Queensland, Australia, inland from the regional city of Gladstone. The shire was named after the burial site of a huge dun coloured bullock named 'Banana'. The council sits in the town of Biloela, which is that largest town in the Shire.

Major industries in the shire include coal mining, beef production, power generation, dryland cropping and irrigation cropping such as lucerne and cotton.

History

Banana Divisional Board was created on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 divisions around Queensland under the "Divisional Boards Act 1879". With the passage of the "Local Authorities Act 1902", it became a shire council on 31 March 1903.

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 Banana absorbed a significant part of the neighbouring Shire of Taroom, including the town of Taroom itself.

Towns and Localities

*Biloela
*Banana
*Baralaba
*Cracow
*Dululu
*Goovigen
*Jambin
*Moura
*Thangool
*Theodore
*Wowan

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