The Shire of Whitsunday was a Local Government Area located in the North Queensland

North Queensland

North Queensland or the Northern Region is the northern part of the state of Queensland in Australia. Queensland is a massive state, larger than most countries, and the tropical northern part of it has been historically remote and undeveloped, resulting in a distinctive regional character and...

 region of Queensland

Queensland

Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. The shire, administered from the town of Proserpine

Proserpine, Queensland

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, covered an area of 2678.3 square kilometres (1,034.1 sq mi), and existed as a local government entity from 1910 until 2008, when it amalgamated with the Shire of Bowen

Shire of Bowen

The Shire of Bowen was a Local Government Area located in the North Queensland region of Queensland, Australia. The shire, administered from the town of Bowen, covered an area of , and existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 2008, when it amalgamated with the Shire of Whitsunday to...

 to form the Whitsunday Region.

The area's economy is mainly based around tourism, and sugar is the main agricultural product.

History

The Shire of Proserpine was established from part of the Shire of Wangaratta

Shire of Bowen

The Shire of Bowen was a Local Government Area located in the North Queensland region of Queensland, Australia. The shire, administered from the town of Bowen, covered an area of , and existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 2008, when it amalgamated with the Shire of Whitsunday to...

 (Bowen) on 19 January 1910 under the Local Authorities Act 1902. On 18 February 1989, it was renamed Whitsunday due to its inclusion of the popular Whitsunday Islands

Whitsunday Islands

The Whitsunday Islands are a collection of continental islands of various sizes off the central coast of Queensland, Australia, situated between just south of Bowen and to the north of Mackay, some north of Brisbane. The island group is centred on Whitsunday Island, while the group's commercial...

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On 15 March 2008, under the Local Government (Reform Implementation) Act 2007 passed by the Parliament of Queensland

Parliament of Queensland

The Parliament of Queensland is the legislature of Queensland, Australia. According to the state's constitution, the Parliament consists of the Queen and the Legislative Assembly. It is the only unicameral state parliament in the country, the upper chamber, the Legislative Council, having been...

 on 10 August 2007, the Shire of Whitsunday reunited with the Shire of Bowen

Shire of Bowen

The Shire of Bowen was a Local Government Area located in the North Queensland region of Queensland, Australia. The shire, administered from the town of Bowen, covered an area of , and existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 2008, when it amalgamated with the Shire of Whitsunday to...

 to form the Whitsunday Region.

Towns and localities

• Proserpine
  Proserpine, Queensland
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Airlie Beach Airlie Beach, Queensland Airlie Beach is a town in the Whitsunday Region of Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, the suburb of Airlie Beach itself had a population of 2,751. The greater Whitsunday region had a population of approximately 31,000... Andromache Brandy Creek Breadalbane Cannon Valley Cannonvale Cape Conway Cape Gloucester Conway Conway Beach Crystal Brook Daydream Island Dingo Beach Dittmer Flametree Foxdale Foxdale, Queensland Foxdale is a farming district located to the north west of Proserpine in the state of Queensland, Australia.The town is situated between the Proserpine River to the south west and the Bruce Highway and North Coast railway line to the west...

Glen Isla Gloucester Island Goorganga Creek Goorganga Plains Gregory River Gunyarra Hamilton Island Hamilton Plains Hayman Island Hayman Island Hayman Island is the most northerly of the Whitsunday Islands, part of the Cumberland Islands, which are located off the coast of Central Queensland, Australia at... Hideaway Bay Jubilee Pocket Kelsey Creek Laguna Quays Lake Proserpine Lethebrook Mandalay

Mount Julian Mount Marlow Mount Pluto Mount Rooper Myrtlevale Palm Grove Pauls Pocket Preston Preston, Queensland Preston is a locality south-east of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, to the east of Hodgson Vale. It was named in 1999.... Riordanvale Shute Harbour Silver Creek Strathdickie Sugarloaf Thoopara Wilson Beach Woodwark

Population

Year	Population
1933	3,934
1947	3,617
1954	4,576
1961	5,113
1966	6,274
1971	6,420
1976	7,746
1981	10,833
1986	11,581
1991	15,227
1996	16,791
2001	18,323
2006	21,533