Blackall-Tambo Region
local government area of Queensland, Australia
The Blackall-Tambo Region is a local government area in Central West Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, it was preceded by two previous local government areas dating from the 1870s.
For the financial year 2010/11 it had an approximate operating budget of A$30m.
In the 2021 census, the Blackall-Tambo Region had a population of 1,905 people.
History
Kuungkari (also known as Kungkari and Koonkerri) is a language of Western Queensland. The Kuungkari language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of Longreach Shire Council and Blackall-Tambo Shire Council.
Prior to the 2008 amalgamation, the Blackall-Tambo Region existed as two distinct local government areas:
the Shire of Blackall;
and the Shire of Tambo.
The entire Region was originally part of Kargoolnah Division, which was created on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 divisions around Queensland under the Divisional Boards Act 1879. On 20 May 1880, a municipal Borough of Blackall was created to cover the town and its first councillors were elected in July 1880. On 1 January 1881, a new Tambo Division was proclaimed and excised from Kargoolnah.
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