Mackay Region
Established in 2008 in Yuwibara country, the Mackay Region amalgamated the City of Mackay with the Mirani and Sarina Shires.
Mackay Municipality was proclaimed on 22 September 1869. It became a Town in March 1903 and was proclaimed a City in August 1918.
The Pioneer Division was one of Queensland's seventy-four divisions created under the Divisional Boards Act 1879 and became a Shire at the end of March 1903. Over the next decade, two areas split away from it to form the Shires of Sarina (1 January 1912) and Mirani (4 September 1913).
After an Electoral and Administrative Review Commission report in 1991 recommended rationalising local government boundaries in the Mackay area, Mackay City amalgamated with the Pioneer Shire to form a larger city at the end of March 1994, with a northern boundary at the O'Connell River south of Proserpine.
In July 2007, the Local Government Reform Commission recommended amalgamating the three areas of Mackay, Mirani and Sarina. The City and Shires formally ceased to exist on 15 March 2008.
The Mackay Region includes the following localities:
Suburbs:
Inner suburbs:
East Mackay
Mackay (city centre and CBD)
North Mackay
South Mackay
West Mackay
Outer suburbs:
Andergrove
Beaconsfield
Blacks Beach
Bucasia
Cremorne
Dolphin Heads
Eimeo
Erakala
Foulden
Glenella
Mackay Harbour
Mount Pleasant
Nindaroo
Ooralea
Paget
Racecourse
Richmond
Rural View
Shoal Point
Slade Point
Te Kowai
Towns:
Bakers Creek
Ball Bay
Brampton Island
Calen
Farleigh
Hampden
Kuttabul
Laguna Quays
Lindeman Island
McEwens Beach
Midge Point
Mount Ossa
Oakenden
Pindi Pindi
Seaforth
St Helens Beach
Walkerston
Localities:
Alexandra
Balberra
Balnagowan
Belmunda
Bloomsbury
Chelona
Dumbleton
Dunnrock
Greenmount
Habana
Homebush
Mentmore
Mount Charlton
Mount Pelion
Palmyra
Pleystowe
Rosella
Sandiford
Sunnyside
The Leap
Victoria Plains
Yalboroo
National Parks:
Cape Hillsborough NP
Eungella NP
Mount Jukes NP
Mount Martin NP
Mount Ossa NP
Pioneer Peaks NP
Reliance Creek NP
Mirani area:
Benholme (village)
Brightly (locality)
Crediton (village)
Dalrymple Heights (village)
Dows Creek (town)
Eton (town)
Eungella
Eungella Dam (locality)
Finch Hatton (town)
Gargett (town)
Hazledean (village)
Kinchant Dam (locality)
Marian (town)
Mirani (town)
Mia Mia (village)
Mount Martin (village)
Netherdale (village)
North Eton (locality)
Owens Creek (village)
Pinevale (village)
Pinnacle (locality)
Septimus (town)
Sarina area:
Alligator Creek (town)
Armstrong Beach (town)
Campwin Beach (town)
Freshwater Point (town)
Grasstree Beach (town)
Half Tide (town)
Hay Point (town)
Koumala (town)
Munbura (village)
Sarina (town)
Sarina Beach (town)
Sarina Range (locality)
