Taroom Shire
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Located on the Leichhardt Highway to the north of Miles, wedged between Central Queensland and the Darling Downs, the Shire of Taroom existed as a local government area from 1879 — the Taroom Division was one of the 74 Divisions established under the Divisional Boards Act — until 2008, when it was split between the new Western Downs Region and the Banana Shire.
The Shire of Taroom included the following settlements and localities:
Division 1 (now part of Banana Shire):
Taroom
Ghinghinda
Glenhaughton
Gwambegwine
Division 2 (now part of the Western Downs Region):
Grosmont
Guluguba
Wandoan
Sources:
Wikipedia: Shire of Taroom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shire_of_Taroom
Image:
Map of Taroom Division and adjacent local government areas, March 1902
Queensland Survey Office, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taroom_Division,_March_1902.jpg
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