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{{Short description|Former local government area in New South Wales, Australia}}
{{About|the former [[local government area]]|the current local government area|Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council|the regional [[city]]|Queanbeyan}}
{{Use Australian English|date=October 2012}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type = lga
| name     = City of Queanbeyan
| state    = nsw
| image    = Queanbeyan LGA NSW.png
| caption  = Location in [[New South Wales]]
| pop      = 40,568
| pop_year = 2013 est
| pop_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/subscriber.nsf/log?openagent&32180ds0003_2003-13.xls&3218.0&Data%20Cubes&811CDB2C6F0319E3CA257CAE000ECBD6&0&2012-13&03.04.2014&Latest|title=3218.0  Regional Population Growth, Australia. Table 1. Estimated Resident Population, Local Government Areas, New South Wales|date=3 April 2014|access-date=11 September 2014}}</ref>
| area     = 172
| est      =
| abolished = {{end date|2016|05|12|df=y}}
| coordinates = {{coord|35|21|S|149|13|E|type:city_region:AU-NSW|display=inline,title}}
| seat     = [[Queanbeyan]]<ref name="dlg" >{{cite web |title=Queanbeyan City Council |publisher=[[New South Wales Department of Local Government|Department of Local Government]] |url=http://www.dlg.nsw.gov.au/dlg/dlghome/dlg_CouncilContactDetails.asp?slacode=6470 |access-date=25 November 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060906231525/http://www.dlg.nsw.gov.au/dlg/dlghome/dlg_CouncilContactDetails.asp?slacode=6470 |archive-date=6 September 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| mayor    = Tim Overall
| mayortitle = Last Mayor
| region   = [[Southern Tablelands]]
| logo     = 
| url      = http://www.qcc.nsw.gov.au/
| fedgov   = [[Division of Eden-Monaro|Eden-Monaro]]
| stategov = [[Electoral district of Monaro|Monaro]]
| near-nw  = [[Australian Capital Territory|ACT]]
| near-n   = [[Australian Capital Territory|ACT]]
| near-ne  = [[Palerang Council|Palerang]]
| near-w   = [[Australian Capital Territory|ACT]]
| near-e   = [[Palerang Council|Palerang]]
| near-sw  = [[Australian Capital Territory|ACT]]
| near-s   = [[Palerang Council|Palerang]]
| near-se  = [[Palerang Council|Palerang]]
}}

'''Queanbeyan City''' was a [[local government in Australia|local government area]] located in south eastern [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]]. The former area is located adjacent to [[Canberra]] and the [[Australian Capital Territory]], the [[Queanbeyan River]], the [[Molonglo River]], the [[Kings Highway, Australia|Kings Highway]] and the [[Sydney]]-[[Canberra]] railway.

On 12 May 2016 the [[Minister for Local Government (New South Wales)|Minister for Local Government]] announced dissolution of Queanbeyan City with immediate effect. Together with the [[Palerang Council]] the combined council areas were merged to establish the [[Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council]].

The last [[mayor]] of the Queanbeyan City Council was Tim Overall, an [[Independent (politician)|independent]] politician.

== Cities, towns and localities ==
The Queanbeyan City Council area included the suburbs and villages of:
{{Div col|colwidth=18em}}
* [[Carwoola Parish|Carwoola]]
* [[Crestwood, Queanbeyan|Crestwood]]
* [[Environa]]
* [[Googong]]
* [[Greenleigh]]
* [[Jerrabomberra]]
* [[Karabar]]
* [[Queanbeyan East]]
* [[Queanbeyan West]]
* [[Queanbeyan]]
* [[The Ridgeway, New South Wales|The Ridgeway]]
* [[Royalla]]
* [[Tralee, New South Wales|Tralee]]
{{Div col end}}

In 1998 Queanbeyan Council applied to have the localities of Letchworth, Larmer, Dodsworth and De Salis recognised as suburbs and these names were assigned by the [[Geographical Names Board of New South Wales]]. A more recent Council has had these names withdrawn.

== Council ==
[[File:Queanbeyan City Council Chambers in Crawford Street (1).jpg|thumb|270px|Former Queanbeyan City Council Chambers in Crawford Street (December 2011)]]

=== Composition and election method ===
Until its dissolution, the Queanbeyan City Council was composed of ten [[councillor]]s, including the [[mayor]], for a fixed four-year term of office. The mayor was [[Instant-runoff voting|directly]] elected while the nine other councillors were elected [[Single transferable vote|proportionally]] as one entire [[Ward (country subdivision)|ward]]. {{As of|2012|9|8|alt=As of the election held on 8 September 2012}}, the makeup of the last council, including the mayor, was as follows:<ref name=mayor/><ref name=EC>{{cite web |url=http://vtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/queanbeyan-city-council/councillor |title=Queanbeyan City Council: Summary of First Preference and Group Votes for each Candidate |work=Local Government Election 2012 |publisher=New South Wales Electoral Commission |date=14 September 2012 |access-date=7 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140322001807/http://vtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/queanbeyan-city-council/councillor |archive-date=22 March 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.australiandemocrats.org.au/democrats_welcome_local_councillor |title=Democrats Welcome Local Councillor |access-date=17 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140126142401/http://www.australiandemocrats.org.au/democrats_welcome_local_councillor |archive-date=26 January 2014 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="2"|Party!!Councillors
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;
| [[Independent (politician)|Independents]] and Unaligned
| align=right | 6
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| [[Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch)|Labor Party]]
| align=right | 3
|-
| {{Australian party style|Democrats}}|&nbsp;
| [[Australian Democrats]]
| align=right | 1

|-
|
| '''Total'''
| align=right | '''10'''
|}

The last Council, elected in 2012 and dissolved in 2016, in order of election, was:<ref name=EC/>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="2"|Councillor!!Party!!Notes
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;
| Tim Overall
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| Mayor<ref name=mayor>{{cite web |url=http://vtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/queanbeyan-city-council/mayoral |title=Queanbeyan City Council – Mayoral Election |work=Local Government Election 2012 |publisher=New South Wales Electoral Commission |date=13 September 2012 |access-date=7 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140322013527/http://vtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/queanbeyan-city-council/mayoral |archive-date=22 March 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;
| Trudy Taylor
| Independent
| Elected on Tim Overall's [[ticket (election)|ticket]] 
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| Brian Brown
| [[Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch)|Labor]]
|
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;
| Jamie Cregan
| Independent
| 
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;
| Sue Whelan
| Independent
| 
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;
| Velice Trajanoski
| Independent
| Elected on Tim Overall's ticket 
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;
| Peter Bray
| Independent
| Elected on Tim Overall's ticket 
|-
| {{Australian party style|Democrats}}|&nbsp;
| Toni McLennan
| Australian Democrats
| Elected on Tim Overall's ticket 
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| Judith Burfoot
| Labor
| Elected on Brian Brown's ticket 
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| Kenrick Winchester
| Labor
|
|}

=== Past Mayors of Queanbeyan ===
{{Unreferenced section|date=October 2012}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Councillor!!Term of office
|-
|J. J. Wright ||1885-1888 
|-
|John Bull ||1888-1889 
|-
|George Tompsitt ||1889-1890 
|-
|Edwin Henry Land ||1890-1891 
|-
|Nathan Moses Lazarus ||1891-1892 
|-
|Edwin Henry Land ||1892-1897 
|-
|William Pike ||1897-1899 
|-
|Patrick Blackall ||1900-1903 
|-
|James Pike ||1900      
|-
|Henry Hungerford ||1904-1905 
|-
|Edwin Atkinson ||1906-1907 
|-
|Ernest Hincksman ||1907-1909 
|-
|Richard Moore ||1909-1910 
|-
|Arthur Collett ||1910-1912 
|-
|Fredrick Woodward ||1913
|-
|Richard Moore ||1913-1914 
|-
|Frederick Woodward ||1915-1917 
|-
|Arthur Collett ||1917-1920 
|-
|Frederick Woodward ||1920-1921 
|-
|James Harris ||1922-1924 
|-
|William Freebody ||1925-1927 
|-
|Henry Land ||1927-1929 
|-
|William Freebody ||1929-1932 
|-
|Henry Taylor ||1932-1935 
|-
|John Esmond ||1935-1939 
|-
|Henry Taylor ||1939-1951 
|-
|Ralph Spendelove ||1951-1954 
|-
|Arthur Lambert ||1954-1963 
|-
|Frederick Land ||1963-1980 
|-
|David Madew ||1980-1991 
|-
|Frank Pangallo ||1991-2008 
|-
|Tim Overall ||2008–2016 
|}

==Election results==
===2012===
{{excerpt|Results of the 2012 New South Wales local elections|section=Queanbeyan}}

==Amalgamation==
A [[Local government areas of New South Wales#Reviews of local government areas|2015 review of local government boundaries]] recommended that the Queanbeyan City Council merge with adjoining councils. The [[Government of New South Wales|NSW Government]] considered two options. The first option was to merge Queanbeyan Council with parts of the [[Palerang Council]] to form a new council with an area of {{convert|3791|km2}} and support a population of approximately {{formatnum:55000}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dpc-olg-ss.s3.amazonaws.com/da6b4f3091e419393850651a0feb8312/Queanbeyan-Palerang.pdf |title=Merger proposal:Palerang Council (part), Queanbeyan City Council |publisher=[[Government of New South Wales]] |date=January 2016 |access-date=10 March 2016 |page=7 }}</ref> The alternative, proposed by Palerang Council on 29 January 2016, was for an amalgamation of the whole of Palerang with Queanbeyan Council.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dpc-olg-ss.s3.amazonaws.com/4fd95b5a46cdd9f08a0b3f748702fa0b/160129-Palerang-Queanbeyan-Full-Merger-Proposal.pdf |title=Palerang and Queanbeyan City councils Proposal |publisher=[[Government of New South Wales]] |date=29 January 2016 |access-date=10 March 2016 |author=Palerang Council }}</ref> On 12 May 2016 the [[Minister for Local Government (New South Wales)|Minister for Local Government]] announced dissolution of Queanbeyan City with immediate effect. Together with the Palerang Council the combined council areas were merged to establish the [[Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council]].<ref name=qprc>{{cite web |url=https://www.strongercouncils.nsw.gov.au/new-councils/queanbeyan-palerang-regional-council/ |title=Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council|work=Stronger Councils |publisher=[[Government of New South Wales]] |date=12 May 2016 |access-date=20 May 2016 }}</ref>

== References ==
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{{NSW Local Government amalgamations 2016|state=collapsed}}

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[[Category:2016 disestablishments in Australia|Queanbeyan]]


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