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{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type            = lga
| name            = Shire of Burdekin
| state           = qld
| image           = Burdekin LGA Qld 2008.png
| image_upright   = 0.81
| caption         = Location within [[Queensland]]
| pop             = 16692
| pop_year        = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| pop_footnotes   = <ref name=Census2021/>
| area           = 5044
| area_footnotes = <ref name=area/>
| est            = 1888
| seat           = [[Ayr, Queensland|Ayr]]
| mayor          = [[Lyn McLaughlin]]
| region         = [[North Queensland]]
| stategov       = [[Electoral district of Burdekin|Burdekin]]
| fedgov         = [[Division of Dawson|Dawson]]
| fedgov2        = [[Division of Kennedy|Kennedy]]
| logo           = BurdekinShireCouncilLogo.png
| logo_upright   = 1.2
| url            = http://www.burdekin.qld.gov.au/
| near-n         = ''[[Coral Sea]]''
| near-ne        = ''[[Coral Sea]]''
| near-e         = ''[[Coral Sea]]''
| near-se        = [[Whitsunday Region|Whitsunday]]
| near-s         = [[Charters Towers Region|Charters Towers]]
| near-sw        = [[Charters Towers Region|Charters Towers]]
| near-w         = [[City of Townsville]]
| near-nw        = [[City of Townsville]]
}}

The '''Shire of Burdekin''' is a [[Local government in Australia|local government area]] located in [[North Queensland]], Australia in the Dry Tropics region. The district is located between [[Townsville]] and [[Bowen, Queensland|Bowen]] in the [[River delta|delta]] of the [[Burdekin River]]. The shire covers an area of {{convert|5044|km2}}.<ref name=area>{{cite web|url=https://www.burdekin.qld.gov.au/downloads/file/2286/arts-and-cultural-strategy-2021-2030|title=Arts and Cultural Strategy 2021-2030|publisher=Burdekin Shire Council|access-date=11 February 2024|page=12}}</ref>
It has existed as a local government entity since 1888. In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the Shire of Burdekin had a population of 16,692 people.<ref name=Census2021/>

== History ==
[[Yuru language|Yuru]] (also known as ''Juru, Euronbba, Juru, Mal Mal, Malmal'') is an [[Australian Aboriginal languages|Australian Aboriginal language]] spoken on Yuru country. The Yuru language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Shire of Burdekin, including the town of [[Home Hill, Queensland|Home Hill]].''<ref>{{Cite SLQ-CC-BY|url=https://maps.slq.qld.gov.au/iyil/view/174|title=Yuru|author=|date=|website=Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map|access-date=23 January 2020}}</ref>''[[File:Ayr Division, March 1902.jpg|thumb|Map of Ayr Division and its adjacent local government areas, March 1902]]
On 16 January 1888, the [[Ayr Division]] was created out of Subdivision 3 of the [[Thuringowa Division]] in 1888 under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1887''.<ref>{{Gazette QLD | title=Proclamation [Ayr Division] | volume = 43 | page = 170 | date = 21 January 1888}}</ref>

With the passage of the ''Local Authorities Act 1902'', Ayr Division became the Shire of Ayr on 31 March 1903.<ref name=burdekins/>

On 12 June 1982, the Shire of Ayr was renamed the Shire of Burdekin, a change long desired by the residents of Home Hill.<ref name=burdekins>{{cite QSA Agency|6068|Burdekin Shire Council|18 September 2013}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

Council members were elected to represent different divisions within the shire until the election of March 1994 at which all council members are elected by all shire residents. The title of Mayor replaced the former title of Shire Chairman and the title of Shire Clerk was replaced by Chief Executive Officer from that same election.<ref name=":0" />

New shire chambers were opened on 9 October 1999. The cost was $2.8 million.<ref name=":0">{{Citation | author1=Scott, Laura A | author2=Lower Burdekin Historical Society | title=Mastering the dream : Home Hill : jubilee to centenary | publication-date=2014 | publisher=Home Hill, Q The Lower Burdekin Historical Society Inc | isbn=978-0-9871987-1-6 }}</ref>

From 2000, council elections were held every four years to elect a mayor and ten councillors. From 2008, this was reduced to a mayor and six councillors.<ref name=":0" />

== Facilities ==
The public library headquarters of the Burdekin Shire Council Library Services is located at 108 Graham Street, Ayr.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/networking/directory-of-public-libraries/branches/burdekin/burdekin_library|title=Burdekin Library Directory of Public Libraries|date=26 July 2017|website=Public Libraries Connect|access-date=1 February 2018|archive-date=1 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201192907/http://plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/networking/directory-of-public-libraries/branches/burdekin/burdekin_library|url-status=live}}</ref> The Burdekin Shire also operate a public library in Home Hill at 77–79 Ninth Avenue.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/networking/directory-of-public-libraries/branches/burdekin/home_hill_library|title=Home Hill Library Directory of Public Libraries|date=28 July 2015|website=Public Libraries Connect|access-date=1 February 2018|archive-date=19 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119120333/http://plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/networking/directory-of-public-libraries/branches/burdekin/home_hill_library|url-status=live}}</ref>  Both libraries opened in 1984.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/388497/SLQ_StatsBulletin1617_20171109.pdf|title=Queensland Public Libraries Statistical Bulletin 2016-2017|date=November 2017|website=Public Libraries Connect|access-date=1 February 2018|archive-date=30 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130022546/http://www.plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/388497/SLQ_StatsBulletin1617_20171109.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Towns and localities ==
The Shire of Burdekin includes the following settlements:

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* [[Airdmillan, Queensland|Airdmillan]]
* [[Airville, Queensland|Airville]]
* [[Alva, Queensland|Alva]]
* [[Ayr, Queensland|Ayr]]
* [[Barratta, Queensland|Barratta]]
* [[Brandon, Queensland|Brandon]]
* [[Carstairs, Queensland|Carstairs]]
* [[Clare, Queensland|Clare]]
* [[Colevale, Queensland|Colevale]]
* [[Cromarty, Queensland|Cromarty]]
* [[Dalbeg, Queensland|Dalbeg]]
* [[Eight Mile Creek, Queensland|Eight Mile Creek]]
* [[Fredericksfield, Queensland|Fredericksfield]]
* [[Giru, Queensland|Giru]]
* [[Groper Creek, Queensland|Groper Creek]]
* [[Home Hill, Queensland|Home Hill]]
* [[Horseshoe Lagoon, Queensland|Horseshoe Lagoon]]
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* [[Inkerman, Queensland|Inkerman]]
* [[Jarvisfield, Queensland|Jarvisfield]]
* [[Jerona, Queensland|Jerona]]
* [[Kalamia, Queensland|Kalamia]]
* [[Kirknie, Queensland|Kirknie]]
* [[Maidavale, Queensland|Maidavale]]
* [[Majors Creek, Queensland (Burdekin)|Majors Creek]]
* [[McDesme, Queensland|McDesme]]
* [[Millaroo, Queensland|Millaroo]]
* [[Mona Park, Queensland|Mona Park]]
* [[Mount Kelly, Queensland|Mount Kelly]]
* [[Mount Surround, Queensland|Mount Surround]]
* [[Mulgrave, Queensland|Mulgrave]]
* [[Osborne, Queensland|Osborne]]
* [[Parkside, Queensland (Burdekin Shire)|Parkside]]
* [[Rangemore, Queensland (Burdekin Shire)|Rangemore]]
* [[Rita Island, Queensland|Rita Island]]
* [[Shirbourne, Queensland|Shirbourne]]
* [[Swans Lagoon, Queensland|Swans Lagoon]]
* [[Upper Haughton, Queensland|Upper Haughton]]
* [[Wangaratta, Queensland|Wangaratta]]
* [[Wunjunga, Queensland|Wunjunga]]
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== Demographics ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Population
!Notes
|- 
| 1933 || 12,073 || {{citation needed|date=June 2024}}
|- 
| 1947 || 12,462  || {{citation needed|date=June 2024}}
|- 
| 1954 || 15,208 || {{citation needed|date=June 2024}}
|- 
| 1961 || 16,758 || {{citation needed|date=June 2024}}
|- 
| 1966 || 18,693 || {{citation needed|date=June 2024}}
|- 
| 1971 || 17,443 || {{citation needed|date=June 2024}}
|- 
| 1976 || 18,421 || {{citation needed|date=June 2024}}
|- 
| 1981 || 18,477 || {{citation needed|date=June 2024}}
|- 
| 1986 || 18,337 || {{citation needed|date=June 2024}}
|- 
| 1991 || 18,148 || {{citation needed|date=June 2024}}
|-
| 1996 || 18,870 || {{citation needed|date=June 2024}}
|-
| {{CensusAU|2001}} || 18,234 || <ref name=Census2001>{{Census 2001 AUS|id=LGA31900|name=Shire of Burdekin (LGA)|access-date=22 June 2024|quick=on}}</ref>
|-
|  {{CensusAU|2006}} || 17,020 || <ref name=Census2006>{{Census 2006 AUS|id=LGA31900|name=Shire of Burdekin (LGA)|access-date=22 June 2024|quick=on}}</ref>
|-
|  {{CensusAU|2011}} || 17,364 || <ref name=Census2011>{{Census 2011 AUS|id=LGA31900|name=Shire of Burdekin (LGA)|access-date=22 June 2024|quick=on}}</ref>
|-
|  {{CensusAU|2016}} || 17,074 || <ref name=Census2016>{{Census 2016 AUS|id=LGA31900|name=Shire of Burdekin (LGA)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}</ref>
|-
|  {{CensusAU|2021}} || 16,692 || <ref name=Census2021>{{Census 2021 AUS|id=LGA31900|name=Shire of Burdekin (LGA)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}</ref>
|}

== Council ==
{{Infobox legislature
| name = Burdekin Shire Council
| house_type = Unicameral

| leader1_type = Mayor
| leader1 = Lyn McLaughlin
| party1 = [[Independent politicians in Australia|Independent]]
| leader2_type = Deputy Mayor
| leader2 = Sue Perry
| party2 = [[Independent politicians in Australia|Independent]]

| seats = 7 elected representatives, including a Mayor and 6 councillors
| political_groups1 = {{plainlist|
* '''Majority:'''
* {{nowrap|{{colour box|{{Australian politics/party colours|Independent}}|border=silver}} [[Independent politicians in Australia|Independent]] (6)}}

* '''Minority:'''
* {{nowrap|{{colour box|{{Australian politics/party colours|Liberal National}}|border=silver}} [[Liberal National Party of Queensland|Liberal National]] (1)}}
}}
| last_election1 = [[2020 Queensland local elections|28 March 2020]]
| next_election1 = [[2024 Queensland local elections|16 March 2024]]
}}

Below is the current council, elected in [[2020 Queensland local elections|2020]]:<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.burdekin.qld.gov.au/mayor-councillors | title=Mayor and Councillors }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Councillor
! colspan="2" | Party
! Notes
|-
| {{sortname|Kaylee|Boccolatti|nolink=1}}
| {{Australian party style|LNP}} |
| {{Australian politics/name|LNP}}
|
|-
| {{sortname|John|Bonanno|nolink=1}}
| {{Australian party style|Independent}} |
| {{Australian politics/name|Independent}}
|
|-
| {{sortname|Michael|Detenon|nolink=1}}
| {{Australian party style|Independent}} |
| {{Australian politics/name|Independent}}
|
|-
| {{sortname|John|Furnell|nolink=1}}
| {{Australian party style|Independent}} |
| {{Australian politics/name|Independent}}
|
|-
| {{sortname|Lyn|McLaughlin|nolink=1}}
| {{Australian party style|Independent}} |
| {{Australian politics/name|Independent}}
| Mayor
|-
| {{sortname|Max|Musumeci|nolink=1}}
| {{Australian party style|Independent}} |
| {{Australian politics/name|Independent}}
|
|-
| {{sortname|Sue|Perry|nolink=1}}
| {{Australian party style|Independent}} |
| {{Australian politics/name|Independent}}
| Deputy Mayor
|}

== Chairmen and mayors ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Dates
!Chairman / Mayors
!Notes
|-
|1896
|James Henry Rae
|<ref name="ggindex">{{cite book|title=Consolidated Index to Queensland Government Gazette 1859-1919|year=2004|publisher=[[Queensland Family History Society]]|isbn=1-876613-79-3}}</ref>
|-
|1888
|Charles Young
|<ref>{{Cite web|title = History of the Burdekin - Burdekin Shire Council|url = http://www.burdekin.qld.gov.au/about/burdekin-history-and-heritage/history-of-the-burdekin/|accessdate = 2015-09-23}}</ref>
|-
|1896
|J. H. Rae
|<ref>{{Cite web|title = Queensland Government Gazette consolidated index 1859-1919 - Details - Trove|url = http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/16880705|website = trove.nla.gov.au|accessdate = 2015-09-23|archive-date = 23 September 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150923151941/http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/16880705|url-status = live}}</ref>
|-
|1927
|Herbert Barsby
|<ref>{{cite book|last1=Pugh|first1=Theophilus Parsons|title=Pugh's Almanac for 1927|date=1927|url=http://www.textqueensland.com.au/pughs-almanac|accessdate=13 June 2014|archive-date=4 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304095034/http://www.textqueensland.com.au/pughs-almanac|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|1952–1970
|E.W. Ford
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|1970–1976
|R. W. Rossiter
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|1976–1982
|F.J. Mills
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|1982–1991
|J.W. Trace
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|1991–1994
|E.N. Honeycombe
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|1994–2004
|John F. Woods
|First to use the title "Mayor"<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news|title = Former councillor ousts Burdekin mayor|url = http://www.abc.net.au/news/2004-03-28/former-councillor-ousts-burdekin-mayor/159392|website = ABC News| date=27 March 2004 |accessdate = 2015-09-23|archive-date = 23 September 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150923182831/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2004-03-28/former-councillor-ousts-burdekin-mayor/159392|url-status = live}}</ref>
|-
|2004–2012
|Lynette Angela (Lyn) McLaughlin
|<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title = Mayor Candidate Profile : 2012 Burdekin Shire - Mayoral Election|url = http://results.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/local/LG2012/BurdekinShire/Mayor/candidate1.html|website = results.ecq.qld.gov.au|accessdate = 2015-09-23|archive-date = 23 September 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150923060835/http://results.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/local/LG2012/BurdekinShire/Mayor/candidate1.html|url-status = live}}</ref>
|-
|2012–2016
|William Charles (Bill) Lowis
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|2016–present
|Lynette Angela (Lyn) McLaughlin
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://results.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/local/LG2016/BurdekinShireCouncil/results/mayoral/summary.html|title=2016 Burdekin Shire Council - Mayoral Election - Election Summary|last=|first=|date=19 April 2016|website=|publisher=[[Electoral Commission of Queensland]]|access-date=30 May 2016|archive-date=15 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160515011455/http://results.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/local/LG2016/BurdekinShireCouncil/results/mayoral/summary.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2020|title=2020 Local Government Elections: Saturday, 28 March 2020|url=https://prodresults.elections.qld.gov.au/lga2020|access-date=16 June 2020|website=|publisher=[[Electoral Commission of Queensland]]}}</ref>
|-
|}

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://www.visitburdekin.com.au/ Visit Burdekin]
{{Shire of Burdekin}}
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