On 11 November 1879, the
Coomera Division was created as one of 74 divisions within Queensland under the
Divisional Boards Act 1879 with a population of 642. On 6 July 1883,
Southport Division was formed from part of subdivision No. 1 of
Nerang Division and part of subdivision No. 1 of Coomera Division. On 18 January 1884, there was an adjustment of boundaries between subdivision No. 1 of
Tabragalba Division and subdivision No.2 of the Coomera Division. With the passage of the
Local Authorities Act 1902, the Coomera Division became the Shire of Coomera on 31 March 1903.
Amalgamations in 1948 On 9 December 1948, as part of a major reorganisation of local government in
South East Queensland, an Order in Council replacing ten former local government areas between the
City of Brisbane and the
New South Wales border with only four. The former ten were: •
Beaudesert •
Beenleigh •
Cleveland •
Coolangatta • Coomera •
Nerang •
Southport •
Tamborine •
Tingalpa •
Waterford The four resulting local government areas were: • the new
Shire of Albert: a merger of Beenleigh, Coomera, Nerang (except for the
Burleigh Heads area), the southern part of Tingalpa and the eastern part of Waterford • an enlarged Shire of Beaudesert, an amalgamation of Beaudesert and Tamborine with the western part of Waterford •
Town of South Coast, an amalgamation of the Towns of Southport and Coolangatta with the Burleigh Heads part of Nerang (which later became
City of Gold Coast) • the new
Redland Shire, an amalgamation of Cleveland and the northern part of Tingalpa (which later became
Redland City) The Order came into effect on 10 June 1949, when the first elections were held. ==Chairmen==