The Shire of Peak Downs was a local government area in the Central Highlands of Queensland, Australia, 320 km west of both Rockhampton and Mackay. On...

removed by open-cut mining, including that at the large Peak Downs Mine. The Shire of Peak Downs, was formerly defined in this area, but has since been...

place of late": in 1898 new offices for the Peak Downs Divisional Board (the fore-runner of the Peak Downs Shire Council) were opened, a number of new shops...

areas of four previous local government areas: the Shire of Bauhinia; the Shire of Duaringa; the Shire of Emerald; and the Shire of Peak Downs. Legislation...

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Peak Downs was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1977 to 1992. Based in inland Central Queensland...

separated from the Peak Downs Division on 4 June 1902. On 31 March 1903, Emerald Division became the Shire of Emerald. The Shire of Emerald included the...

Banana Division became Shire on Banana on 31 March 1903. On 15 March 2008 the Shires of Duaringa, Emerald, Bauhinia and Peak Downs were amalgamated to form...

Shires of Duaringa, Peak Downs and Emerald (formerly part of Peak Downs) to form the Central Highlands Region. This was despite Bauhinia Shire residents...

The Shire is a region of J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional Middle-earth, described in The Lord of the Rings and other works. The Shire is an inland area settled...