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The Invisible Transformation Of Local Government In Queensland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2016

Doug Tucker
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In 1993, Queensland's Local Government Act was revised for the first time since 1936. This paper is born of a realisation, based on research sponsored by the Local Government Association of Queensland, that much less is known and understood about the development of local government in Queensland than we have previously believed. The consequences of this are particularly serious at present, because important changes are currently being made to local government features on the basis of a very imperfect understanding of the role, operation and significance of those features. In this paper, I deal with an important aspect of the territorial dimension of local government, and point to the contemporary significance of a deeper appreciation of the development of local government from the territorial perspective.

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Queensland Review , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , April 1995 , pp. 67 - 75
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 

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Hardy, P. The Cloncurry Story: A Short History of the Cloncurry District. Cloncurry: Cloncurry Shire Council, 1984, 68.Google Scholar
Jones, D. Hurricane Lamps and Blue Umbrellas: A History of the Shire of Johnstone to 1973. Cairns: GK Bolton Printers, 1973, 173.Google Scholar
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Taylor, R.B. Roma and District 1846–1855. Roma: Rotary Club of Roma, 1975. 166.Google Scholar