Shire of Stanthorpe
The Shire of Stanthorpe was a local government area of Queensland, Australia on the Queensland-New South Wales border. It was on the Great Dividing Range and was part of the Granite Belt. Its main industries included fruit and vegetable growing, wineries and tourism, and sheep and cattle grazing.
| Shire of Stanthorpe Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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Location within Queensland | |||||||||||||||
| Population | 9,968 (2006 census) | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 3.69514/km2 (9.5704/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1879 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 2,697.6 km2 (1,041.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Stanthorpe | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Darling Downs | ||||||||||||||
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The Shire, administered from the town of Stanthorpe, covered an area of 2,697.6 square kilometres (1,041.5 sq mi), and existed from 1879 until 2008, when it amalgamated with the Shire of Warwick to become the Southern Downs Region. Its final mayor was Glen Rogers.
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