Atherton Shire Council

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Atherton Shire Council
Queensland

The main street of Atherton
Population: 10,509 (2001 census)
Established: 1902
Area: 620 km²
Mayor: Jim Chapman
Council Seat: Atherton
Region: Far North Queensland
State District: Tablelands
Federal Division: Kennedy
Website: http://www.athertonsc.qld.gov.au/
LGAs around Atherton Shire Council
Mareeba Mareeba Cairns
Mareeba Atherton Shire Council Cairns
Herberton Eacham Eacham

Atherton Shire Council is a Local Government Area in Far North Queensland, Australia. The shire is situated on the Atherton Tableland, a plateau forming part of the Great Dividing Range west of the city of Cairns. Atherton Shire includes the towns of Kairi, Tinaroo, Tolga and the administrative centre, Atherton.

The shire was originally known as the Tinaroo Shire; the name was changed to Atherton Shire in 1935.[1]

  1. ^ Atherton Shire Council - Shire History. Retrieved 15 December 2006.



Atherton Tableland
Attractions: Lake Tinaroo | Lake Eacham | Lake Barrine | Malanda Falls | Millaa Millaa Falls | Mount Hypipamee Crater | Mount Quincan | Seven Sisters | Curtain Fig Tree | Davies Creek
Towns: Atherton | Dimbulah | Herberton | Kairi | Kuranda | Mareeba | Malanda | Millaa Millaa | Mutchilba | Ravenshoe | Tinaroo | Tolga | Walkamin | Yungaburra
Local Government Areas: Atherton Shire | Eacham Shire | Herberton Shire | Mareeba Shire
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Towns: Dalby · Goondiwindi · Roma

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