Shire of Clifton
Shire of Clifton | |||||||||||||
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Location within Queensland | |||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
| Region | Darling Downs | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1879 | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Clifton | ||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 867.5 km2 (334.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 2,549 (2006 census) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 2.9383/km2 (7.6102/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Website | Shire of Clifton | ||||||||||||
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The Shire of Clifton was a local government area in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia, southwest of the regional city of Toowoomba. The shire, administered from the town of Clifton, covered an area of 867.5 square kilometres (334.9 sq mi), and existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 2008, when it amalgamated with several other councils in the Toowoomba area to form the Toowoomba Region.