Shire of Dalrymple
Shire of Dalrymple | |||||||||||||
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Location within Queensland | |||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
| Region | North Queensland | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1879 | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Charters Towers | ||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 68,324.5 km2 (26,380.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 3,782 (2006 census) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.055353/km2 (0.143365/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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The Shire of Dalrymple was a local government area located in North Queensland, Australia, and surrounded but did not include the town of Charters Towers, at which its council and administrative centre was based. It covered an area of 68,324.5 square kilometres (26,380.2 sq mi), and existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 2008, when it amalgamated with the separate City of Charters Towers to form the Charters Towers Region.