Shire of Flinders (Queensland)
Shire of Flinders | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Location within Queensland | |||||||||||||
|
| |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
| Region | North West Queensland | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1882 | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Hughenden | ||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||
| • Mayor | Jane McNamara | ||||||||||||
| • State electorate | |||||||||||||
| • Federal division | |||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 41,200 km2 (15,900 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 1,500 (2021 census) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.0364/km2 (0.094/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Website | Shire of Flinders | ||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
The Shire of Flinders is a local government area in north-western Queensland, Australia.
It covers an area of 41,200 square kilometres (15,907.4 sq mi), and has existed as a local government entity since 1882. The Shire, named for the Flinders River, is predominantly a grazing area with cattle in the north of the shire and mixed grazing to the south in the black soil area.
In the 2021 census, the Shire of Flinders had a population of 1,500 people.