Complex sentence: The shire, administered from the town of Goombungee, covered an area of, and existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 2008, when it amalgamated with several other councils in the Toowoomba area to become the Toowoomba Regional Council.
Split into simpler sentences: The shire, administered from the town of Goombungee, covered an area of, and existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 2008. In 2008, it amalgamated with several other councils in the Toowoomba area to become the Toowoomba Regional Council.