page_title: Barcaldine, Queensland
section_title: Local government
hierarchical_section_title: Barcaldine, Queensland / History / Local government
caption_attribution_description: English: Town Hall at Barcaldine, ca. 1920. The foundation stone for the Barcaldine Town Hall was laid on 12 July 1911 and the building officially opened in February 1912.
context_page_description: Barcaldine is a rural town and locality in the Barcaldine Region in Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Barcaldine had a population of 1,422 people. This is the administrative centre of the Barcaldine Region. Barcaldine played a major role in the Australian labour movement.
context_section_description: In 1892, the local government area of Barcaldine Division was established, by separating it from the Kargoolnah Division which had its headquarters in Blackall. Since then, Barcaldine has been the headquarters of local government in the area, commencing with the Barcaldine Divisional Board, which became the Barcaldine Shire Council in 1903, and then the Barcaldine Regional Council in 2008. The initial local government meetings were held in a building in Oak Street, which burned down in 1896. A shire hall was then constructed in 1898 on the south-east corner of Ash and Beech Streets, which eventually became too small. In February 1912 a new larger shire hall was opened and that building (somewhat modified and extended) is still in use today and is heritage-listed.
caption: Shire Hall at Barcaldine, circa 1920
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