Each ward of the Brisbane City Council elects a Councillor to help look after the things that we all want to work well - roads, sewerage, rubbish collection, playgrounds, bike paths, buses and trams (oops, not any more), libraries and pooper scooper plastic bags in parks.
In 2012, The Gap Ward Councillor is Councillor Geraldine Knapp. She was first elected in 1997.
Here's a link to some information about The Gap Ward and Cr. Knapp.
I wonder who the first The Gap Ward Councillor was?
Now Ashgrove hasn't always been part of the Brisbane City Council. It was originally part of the Ithaca Town Council.
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| Ithaca Town Council Chambers on Enoggera Terrace, Red Hill, Brisbane, Australia. c. 1920 John Oxley Library |
The Ithaca Divisional Board was created in 1880 under the Local Government Act of 1879. It had 3 sub-divisions. In 1887, the 3 sub-division became Windsor Shire Council, Ithaca Shire Council, and the new Ithaca Divisional Board, which was then renamed the Enoggera Divisional Board to avoid confusion with the Ithaca Shire Council.
In 1903, under the new Local Government Act, all Divisional Boards became Shire Councils.
The councils operated until 30 September 1925, when they all became Greater Brisbane Council.
The Councils look after roads, bridges, water, sanitation and drainage, public health services, parks and reserves, cemeteries, libraries and recreational facilities and street lighting and all other local issues.
This project - 'Creating Young Local Historians' - is a good example of another way our local government, the Brisbane City Council, helps everybody in Brisbane. The Brisbane City Council has given the Ashgrove Historical Society a 'Community History Grant' to help run our Creating Young Local Historians project - Y.E.A.H!
Thank you Brisbane City Council and thank you Councillor Knapp.
A big thank you as well to the Ashgrove Library staff who have helped so much. We love your library.
