15 March 2008, under the Local Government (Reform Implementation) Act 2007 passed by the Parliament of Queensland on 10 August 2007, the Shire of Livingstone merged with the City of Rockhampton and the Shires of Mount Morgan and Fitzroy to form the Rockhampton Region. In 2012, a proposal was made to de-amalgamate the Shire of Livingstone from the Rockhampton Region. On 9 March 2013, the citizens of the former Livingstone shire voted in a referendum to de-amalgamate. The Shire of Livingstone was re-established on 1 January 2014. Towns and localities The Shire of Livingstone includes the following settlements: Rockhampton area: Glendale Glenlee Ironpot Lakes Creek1 Mount Chalmers Nankin Nerimbera Rockyview Yeppoon-Keppel area: Adelaide Park Bangalee2 Barlows Hill Barmaryee Causeway Lake Cooee Bay Coral Sea Emu Park Farnborough Hidden Valley Inverness Joskeleigh Keppel Sands Kinka Beach Lammermoor Meikleville Hill Mulambin Pacific Heights Rosslyn Taranganba Taroomball Yeppoon Zilzie Other areas: Barmoya Bondoola Bungundarra Byfield Byfield NP Canal Creek Canoona Cawarral Cobraball Coorooman Coowonga Etna Creek Great Keppel Island Greenlake Jardine Kunwarara Lake Mary Marlborough Maryvale3 Milman Mount Gardiner Mulara Ogmore Princhester Rossmoya Sandringham Shoalwater Shoalwater Bay Stanage Stockyard Tanby The Caves The Keppels Thompson Point Tungamull Wattlebank Weerriba Woodbury Yaamba 1 - shared with Rockhampton Region2 - not to be confused with Bangalee in the Gladstone Region3 - not to be confused with Maryvale in the Southern Downs Region Climate The city has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen: Aw), marking the southern boundary of this climatic zone, more precisely in the Byfield National Park. Libraries The Livingstone Shire Council operates public libraries in Byfield, Marlborough, Emu Park, and Yeppoon. It also supports volunteer-operated libraries in Mount Chalmers and Stanage Bay. Population Chairmen and mayors The following were the chairmen and mayors of the Shire of Livingstone in its first incarnation: 1927: W. Beak 1933–1936 Owen Daniel John Murray 1983: Lindsay Hartwig served for one year The following were the mayors of Shire of Livingstone in its second incarnation: 2014–2020 : Bill Ludwig 2020–present: Andrew Darryl Ireland References 1879 establishments in Australia Local government areas of Queensland 2008 disestablishments in Australia Populated places disestablished in 2008 2014 establishments in Australia Former local government areas of Queensland