 The council sits in the town of Biloela, which is the largest town in the Shire.Major industries in the shire include coal mining, beef production, power generation, dryland cropping and irrigation cropping such as lucerne and cotton.Banana Division was created on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 divisions around Queensland under the "Divisional Boards Act 1879" with a population of 2155.