 The shire's administrative centre was in Banana until 1930, when the building was physically relocated to Rannes.In 1946, the shire headquarters moved to Biloela.On 15 March 2008, under the "Local Government (Reform Implementation) Act 2007" passed by the Parliament of Queensland on 10 August 2007, the Shire of Banana absorbed the northern part of the neighbouring Shire of Taroom, including the town of Taroom itself (the southern part was amgalmated into the Dalby Region later renamed Western Downs Region).