City of Moe

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City of Moe
Victoria

Location in Victoria
Population: 17,570 (1992)[1]
Established: 1955
Area: 47 km² (18.1 sq mi)
Council Seat: Moe
County: Buln Buln

The City of Moe was a Local Government Area located about 130 kilometres (81 mi) east-southeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of 47 square kilometres (18.1 sq mi), and existed from 1955 until 1994.

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[edit] History

Moe was for most of its history part of the Shire of Narracan, which was first incorporated in 1878. Its growth as an industrial centre due to nearby coal-mining in the Latrobe Valley resulted in a boom in population, and ultimately in its severance and incorporation as the Borough of Moe on 28 August 1955. On 6 March 1963, it was proclaimed as a City. On 1 October 1990, further land was annexed to the City from Narracan.[2]

On 2 December 1994, the City was abolished, and merged with the City of Morwell, the City and Shire of Traralgon, and parts of Narracan and Rosedale into the City of Latrobe.[3]

[edit] Wards

The City of Moe was divided into three wards, each of which elected three councillors:

  • Centre Riding
  • East Riding
  • West Riding

[edit] Towns and Localities

[edit] Population

Year Population
1958 13,560*
1961 15,463
1966 16,544
1971 15,605
1976 15,345
1981 16,649
1986 16,999
1991 16,719

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office (1994). Victorian Year Book, 49-52. ISSN 0067-1223. 
  2. ^ (1992) Victorian Municipal Directory. Brunswick: Arnall & Jackson, 780-781.  Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.
  3. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (1 August 1995). Victorian local government amalgamations 1994-1995: Changes to the Australian Standard Geographical Classification. Commonwealth of Australia, 8. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved on 2008-01-05.