Shire of Arapiles
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| Shire of Arapiles Victoria |
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 Location in Victoria |
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| Population: | 1,930 (1992)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Established: | 1888 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 2342.62 km² (904.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Council Seat: | Natimuk | ||||||||||||
| Region: | Wimmera | ||||||||||||
| County: | Borung, Lowan | ||||||||||||
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The Shire of Arapiles was a Local Government Area located in the Wimmera region of western Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 2,342.62 square kilometres (904.5 sq mi), and existed from 1888 until 1995.
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[edit] History
Arapiles was initially the West Riding of the Shire of Wimmera as incorporated in 1862. It severed and incorporated separately on 25 May 1888. It gained part of Wimmera's south riding on 30 May 1913.[2]
On 20 January 1995, the Shire was abolished, and merged with City of Horsham, most of the Shire of Wimmera and part of Kowree into the Rural City of Horsham. The section west of Nhill-Harrow Road was added to the new Shire of West Wimmera.[3]
[edit] Wards
Arapiles was divided into three ridings , each of which elected three councillors:
- North Riding
- Central Riding
- South Riding
[edit] Towns and Localities
- Natimuk
- Clear Lake
- Connangorach
- Duchembegarra
- Grass Flat
- Jallumba
- Lower Norton
- Mitre
- Mockinya
- Mount Arapiles
- Noradjuha
- Nurrabiel
- Tooan
[edit] Population
| Year | Population |
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| 1954 | 2,160 |
| 1958 | 2,240* |
| 1961 | 2,133 |
| 1966 | 2,141 |
| 1971 | 1,926 |
| 1976 | 1,825 |
| 1981 | 1,880* |
| 1986 | 1,800* |
| 1991 | 1,950 |
* Estimates in 1958, 1983 and 1988 Victorian Year Books.
[edit] References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office (1994). Victorian Year Book, 49-52. ISSN 0067-1223.
- ^ (1992) Victorian Municipal Directory. Brunswick: Arnall & Jackson, 565-566. Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (1 August 1995). Victorian local government amalgamations 1994-1995: Changes to the Australian Standard Geographical Classification. Commonwealth of Australia, 7, 12. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved on 2008-01-05.
