Shire of Avoca
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| Shire of Avoca Victoria |
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 Location in Victoria |
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| Population: | 2320 (1992)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Established: | 1861 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 1124 km² (434.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Council Seat: | Avoca | ||||||||||||
| County: | Gladstone, Kara Kara | ||||||||||||
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The Shire of Avoca was a Local Government Area located about 180 kilometres (112 mi) northwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 1,124 square kilometres (434.0 sq mi), and existed from 1861 until 1994.
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[edit] History
Avoca was first incorporated as a district on 6 December 1861, and became a shire on 28 December 1864. In January 1941, it lost part of its area to the Shire of Lexton.[2]
On 23 September 1994, the Shire was abolished, and merged with Shire of Lexton and Shire of Ripon into the Shire of Pyrenees, with the district around Navarre transferring to the Shire of Northern Grampians.[3]
[edit] Wards
Avoca was divided into three ridings, each of which elected three councillors:
- Avoca Township Riding
- East Riding
- West Riding
[edit] Towns and Localities
- Avoca
- Barkly
- Crowlands
- Frenchmans
- Glenlofty
- Homebush
- Lamplough
- Landsborough
- Moonambel
- Natte Yallock
- Navarre
- Percydale
- Rathscar
- Rathscar West
- Redbank
- Tanwood
- Warrenmang
- Wattle Creek
[edit] Population
| Year | Population |
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| 1954 | 2,381 |
| 1958 | 2,460* |
| 1961 | 2,153 |
| 1966 | 2,134 |
| 1971 | 1,962 |
| 1976 | 2,022 |
| 1981 | 2,094 |
| 1986 | 2,144 |
| 1991 | 2,190 |
* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.
[edit] References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office (1994). Victorian Year Book, 49-52. ISSN 0067-1223.
- ^ (1992) Victorian Municipal Directory. Brunswick: Arnall & Jackson, 571-572. 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, 10,11. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved on 2008-01-05.
