Shire of Charlton

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Shire of Charlton
Victoria

Location in Victoria
Population: 1850 (1992)[1]
Established: 1895
Area: 1175 km² (453.7 sq mi)
Council Seat: Charlton
County: Gladstone, Kara Kara, Tatchera
LGAs around Shire of Charlton:
Wycheproof Kerang Gordon
Donald Shire of Charlton Korong
Kara Kara Kara Kara Korong

The Shire of Charlton was a Local Government Area located about 240 kilometres (149 mi) north-northwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 1,175 square kilometres (453.7 sq mi), and existed from 1895 until 1994.

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[edit] History

Charlton was first incorporated as a shire on 28 May 1895 upon the severance of portions of the Shires of Kerang, Gordon and St Arnaud.[2]

On 20 January 1995, the Shire was abolished, and merged with the Shires of Birchip, Donald, Wycheproof and part of Kara Kara into the Shire of Buloke.[3]

[edit] Wards

Charlton was divided into three ridings on 25 May 1988, each of which elected three councillors:

  • North Riding
  • South Riding
  • West Riding

[edit] Towns and Localities

  • Charlton
  • Barrakee
  • Buckrabanyule
  • Coonooer Bridge
  • Dooboobetic
  • Glenloth
  • Narrewillock
  • Teddywaddy
  • Terrappee
  • Wooroonook
  • Yawong
  • Yeungroon

[edit] Population

Year Population
1954 2,350
1958 2,510*
1961 2,492
1966 2,492
1971 2,226
1976 2,120
1981 2,063
1986 1,968
1991 1,749

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office (1994). Victorian Year Book, 52. ISSN 0067-1223. 
  2. ^ (1992) Victorian Municipal Directory. Brunswick: Arnall & Jackson, 625-626.  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, 5. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved on 2008-01-05.