Shire of Euroa

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Shire of Euroa
Victoria

Location in Victoria
Population: 4560 (1992)[1]
Established: 1879
Area: 1412 km² (545.2 sq mi)
Council Seat: Euroa
County: Anglesey, Delatite, Moira
LGAs around Shire of Euroa:
Rodney Shepparton Violet Town
Goulburn Shire of Euroa Benalla
Yea Alexandra Mansfield

The Shire of Euroa was a Local Government Area located about 145 kilometres (90 mi) northeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 1,412 square kilometres (545.2 sq mi), and existed from 1879 until 1994.

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[edit] History

Euroa was originally within the Shire of Benalla (1868) and was severed and incorporated on 3 November 1879 as the Shire of Euroa. It lost part of several ridings when the Shire of Violet Town was created on 11 April 1895, and part of its north riding was annexed to the Shire of Shepparton on 24 May 1911.[2]

On 18 November 1994, the Shire was abolished, and merged with the Shires of Goulburn and Violet Town and some neighbouring districts into the Shire of Strathbogie. The Arcadia and Karramomus districts transferred to City of Greater Shepparton, whilst the Terip Terip district transferred to the Shire of Strathbogie.[3]

[edit] Wards

Euroa was divided into three ridings on 31 May 1975, each of which elected three councillors:

  • Euroa Riding
  • North Riding
  • South Riding

[edit] Towns and Localities

  • Euroa
  • Arcadia
  • Balmattum
  • Creightons Creek
  • Gooram
  • Karramomus
  • Kelvin View
  • Kithbrook
  • Miepoll
  • Moglonemby
  • Molka
  • Sheans Creek
  • Strathbogie

[edit] Population

Year Population
1881 4,890
1911 5,130
1933 3,880
1954 4,476
1958 4,790*
1961 4,014
1966 4,587
1971 4,191
1976 4,251
1981 4,151
1986 4,265
1991 4,315

* 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, 671-672.  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, 7,10,11. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved on 2008-01-05.