Shire of Kara Kara
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| Shire of Kara Kara Victoria |
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 Location in Victoria |
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| Population: | 1160 (1992)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Established: | 1861 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 2292.79 km² (885.3 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Council Seat: | St Arnaud | ||||||||||||
| County: | Kara Kara | ||||||||||||
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The Shire of Kara Kara was a Local Government Area located about 240 kilometres (149 mi) northwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 2,292.79 square kilometres (885.3 sq mi), and existed from 1861 until 1994.
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[edit] History
Kara Kara was first incorporated as the St Arnaud District on 25 June 1861, and became a shire on 14 November 1864. It was renamed Kara Kara on 20 October 1884.[2]
On 20 January 1995, the Shire was abolished, and merged with Town of St Arnaud, the City and most of the Shire of Stawell, the Grampians National Park within the Shire of Wimmera and parts of the Shires of Ararat, Avoca, Donald and Dunmunkle into the Shire of Northern Grampians. The Cope Cope district became part of the Shire of Buloke.[3]
[edit] Wards
Kara Kara was divided into three ridings, each of which elected three councillors:
- South Riding
- East Riding
- West Riding
[edit] Towns and Localities
- Avon Plains
- Beazleys Bridge
- Carapooee
- Coonooer West
- Cope Cope
- Emu
- Gooroc
- Gowar East
- Gre Gre
- Kooreh
- Moolerr
- Paradise
- Rostron
- Slaty Creek
- Stuart Mill
- St Arnaud North
- Sutherland
- Swanwater
- Tottington
- Traynors Lagoon
- Winjallok
[edit] Population
| Year | Population |
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| 1954 | 1,663 |
| 1958 | 1,680* |
| 1961 | 1,421 |
| 1966 | 1,360 |
| 1971 | 1,193 |
| 1976 | 1,099 |
| 1981 | 1,069 |
| 1986 | 1,142 |
| 1991 | 1,123 |
* 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, 712-713. 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, 5,10. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved on 2008-01-05.
