Shire of Korong
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| Shire of Korong Victoria |
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 Location in Victoria |
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| Population: | 3480 (1992)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Established: | 1862 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 238.5 km² (92.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Council Seat: | Wedderburn | ||||||||||||
| County: | Gladstone | ||||||||||||
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The Shire of Korong was a Local Government Area located about 75 kilometres (47 mi) west-northwest of Bendigo in western Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 238.5 square kilometres (92.1 sq mi), and existed from 1862 until 1995.
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[edit] History
Korong was first incorporated as a district on 8 July 1862, and became a shire on 6 September 1864. On 1 February 1861, it annexed the Borough of Inglewood, which had been created a century earlier.[2]
On 20 January 1995, the Shire was abolished, and merged with the Shires of East Loddon and Gordon, the Loddon River district of the Rural City of Marong and surrounding districts into the Shire of Loddon.[3]
[edit] Wards
Korong was divided into three ridings, each of which elected three councillors:
- Central Riding
- North Riding
- South Riding
[edit] Towns and Localities
- Borung
- Fernihurst
- Glenalbyn
- Inglewood
- Kingower
- Korong Vale
- Rheola
- Wedderburn
- Wychitella
[edit] Population
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1954 | 3,943 |
| 1958 | 4,030* |
| 1961 | 3,816 |
| 1966 | 3,662 |
| 1971 | 3,203 |
| 1976 | 3,098 |
| 1981 | 3,029 |
| 1986 | 3,347 |
| 1991 | 3,341 |
* 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, 724-725. 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, 8. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved on 2008-01-05.
