Shire of Rodney
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| Shire of Rodney Victoria |
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 Location in Victoria |
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| Population: | 16110 (1992)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Established: | 1886 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 1009.92 km² (389.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Council Seat: | Tatura | ||||||||||||
| County: | Rodney | ||||||||||||
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The Shire of Rodney was a Local Government Area located in the Goulburn Valley region about 170 kilometres (106 mi) north of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia, between Kyabram and Shepparton. The shire covered an area of 1,009.92 square kilometres (389.9 sq mi), and existed from 1886 until 1994.
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[edit] History
Rodney was initially part of the Waranga district, which incorporated in 1863 and became a shire two years later. The Shire of Rodney was severed and incorporated on 19 March 1886.[2] Following the secession of the town of Kyabram on 1 April 1954, the eastern part of the shire adjoining Shepparton, centred on Mooroopna which had became home to the Ardmona fruit cannery in 1922, unsuccessfully attempted to secede from Rodney, a move driven by the town's Chamber of Commerce.[3]
On 18 November 1994, the Shire was abolished, and merged with the City and Shire of Shepparton, along with some neighbouring districts into the City of Greater Shepparton. However the Kyabram hinterland and some land around Lake Waranga transferred into the Shire of Campaspe.[4]
[edit] Wards
Rodney was divided into three ridings on 1 October 1991, each of which elected three councillors:
- North Riding
- Central Riding
- South Riding
[edit] Towns and Localities
- Tatura
- Mooroopna
- Byrneside
- Coomboona
- Dhurringile
- Gillieston
- Girgarre East
- Harston
- Merrigum
- St Germains
- Toolamba
- Undera
[edit] Population
| Year | Population |
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| 1954 | 9,181 |
| 1958 | 10,220* |
| 1961 | 10,635 |
| 1966 | 11,854 |
| 1971 | 12,406 |
| 1976 | 13,402 |
| 1981 | 14,116 |
| 1986 | 14,700 |
| 1991 | 15,269 |
* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.
[edit] References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office (1994). Victorian Year Book, 52. ISSN 0067-1223.
- ^ (1992) Victorian Municipal Directory. Brunswick: Arnall & Jackson, 817-818. Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.
- ^ Monash University (1999). Australian Places - Mooroopna. Retrieved on 2008-01-06.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (1 August 1995). Victorian local government amalgamations 1994-1995: Changes to the Australian Standard Geographical Classification. Commonwealth of Australia, 5,7. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved on 2008-01-05.
