Shire of Shepparton
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| Shire of Shepparton Victoria |
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 Location in Victoria |
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| Population: | 9250 (1992)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Established: | 1884 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 927.49 km² (358.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Council Seat: | Shepparton | ||||||||||||
| County: | Moira | ||||||||||||
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The Shire of Shepparton was a Local Government Area located in the Goulburn Valley region about 180 kilometres (112 mi) north of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 927.49 square kilometres (358.1 sq mi), and existed from 1884 until 1994. From 1927 onwards, Shepparton itself was managed by a separate entity, ultimately known as the City of Shepparton. After a large-scale statewide amalgamation program by the Victorian Government in 1994, they were reunited under the City of Greater Shepparton.
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[edit] History
Shepparton was once part of the vast Echuca District, formed in 1864 and a Shire from 1871, which extended along the south bank of the Murray River from Mount Hope Creek in the west to the Ovens River in the east.
The Shire of Shepparton incorporated on 30 May 1879. The southeastern section containing Shepparton itself split away on 18 April 1884, and was initially known as the Shire of South Shepparton. On 11 September 1885 the Shire of Shepparton was renamed Numurkah, and South Shepparton was renamed Shepparton on 2 July 1886. It increased its territory significantly when it gained part of the Devenish riding of the Shire of Benalla on 23 December 1903, and part of the South Riding of the Shire of Euroa on 24 May 1911, which became the Dookie and Kialla Ridings respectively.
However, on 31 May 1927, the Shepparton Riding severed from the Shire and became a borough, which became the City of Shepparton in 1949. Further transfers of land to the City occurred on 26 May 1948 and 1 October 1961.[2]
On 18 November 1994, the Shire was abolished, and merged with the City of Shepparton, Shire of Rodney and some neighbouring districts into the City of Greater Shepparton.[3]
[edit] Wards
Shepparton was divided into four ridings on 1 April 1990, each of which elected three councillors:
- Central Riding
- East Riding
- North Riding
- South Riding
[edit] Towns and Localities
- Bunbartha
- Congupna
- Cosgrove
- Dookie
- Grahamvale
- Kialla
- Lemnos
- Orrvale
- Pine Lodge
- Shepparton East
- Tallygaroopna
[edit] Population
| Year | Population |
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| 1933 | 5,529 |
| 1954 | 5,376 |
| 1958 | 5,790* |
| 1961 | 5,813 |
| 1966 | 6,182 |
| 1971 | 6,477 |
| 1976 | 6,282 |
| 1981 | 7,228 |
| 1986 | 7,915 |
| 1991 | 8,681 |
* 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, 784-785, 830-831. 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, 7. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved on 2008-01-05.
