Shire of Deakin

Shire of Deakin
Victoria

Location in Victoria
Population: 5800 (1992)[1]
Established: 1893
Area: 961 km² (371.0 sq mi)
Council Seat: Tongala
County: Rodney
LGAs around Shire of Deakin:
Echuca Murray (NSW) Nathalia
Rochester Shire of Deakin Rodney
Waranga Waranga Rodney

The Shire of Deakin was a Local Government Area located in the Goulburn Valley region about 200 kilometres (124 mi) north of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 961 square kilometres (371.0 sq mi), and existed from 1893 until 1994.

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History

Deakin 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 lost the eastern two-thirds of its area in 1878-1879 with the severances of the Shires of Shepparton and Yarrawonga, but on 10 October 1879 the Shire was added to when a large area was annexed from the Shire of Waranga. The Moira Ward was annexed to the Shire of Nathalia (then known as Numurkah) on 30 May 1892, fixing the boundary between Numurkah and Echuca at the Goulburn River. Following this, the Shire of Deakin, representing the eastern part of what remained, severed from Echuca and incorporated on 20 April 1893.[2]

On 18 November 1994, the Shire was abolished, and merged with the City of Echuca, the Town of Kyabram, the Shires of Rochester and Waranga and some neighbouring districts into the Shire of Campaspe.[3]

Wards

Deakin was divided into three ridings , each of which elected three councillors:

Towns and localities

Population

Year Population
1954 4,635
1958 5,060*
1961 5,296
1966 5,701
1971 5,666
1976 5,503
1981 5,789
1986 5,590
1991 5,623

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office (1994). Victorian Year Book. p. 52. ISSN 0067-1223. 
  2. ^ Victorian Municipal Directory. Brunswick: Arnall & Jackson. 1992. pp. 649–650, 784–785, 881–882.  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. p. 5. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. http://www.ausstats.abs.gov.au/ausstats/free.nsf/0/76E601D6DB55E88ACA25722500049195/$File/12570_1994-95.pdf. Retrieved 2008-01-05.