Shire of Yackandandah Victoria |
|||||||||||||
Location in Victoria |
|||||||||||||
Population: | 4660 (1992)[1] | ||||||||||||
Established: | 1862 | ||||||||||||
Area: | 1148.75 km² (443.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
Council Seat: | Yackandandah | ||||||||||||
County: | Bogong | ||||||||||||
|
The Shire of Yackandandah was a Local Government Area located about 290 kilometres (180 mi) northeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 1,148.75 square kilometres (443.5 sq mi), and existed from 1862 until 1994.
Contents |
Yackandandah was first incorporated as a district on 8 August 1862, and became a shire on 30 December 1864. It was originally created with a larger area, but it lost land to the Shire of Chiltern in two transfers on 14 May 1913 and 30 May 1917.[2]
On 18 November 1994, the Shire was abolished, and merged with most of the Shires of Beechworth, Chiltern and Rutherglen into the Shire of Indigo. The Baranduda district became part of the Rural City of Wodonga, while the Dederang district merged into the new Alpine Shire.[3]
Yackandandah was divided into three ridings:
Year | Population |
---|---|
1954 | 3,131 |
1958 | 3,170* |
1961 | 3,093 |
1966 | 3,062 |
1971 | 2,971 |
1976 | 3,151 |
1981 | 3,476 |
1986 | 3,989 |
1991 | 4,662 |
* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.