Shire of Kowree

Shire of Kowree
Victoria

Location in Victoria
Population: 3,710 (1992)[1]
Established: 1862
Area: 5379.41 km² (2,077.0 sq mi)
Council Seat: Edenhope
County: Lowan
LGAs around Shire of Kowree:
Tatiara (SA) Kaniva Lowan
Naracoorte (SA) Shire of Kowree Arapiles
Naracoorte (SA) Glenelg
Wannon		 Dundas

The Shire of Kowree was a Local Government Area located in western Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 5,379.41 square kilometres (2,077.0 sq mi), and existed from 1862 until 1995.

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History

Kowree was first incorporated as a district on 24 June 1862, and became a shire on 26 January 1872. It added the South Riding of the Shire of Lowan to its North Riding on 29 May 1894.[2]

On 20 January 1995, the Shire was abolished, and merged with Shire of Kaniva and parts of Arapiles and Glenelg into the Shire of West Wimmera. The Black Range and Toolondo Reservoir districts joined the Rural City of Horsham, while a small unpopulated section joined the Shire of Southern Grampians.[3]

Wards

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

Towns and localities

Population

Year Population
1954 5,012
1958 5,400*
1961 5,426
1966 5,358
1971 4,795
1976 4,820
1981 4,150*
1986 4,000*
1991 3,720

* Estimates in 1958, 1983 and 1988 Victorian Year Books.

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office (1994). Victorian Year Book. p. 49–52. ISSN 0067-1223. 
  2. ^ Victorian Municipal Directory. Brunswick: Arnall & Jackson. 1992. pp. 730–731.  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. 7, 11, 12. 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.