Shire of Maldon

Shire of Maldon

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of Maldon
state = vic
region =
area = 549
est = 1858
seat = Maldon
pop = 3100 (1992) [cite book|title=Victorian Year Book|author=Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office|year=1994|page=52|id=ISSN 0067-1223]

logosize =


caption = Location in Victoria
county = Talbot
near-nw = Bet Bet
near-n = Marong
near-ne = Strathfieldsaye
near-w = Tullaroop
near-e = Metcalfe
near-sw = Tullaroop
near-s = Newstead
near-se = Castlemaine (C)
_noautocat = yes

The Shire of Maldon was a Local Government Area located about convert|140|km|mi|0 northwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia, and convert|35|km|mi|0 southwest of the regional city of Bendigo. The shire covered an area of convert|549|km2|sqmi|1, and existed from 1858 until 1995.

History

Maldon was first incorporated as a municipality on 6 August 1858, then as a district on 2 September 1863. It was proclaimed a Shire on 12 January 1864.cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=751-752 Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.]

On 20 January 1995, the Shire was abolished, and merged with the City of Castlemaine and the Shires of Metcalfe and Newstead into the Shire of Mount Alexander. [cite book|url=http://www.ausstats.abs.gov.au/ausstats/free.nsf/0/76E601D6DB55E88ACA25722500049195/$File/12570_1994-95.pdf|title=Victorian local government amalgamations 1994-1995: Changes to the Australian Standard Geographical Classification|author=Australian Bureau of Statistics|date=1 August 1995|publisher=Commonwealth of Australia|page=10|isbn=0-642-23117-6|accessdate=2008-01-05]

Wards

Maldon was divided into three ridings on 1 April 1988, each of which elected three councillors:
* Gowar Riding
* Nuggetty Riding
* Tarrengower Riding

Towns and Localities

* Maldon
* Baringhup
* Cair Curran
* Gowar
* Muckleford
* Neereman
* Nuggetty
* Porcupine Flat
* Tarrengower
* Walmer
* Woodbrook

Population

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References


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