Shire of Upper Yarra

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of Upper Yarra
state = vic
region = Outer Eastern Melbourne
area = 1732
est = 1888
seat = Yarra Junction
pop = 15,950 (1992) [cite book|title=Victorian Year Book|author=Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office|year=1994|page=49|id=ISSN 0067-1223]

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imagesize = 150
caption = Location in Victoria
county = Evelyn
near-nw = Healesville
near-n = Alexandra
near-ne = Mansfield
near-w = Lillydale
near-e = Narracan
near-sw = Sherbrooke
near-s = Pakenham
near-se = Buln Buln
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The Shire of Upper Yarra was a Local Government Area centred on the Yarra Valley about convert|60|km|mi|0 east of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia, and extending eastwards into Victoria's interior. The shire covered an area of convert|1732|km2|sqmi|1, and existed from 1888 until 1994.

History

Upper Yarra was incorporated as a Shire on 19 October 1888. On 30 May 1919, it annexed the Lauraville Riding of the defunct Howqua Shire (the Howqua riding itself was annexed by the Shire of Mansfield), and on 4 December 1923 and 15 February 1984 it annexed parts of the Shire of Healesville.cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=867-868 Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.]

On 15 December 1994, the Shire was abolished and merged with the Shires of Lillydale, Healesville and most of Sherbrooke to form the Shire of Yarra Ranges. [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=11|isbn=0-642-23117-6|accessdate=2007-12-16]

Wards

The shire was divided into three ridings on 31 March 1909, each of which elected three councillors:
* Centre Riding
* East Riding
* West Riding

uburbs and Localities

The Shire included the Yarra Valley district and towns along the Warburton Highway, extending east through the Yarra Ranges National Park to a line between the Baw Baw plateau and Matlock, convert|170|km|mi|0 from Melbourne's central business district. [cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20030429163010/www.arts.monash.edu.au/ncas/multimedia/gazetteer/list/upperyarrashire.html|title=Australian Places - Upper Yarra Shire|author=Monash University|year=1999|accessdate=2008-01-04]

* Beenak
* Big Pats Creek
* Cambarville
* Don Valley
* Gilderoy
* Gladysdale
* Hoddles Creek
* Launching Place
* McMahons Creek
* Millgrove
* Powelltown
* Reefton
* Upper Yarra Dam
* Warburton
* Warburton East
* Wesburn
* Woori Yallock
* Yarra Junction
* Yellingbo

Population

* Estimates in 1958 and 1988 Victorian Year Books.

References