- Shire of Broadford
Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of Broadford
state = vic
region =
area = 576.3
est = 1869
seat = Broadford
pop = 4310 (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 = Anglesey, Dalhousie
near-nw = Pyalong
near-n = Seymour
near-ne = Yea
near-w = Kilmore
near-e = Yea
near-sw = Kilmore
near-s = Whittlesea
near-se = Eltham
_noautocat = yesThe Shire of Broadford was a Local Government Area located about convert|70|km|mi|0 north of
Melbourne , the state capital of Victoria,Australia . The shire covered an area of convert|576.3|km2|sqmi|1, and existed from 1869 until 1994.History
Broadford was first incorporated as a district on 29 January 1869, and became a shire on 24 December 1874.cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=610-611 Accessed at
State Library of Victoria , La Trobe Reading Room.]On 18 November 1994, the Shire was abolished, and merged with the Shires of Kilmore, Pyalong, Seymour and parts of McIvor into the
Shire of Mitchell . The King Parrot and Strath Creek districts, however, transferred to theShire of Murrindindi . [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=9,10|isbn=0-642-23117-6|accessdate=2008-01-05]Wards
Broadford was divided into three ridings , each of which elected three councillors:
* East Riding
* North Riding
* South RidingTowns and Localities
* Broadford
* Clonbinane
* Petersons
* Reedy Creek
* Strath Creek
* Tyaak
* Waterford ParkPopulation
* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.
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