Shire of Euroa

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of Euroa
state = vic
region =
area = 1412
est = 1879
seat = Euroa
pop = 4560 (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, Delatite, Moira
near-nw = Rodney
near-n = Shepparton
near-ne = Violet Town
near-w = Goulburn
near-e = Benalla
near-sw = Yea
near-s = Alexandra
near-se = Mansfield
_noautocat = yes

The Shire of Euroa was a Local Government Area located about convert|145|km|mi|0 northeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of convert|1412|km2|sqmi|1, and existed from 1879 until 1994.

History

Euroa was originally within the Shire of Benalla (1868) and was severed and incorporated on 3 November 1879 as the Shire of Euroa. It lost part of several ridings when the Shire of Violet Town was created on 11 April 1895, and part of its north riding was annexed to the Shire of Shepparton on 24 May 1911.cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=671-672 Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.]

On 18 November 1994, the Shire was abolished, and merged with the Shires of Goulburn and Violet Town and some neighbouring districts into the Shire of Strathbogie. The Arcadia and Karramomus districts transferred to City of Greater Shepparton, whilst the Terip Terip district transferred to the Shire of Strathbogie. [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=7,10,11|isbn=0-642-23117-6|accessdate=2008-01-05]

Wards

Euroa was divided into three ridings on 31 May 1975, each of which elected three councillors:
* Euroa Riding
* North Riding
* South Riding

Towns and Localities

* Euroa
* Arcadia
* Balmattum
* Creightons Creek
* Gooram
* Karramomus
* Kelvin View
* Kithbrook
* Miepoll
* Moglonemby
* Molka
* Sheans Creek
* Strathbogie

Population

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References