Shire of Goulburn

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of Goulburn
state = vic
region =
area = 1016
est = 1868
seat = Nagambie
pop = 2680 (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 = Moira, Delatite, Rodney, Dalhousie
near-nw = Waranga
near-n = Rodney
near-ne = Euroa
near-w = McIvor
near-e = Euroa
near-sw = McIvor
near-s = Seymour
near-se = Yea
_noautocat = yes

The Shire of Goulburn was a Local Government Area located about convert|120|km|mi|0 north of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of convert|1016|km2|sqmi|1, and existed from 1868 until 1994.

History

Goulburn was first incorporated as a district on 24 November 1868, and became a shire on 24 March 1871. On 16 May 1956, Goulburn annexed some land from the Shire of Waranga.cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=686-687 Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.]

On 18 November 1994, the Shire was abolished, and merged with the Shires of Euroa and Violet Town and some neighbouring districts into 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=7,11|isbn=0-642-23117-6|accessdate=2008-01-05]

Wards

Goulburn was divided into three ridings on 16 May 1956, each of which elected three councillors:
* Central Riding
* East Riding
* North Riding

Towns and Localities

* Nagambie
* Goulburn Weir
* Graytown
* Locksley
* Longwood
* Mitchellstown
* Moorilim
* Ruffy
* Tabilk
* Tarcombe
* Wahring

Population

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References