Shire of Numurkah

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of Numurkah
state = vic
region =
area = 820
est = 1957
seat = Numurkah
pop = 7170 (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
near-nw = "Berrigan (NSW)"
near-n = "Berrigan (NSW)"
near-ne = "Berrigan (NSW)"
near-w = Nathalia
near-e = Cobram
near-sw = Rodney
near-s = Shepparton
near-se = Tungamah
_noautocat = yes

The Shire of Numurkah was a Local Government Area located on the Murray River in the Goulburn Valley region about convert|210|km|mi|0 north of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of convert|820|km2|sqmi|1, and existed from 1957 until 1994.

History

Numurkah was once part of the vast Echuca District, formed in 1864 and a Shire from 1871, which extended along the south bank of the Murray River from Mount Hope Creek in the west to the Ovens River in the east.

Numurkah was part of the Shire of Shepparton when it incorporated on 30 May 1879. The southeastern section containing Shepparton itself split away on 18 September 1884, and was initially known as the Shire of South Shepparton. On 11 April 1885 the Shire of Shepparton was renamed "Numurkah", and South Shepparton was renamed "Shepparton" some months later. On 30 May 1892, Numurkah annexed the Moira Ward of Echuca, setting the shire's southwestern boundary at the Goulburn River.

Some acrimony developed between the towns of Nathalia and Numurkah, which ended in 1957 with the Shire being renamed Nathalia, and the Shire of Numurkah severing and incorporating on 30 May 1957.cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=784-785, 791-792 Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.] [cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20030618201539/www.arts.monash.edu.au/ncas/multimedia/gazetteer/list/numurkah.html|title=Australian Places - Numurkah|year=1999|date=2008-01-06]

On 18 November 1994, the Shire was abolished, and merged with the Shires of Cobram, Nathalia, Tungamah and Yarrawonga into the Shire of Moira. [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|isbn=0-642-23117-6|accessdate=2008-01-05]

Wards

Numurkah was divided into four ridings , each of which elected three councillors:
* North Riding
* South Riding
* East Riding
* West Riding

Towns and Localities

* Numurkah
* Drumanure
* Katunga (split with Shire of Nathalia)
* Mundoona
* Mywee
* Strathmerton
* Ulupna
* Wunghnu

Population

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References