Rural City of Seymour

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Rural City of Seymour
state = vic
region =
area = 945.07
est = 1863
seat = Seymour
pop = 12210 (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, Dalhousie
near-nw = McIvor
near-n = Goulburn
near-ne = Goulburn
near-w = Pyalong
near-e = Yea
near-sw = Pyalong
near-s = Broadford
near-se = Yea
_noautocat = yes

The Rural City of Seymour was a Local Government Area located about convert|100|km|mi|0 north of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of convert|945.07|km2|sqmi|1, and existed from 1863 until 1994.

History

Seymour was first incorporated as a district on 5 May 1863, and became a shire on 24 February 1871. It lost part of its area to the Shire of Yea on 15 May 1907.cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=828-829 Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.] It was made a Rural City in 1993.

On 18 November 1994, Seymour was abolished, and merged with the Shires of Broadford, Kilmore, Pyalong and parts of McIvor into the Shire of Mitchell. The Avenel district was 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=9,11|isbn=0-642-23117-6|accessdate=2008-01-05]

Wards

Seymour was divided into four ridings , each of which elected three councillors:
* Avenel Riding
* Seymour North Riding
* Seymour South Riding
* Tallarook Riding

Towns and Localities

* Seymour
* Avenel
* Mangalore
* Northwood
* Tallarook
* Whiteheads Creek

Population

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References