Town of Kyabram

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Town of Kyabram
state = vic
region =
area = 25.85
est = 1954
seat = Kyabram
pop = 5960 (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 = Rodney
near-nw =
near-n = Deakin
near-ne =
near-w = Deakin
near-e = Rodney
near-sw =
near-s = Rodney
near-se =
_noautocat = yes

The Town of Kyabram was a Local Government Area located in the Goulburn Valley region about convert|200|km|mi|0 north of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia, and convert|35|km|mi|0 west of Shepparton. The Town covered an area of convert|25.85|km2|sqmi|1, and existed from 1954 until 1994.

History

The town was originally on the western edge of the Shire of Rodney but on 1 April 1954 it was severed and became a borough. On 4 July 1973 it achieved Town status. The Town annexed convert|7.31|km2|sqmi|2 of land in the Shire of Rodney on 1 October 1991.cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=544-545 Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.]

On 18 November 1994, the Town was abolished, and merged with the City of Echuca, the the Shires of Deakin, Rochester and Waranga and some neighbouring districts into the Shire of Campaspe. [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=5|isbn=0-642-23117-6|accessdate=2008-01-05]

Wards

Kyabram was not divided into wards and its nine councillors represented the entire Town.

Population

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References