- Shire of Kilmore
Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of Kilmore
state = vic
region =
area = 508.9
est = 1856
seat = Kilmore
pop = 9380 (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 = Bourke, Dalhousie
near-nw = Pyalong
near-n = Pyalong
near-ne = Seymour
near-w = Romsey
near-e = Broadford
near-sw = Bulla
near-s = Bulla
near-se = Whittlesea
_noautocat = yesThe Shire of Kilmore was a Local Government Area located about convert|60|km|mi|0 north ofMelbourne , the state capital of Victoria,Australia . The shire covered an area of convert|508.9|km2|sqmi|1, and existed from 1856 until 1995.History
Kilmore was first incorporated as a district on 15 July 1856. It became a borough in 1863 and a shire on 24 December 1874. It was redefined on 1 October 1890. On 28 May 1958, it annexed part of the
Shire of Romsey .cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=721-723 Accessed atState Library of Victoria , La Trobe Reading Room.]On 20 January 1995, the Shire was abolished, and merged into the
Shire of Mitchell , which had been created two months earlier by amalgamating the Shires of Broadford, Pyalong, Seymour and parts of McIvor into theShire of Mitchell . [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
Kilmore was divided into four ridings, each of which elected three councillors:
* Wallan Riding
* Bylands & Glenburnie Riding
* Willowmavin & Moranding Riding
* Kilmore RidingTowns and Localities
* Kilmore
* Beveridge
* Bylands
* Heathcote Junction
* Wallan
* Wandong
* WillowmavinPopulation
* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.
References
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