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]

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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 of Melbourne, 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 at State 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 the Shire 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 Riding

Towns and Localities

* Kilmore
* Beveridge
* Bylands
* Heathcote Junction
* Wallan
* Wandong
* Willowmavin

Population

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References