Shire of Charlton

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of Charlton
state = vic
region =
area = 1175
est = 1895
seat = Charlton
pop = 1850 (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 = Gladstone, Kara Kara, Tatchera
near-nw = Wycheproof
near-n = Kerang
near-ne = Gordon
near-w = Donald
near-e = Korong
near-sw = Kara Kara
near-s = Kara Kara
near-se = Korong
_noautocat = yes

The Shire of Charlton was a Local Government Area located about convert|240|km|mi|0 north-northwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of convert|1175|km2|sqmi|1, and existed from 1895 until 1994.

History

Charlton was first incorporated as a shire on 28 May 1895 upon the severance of portions of the Shires of Kerang, Gordon and St Arnaud.cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=625-626 Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.]

On 20 January 1995, the Shire was abolished, and merged with the Shires of Birchip, Donald, Wycheproof and part of Kara Kara into the Shire of Buloke. [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

Charlton was divided into three ridings on 25 May 1988, each of which elected three councillors:
* North Riding
* South Riding
* West Riding

Towns and Localities

* Charlton
* Barrakee
* Buckrabanyule
* Coonooer Bridge
* Dooboobetic
* Glenloth
* Narrewillock
* Teddywaddy
* Terrappee
* Wooroonook
* Yawong
* Yeungroon

Population

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References