Shire of Donald

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of Donald
state = vic
region =
area = 1448
est = 1861
seat = Donald
pop = 2540 (1992) [cite book|title=Victorian Year Book|author=Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office|year=1994|page=51|id=ISSN 0067-1223]

logosize =


caption = Location in Victoria
county = Borung, Kara Kara
near-nw = Birchip
near-n = Birchip
near-ne = Wycheproof
near-w = Warracknabeal
near-e = Charlton
near-sw = Dunmunkle
near-s = Kara Kara
near-se = Kara Kara
_noautocat = yes

The Shire of Donald was a Local Government Area located about convert|140|km|mi|0 west-northwest of Bendigo in western Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of convert|1448|km2|sqmi|1, and existed from 1861 until 1995.

History

Donald was originally incorporated as the St Arnaud District on 25 June 1861, and became a shire on 22 November 1864. It was originally home to several other districts which split away prior to 1900:

* 20 October 1884 - the East Riding became the Shire of Kara Kara.
* 30 January 1891 - the West Riding became the Shire of Borung, which later became the Shire of Warracknabeal.
* 27 April 1894 - the North Riding became the Shire of Wycheproof.
* 5 April 1895 - part of the Central Riding became the Shire of Birchip.
* 31 May 1895 - part of the South Riding joined with parts of other shires to become the Shire of Charlton.

On 11 February 1897 it was officially renamed Shire of Donald, after the largest town which remained. It annexed territory from Dunmunkle on 26 May 1916 and from Kara Kara on 27 April 1920.cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=657-658 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, Charlton, 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

Donald was divided into three wards, each of which elected three councillors:
* South Ward
* East Ward
* West Ward

Towns and Localities

* Donald
* Banyenong
* Buloke
* Carron
* Chirrup
* Corack
* Corack East
* Laen East
* Laen North
* Lake Buloke
* Litchfield
* Massey
* Mount Jeffcott
* Watchem

Population

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References