- Shire of Bet Bet
Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of Bet Bet
state = vic
region =
area = 928.2
est = 1861
seat = Dunolly
pop = 2120 (1992) [cite book|title=Victorian Year Book|author=Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office|year=1994|page=49-52|id=ISSN 0067-1223]
logosize =
caption = Location in Victoria
county = Gladstone
near-nw = Kara Kara
near-n = Korong
near-ne = Marong
near-w = Kara Kara
near-e = Marong
near-sw = Avoca
near-s = Tullaroop
near-se = Maldon
_noautocat = yesThe Shire of Bet Bet was a Local Government Area located about convert|180|km|mi|0 northwest of
Melbourne , the state capital of Victoria,Australia . The shire covered an area of convert|928.2|km2|sqmi|1, and existed from 1861 until 1995.History
Bet Bet was first incorporated as a district on 18 January 1861, and became a shire on 20 September 1864.
On 1 October 1915, two boroughs were united with Bet Bet—Tarnagulla Borough, established on 12 August 1857 with an area of convert|20.77|km2|sqmi|2, and Dunolly Borough, established on 21 May 1858 with an area of convert|23.31|km2|sqmi|2.cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=603-604 Accessed at
State Library of Victoria , La Trobe Reading Room. Also the 1915 edition.]On 20 January 1995, the Shire was abolished, and merged with the City of Maryborough,
Shire of Tullaroop and surrounding districts into theShire of Central Goldfields . The Tarnagulla district transferred to theShire of Loddon . [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=5,8|isbn=0-642-23117-6|accessdate=2008-01-05]Wards
Bet Bet was divided into three ridings on 31 May 1988, each of which elected three councillors:
* Bealiba Riding
* Dunolly Riding
* Tarnagulla RidingTowns and Localities
Population
* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.
References
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