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 = yes

The 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 the Shire of Central Goldfields. The Tarnagulla district transferred to the Shire 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 Riding

Towns and Localities

Population

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References