Borough of Kerang

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Borough of Kerang
state = vic
region =
area = 22.60
est = 1966
seat = Kerang
pop = 4300 (1992) [cite book|title=Victorian Year Book|author=Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office|year=1994|page=51|id=ISSN 0067-1223]

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caption = Location in Victoria
county = Gunbower
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The Borough of Kerang was a Local Government Area located in northwestern Victoria, Australia. The borough, for most of its history part of the surrounding Shire of Kerang, covered an area of convert|22.60|km2|sqmi|1, and existed from 1966 until 1995.

History

Swan Hill was originally part of the Swan Hill district, which covered most of northwestern Victoria, and was incorporated in 1862, becoming a Shire in 1871. After several other areas severed from it, it was renamed Shire of Kerang on 31 December 1898.cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=549, 718-720 Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.] The area around Kerang incorporated as the Borough of Kerang on 1 April 1966.

On 20 January 1995, the Borough was abolished, and merged with the Shire of Kerang and Shire of Cohuna into the Shire of Gannawarra. [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=6|isbn=0-642-23117-6|accessdate=2008-01-05]

Wards

The Borough of Kerang was not divided into wards and its nine councillors represented all electors in the borough.

Population

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References