- Shire of Upper Murray
Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of Upper Murray
state = vic
region =
area = 2459.81
est = 1920
seat = Corryong
pop = 2450 (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 = Benambra
near-nw = Tallangatta
near-n = "Greater Hume (NSW)"
near-ne = "Tumbarumba (NSW)"
near-w = Tallangatta
near-e = "Tumbarumba (NSW)"
near-sw = Tallangatta
near-s = Omeo
near-se = "Tumbarumba (NSW)"
_noautocat = yesThe Shire of Upper Murray was a Local Government Area located about convert|400|km|mi|0 northeast of
Melbourne , the state capital of Victoria,Australia . The shire covered an area of convert|2459.81|km2|sqmi|1, and existed from 1920 until 1994.History
Upper Murray originally existed as the Corryong Riding and part of the Murray Riding of the Shire of Towong, and was first incorporated as a shire on 1 October 1920.cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=865-866 Accessed at
State Library of Victoria , La Trobe Reading Room.]On 18 November 1994, the Shire re-merged with the
Shire of Tallangatta , which had remained from the original Towong shire, into the newShire of Towong . [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=11|isbn=0-642-23117-6|accessdate=2008-01-05]Wards
Upper Murray was divided into three ridings, each of which elected three councillors:
* Corryong Riding
* Cudgewa Riding
* Tintaldra RidingTowns and Localities
* Corryong
* Biggara
* Cudgewa
* Staceys Bridge
* Tintaldra
* TowongPopulation
* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.
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