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 = yes

The 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 new Shire 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 Riding

Towns and Localities

* Corryong
* Biggara
* Cudgewa
* Staceys Bridge
* Tintaldra
* Towong

Population

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References