Shire of Wangaratta

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of Wangaratta
state = vic
region =
area = 919.24
est = 1863
seat = Wangaratta
pop = 3180 (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 = Bogong, Moira
near-nw = Yarrawonga
near-n = Rutherglen
near-ne = Chiltern
near-w = Tungamah
near-e = Beechworth
near-sw = Benalla
near-s = Oxley
near-se = Oxley
_noautocat = yes

The Shire of Wangaratta was a Local Government Area located about convert|260|km|mi|0 northeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of convert|919.24|km2|sqmi|1, and existed from 1863 until 1994. The Shire did not include Wangaratta itself, which was governed by a separate local government.

History

Wangaratta was first incorporated as the North Ovens District on 10 June 1863, which became a shire on 17 September 1867. Part of the Mokoan Riding of the Shire of Benalla was annexed as the Killawarra Riding on 31 May 1906. The shire was renamed Wangaratta on 22 November 1916.cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=876 Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.]

On 18 November 1994, the Shire was abolished, and merged with the City of Wangaratta, the Shire of Oxley and various surrounding districts into the Rural City of Wangaratta. [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=9|isbn=0-642-23117-6|accessdate=2008-01-05]

Wards

Wangaratta was divided into four ridings , each of which elected three councillors:
* Boorhaman Riding
* Central Riding
* Killawarra Riding
* Tallawingee Riding

Towns and Localities

* Boorhaman
* Boralma
* Bowser
* Eldorado
* Everton
* Killawarra
* Londrigan
* Peechelba
* Springhurst
* Tarrawingee

Population

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References