Shire of Yackandandah

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of Yackandandah
state = vic
region =
area = 1148.75
est = 1862
seat = Yackandandah
pop = 4660 (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
near-nw = Chiltern
near-n = Wodonga
near-ne = Tallangatta
near-w = Beechworth
near-e = Tallangatta
near-sw = Myrtleford
near-s = Bright
near-se = Tallangatta
_noautocat = yes

The Shire of Yackandandah was a Local Government Area located about convert|290|km|mi|0 northeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of convert|1148.75|km2|sqmi|1, and existed from 1862 until 1994.

History

Yackandandah was first incorporated as a district on 8 August 1862, and became a shire on 30 December 1864. It was originally created with a larger area, but it lost land to the Shire of Chiltern in two transfers on 14 May 1913 and 30 May 1917.cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=903-904 Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.]

On 18 November 1994, the Shire was abolished, and merged with most of the Shires of Beechworth, Chiltern and Rutherglen into the Shire of Indigo. The Baranduda district became part of the Rural City of Wodonga, while the Dederang district merged into the new Alpine Shire. [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=4,8,12|isbn=0-642-23117-6|accessdate=2008-01-05]

Wards

Yackandandah was divided into three ridings:
* Yackandandah Riding (4 councillors)
* Kiewa Riding (3 councillors)
* Dederang Riding (2 councillors)

Towns and Localities

* Yackandandah
* Allans Flat
* Back Creek
* Baranduda
* Bells Flat
* Bruarong
* Dederang
* Glen Creek
* Gundowring
* Huon
* Kancoona
* Kergunyah
* Kiewa
* Osbornes Flat
* Red Bluff
* Sandy Creek
* Staghorn Flat
* Tangambalanga

Population

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References