Shire of Alberton

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of Alberton
state = vic
region =
area = 1868.83
est = 1855
seat = Yarram
pop = 6430 (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 = Buln Buln
near-nw = Morwell Traralgon
near-n = Rosedale
near-ne = Rosedale
near-w = South Gippsland
near-e = "Bass Strait"
near-sw = South Gippsland
near-s = "Bass Strait"
near-se = "Bass Strait"
_noautocat = yes

The Shire of Alberton was a Local Government Area located about convert|220|km|mi|0 southeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of convert|1868.83|km2|sqmi|1, and existed from 1855 until 1994.

History

Alberton was first incorporated as a district on 6 November 1855, and became a shire on 2 February 1864. On 16 February 1894, part of it split away to become the Shire of South Gippsland. On 20 May 1914, it lost part of its North Riding to the Shire of Rosedale.cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=558-559 Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.]

On 2 December 1994, the Shire was abolished, and merged with Shire of Avon, Shire of Maffra, City of Sale and most of Shire of Rosedale into the Shire of Wellington. [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=12|isbn=0-642-23117-6|accessdate=2008-01-05]

Wards

Alberton was divided into three ridings, each of which elected three councillors:
* South Riding
* Central Riding
* North Riding

Towns and Localities

Population

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References