Shire of Buln Buln

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of Buln Buln
state = vic
region =
area = 1259
est = 1878
seat = Drouin
pop = 11960 (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, Mornington
near-nw = Upper Yarra
near-n = Upper Yarra
near-ne = Upper Yarra
near-w = Pakenham
near-e = Narracan
near-sw = Pakenham
near-s = Korumburra
near-se = Warragul
_noautocat = yes

The Shire of Buln Buln was a Local Government Area located about convert|95|km|mi|0 east-southeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of convert|1259|km2|sqmi|1, and existed from 1878 until 1994.

History

Buln Buln was first incorporated as a shire on 20 September 1878. Its eastern part split away on 9 December 1881 to form the Shire (later Rural City) of Warragul, while its southern part split away on 29 May 1891 to form the Shire of Korumburra. Parts in its southwest around the town of Lang Lang were annexed to the Shire of Cranbourne on 21 March 1892 and 27 January 1893.cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=616-618 Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.]

On 2 December 1994, the Shire was abolished, and merged with Shire of Narracan, Rural City of Warragul and parts of Upper Yarra into the Shire of Baw Baw. [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|isbn=0-642-23117-6|accessdate=2008-01-05]

Wards

Buln Buln was divided into four ridings on 30 April 1958, each of which elected three councillors:
* Neerim Riding
* North Drouin Riding
* South Drouin Riding
* Longwarry Riding

Towns and Localities

* Drouin
* Drouin South
* Drouin West
* Hallora
* Icy Creek
* Jindivick
* Labertouche
* Lardner
* Longwarry
* Mountain View
* Nayook
* Neerim South
* Noojee
* Poowong East
* Ripplebrook
* Tarago

Population

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References