Shire of Korumburra

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of Korumburra
state = vic
region =
area = 613.8
est = 1891
seat = Korumburra
pop = 8030 (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 = Pakenham
near-n = Buln Buln
near-ne = Warragul
near-w = Bass
near-e = Woorayl
near-sw = Bass
near-s = Woorayl
near-se = Woorayl
_noautocat = yes

The Shire of Korumburra was a Local Government Area located about convert|115|km|mi|0 southeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of convert|613.8|km2|sqmi|1, and existed from 1891 until 1994.

History

Originally part of the Buln Buln district, Korumburra was first incorporated as the Shire of Poowong and Jeetho on 29 May 1891. Its boundaries were initially fairly flexible as it annexed parts of Woorayl and Warragul shires, settling on its final boundaries by 1912. It was renamed Korumburra on 25 October 1922.cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=726-728 Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.]

On 2 December 1994, the Shire was abolished, and merged with Shire of Mirboo, Shire of South Gippsland and most of Shire of Woorayl into the South Gippsland Shire. The Wattle Bank, Lance Creek and Lang Lang South districts in the west moved into the Bass Coast 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=4,11|isbn=0-642-23117-6|accessdate=2008-01-05]

Wards

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

Towns and Localities

* Korumburra
* Arawata
* Bena
* Ellerside
* Jeetho
* Jumbunna
* Kardella
* Kongwak
* Loch
* Nyora
* Outtrim
* Poowong
* Ranceby
* Strzelecki
* Whitelaw

Population

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References