- Shire of Woorayl
Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of Woorayl
state = vic
region =
area = 1245.79
est = 1888
seat = Leongatha
pop = 12030 (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 = Korumburra
near-n = Warragul
near-ne = Mirboo
near-w = Bass
near-e = South Gippsland
near-sw = "Bass Strait "
near-s = "Bass Strait "
near-se = South Gippsland
_noautocat = yesThe Shire of Woorayl was a Local Government Area located about convert|130|km|mi|0 southeast of
Melbourne , the state capital of Victoria,Australia . The shire covered an area of convert|1245.79|km2|sqmi|1, and existed from 1888 until 1994.History
Initially part of the Narracan district, Woorayl was first incorporated as a shire on 25 May 1888. It annexed the South riding of the
Shire of Alberton on 14 March 1890, and the Mirboo riding of theShire of Traralgon on 1 May 1891. Over the next 20 years, various boundary changes occurred between Woorayl, Korumburra, Narracan and South Gippslandcite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=896-898 Accessed atState 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 ofShire of Korumburra into theSouth Gippsland Shire . The area around Inverloch was moved into the newBass 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
Woorayl was divided into four ridings in May 1975, each of which elected three councillors:
* North Riding
* Central Riding
* West Riding
* South RidingTowns and Localities
* Leongatha
* Dumbalk
* Hallston
* Inverloch
* Koonwarra
* Leongatha South
* Meeniyan
* Mount Eccles
* Nerrena
* Ruby
* Tarwin Lower
* Venus BayPopulation
* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.
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