Rural City of Warragul

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Rural City of Warragul
state = vic
region =
area = 352.2
est = 1881
seat = Warragul
pop = 13540 (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 = Buln Buln
near-n = Buln Buln
near-ne = Narracan
near-w = Buln Buln
near-e = Narracan
near-sw = Korumburra
near-s = Woorayl
near-se = Mirboo
_noautocat = yes

The Rural City of Warragul was a Local Government Area located about convert|100|km|mi|0 east-southeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of convert|352.2|km2|sqmi|1, and existed from 1881 until 1994.

History

Originally part of the Buln Buln district, Warragul was first incorporated as a shire on 9 December 1881. It annexed part of the Western Riding of Shire of Narracan on 30 May 1906. On 17 August 1990 Warragul was proclaimed a Rural City, one of the first in Victoria under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1989.cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=514-515 Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.]

On 2 December 1994, the City was abolished, and merged with Shire of Buln Buln, Shire of Narracan 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

Warragul was divided into four wards , each of which elected three councillors:
* North Ward
* South Ward
* Central East Ward
* Central West Ward

Towns and Localities

* Bona Vista
* Brandy Creek
* Bull Swamp
* Buln Buln
* Cloverlea
* Darnum
* Ellinbank
* Ferndale
* Gainsborough
* Lillico
* Nilma
* Rokeby
* Seaview
* Tetoora Road
* Warragul
* Warragul South

Population

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References