Shire of Mirboo

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of Mirboo
state = vic
region =
area = 255.07
est = 1894
seat = Mirboo North
pop = 2710 (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 = Warragul
near-n = Narracan
near-ne = Morwell
near-w = Woorayl
near-e = Morwell
near-sw = Woorayl
near-s = Woorayl
near-se = Morwell
_noautocat = yes

The Shire of Mirboo was a Local Government Area located about convert|160|km|mi|0 southeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of convert|255.07|km2|sqmi|1, and existed from 1894 until 1994.

History

Mirboo was first incorporated as a shire out of parts of the east and west ridings of the Shire of Narracan and the east riding of the Shire of Woorayl on 13 April 1894. It annexed parts of the Boolarra and Yinnar ridings of the Shire of Morwell on 11 December 1916. It annexed further parts of Woorayl on 31 May 1922, and Narracan on 21 March 1990.cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=767-768 Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.]

On 2 December 1994, the Shire was abolished, and merged with Shire of South Gippsland and most of Shire of Korumburra and Shire of Woorayl into the South Gippsland 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=11|isbn=0-642-23117-6|accessdate=2008-01-05]

The shire was unsubdivided and its nine councillors represented the entire shire.

Towns and Localities

* Allambee East
* Allambee South
* Berrys Creek
* Darlmurla
* Delburn
* Limonite
* Mardan
* Mirboo North

Population

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References