Shire of Narracan

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of Narracan
state = vic
region =
area = 2300
est = 1878
seat = Trafalgar
pop = 11380 (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, Tanjil
near-nw = Upper Yarra
near-n = Mansfield
near-ne = Maffra
near-w = Buln Buln
near-e = Rosedale
near-sw = Warragul Woorayl
near-s = Mirboo
near-se = Morwell
_noautocat = yes

The Shire of Narracan was a Local Government Area located about convert|120|km|mi|0 east-southeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of convert|2300|km2|sqmi|1, and existed from 1878 until 1994.

History

Narracan was first incorporated as a shire on 20 September 1878. Due in part to its location at the crossroads of the Latrobe Valley region, many changes occurred to its boundaries, especially from the 1940s onwards during the post-war industrial boom in the region.

Parts of the shire's south riding were annexed to Morwell on 27 May 1892, while the Shire of Mirboo was created out of parts of its east and west ridings on 13 April 1894. Over the following years, several parts were annexed to the Shire of Woorayl. On 29 May 1918, it absorbed the Shire of Walhalla, a convert|1060|km2|sqmi|0 region which had existed since 1872 firstly as a borough, then as a shire. [Walhalla was created as a borough on 29 November 1872 and became a shire on 26 March 1886. Source: Municipal Directory (1915)] On 24 September 1947, under the terms of the State Electricity Commission (Yallourn Area) Act 1947, a town was proclaimed on convert|3.05|km2|acre|0 at the Narracan-Morwell border—this self-governing area under the auspices of the State Electricity Commission of Victoria came to be known as the Yallourn Works Area and at one point housed over 5,000 workers from nearby coal mines. On 28 August 1955 the Borough of Moe was severed and incorporated, and parts were annexed to it on 1 October 1990.cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=780-781 Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.]

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

Narracan was divided into four ridings , each of which elected three councillors:
* North Riding
* East Riding
* West Riding
* Walhalla Riding

Towns and Localities

* Trafalgar
* Yallourn North
* Yarragon

* Allambee
* Coalville
* Erica
* Moondarra
* Narracan
* Rawson
* Tanjil South
* Thorpdale
* Walhalla
* Willow Grove

Population

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References

[5. Adams, John (1978), So Tall the Trees (Narracan Shire Council, Trafalgar, Victoria, Australia)]