Shire of Tambo

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of Tambo
state = vic
region =
area = 3506.86
est = 1882
seat = Lakes Entrance
pop = 10720 (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 = Dargo, Tambo
near-nw = Upper Murray
near-n = "Snowy River (NSW)"
near-ne = "Bombala (NSW)"
near-w = Omeo
near-e = Orbost
near-sw = Bairnsdale
near-s = "Bass Strait"
near-se = "Bass Strait"
_noautocat = yes

The Shire of Tambo was a Local Government Area located about convert|320|km|mi|0 east of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of convert|3506.86|km2|sqmi|1, and existed from 1882 until 1994.

History

Tambo was first incorporated as a shire on 6 January 1882, splitting away from the Shire of Bairnsdale. On 30 May 1892 it lost three-quarters of its land area when the Shire of Orbost was incorporated. A small amount was re-annexed as Cunninghame Riding on 3 January 1913.cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=855-856 Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.]

On 2 December 1994, the Shire was abolished, and merged with City and Shire of Bairnsdale, Shire of Orbost, most of Shire of Omeo and the Boole Boole Peninsula from Shire of Rosedale into the Shire of East Gippsland. [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=6|isbn=0-642-23117-6|accessdate=2008-01-05]

Wards

Tambo was divided into four ridings, each of which elected three councillors:
* Bruthen/Buchan Riding
* Bumberrah Riding
* Coastal Riding
* Cunninghame Riding

Towns and Localities

Population

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References