- Shire of Avoca
Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of Avoca
state = vic
region =
area = 1124
est = 1861
seat = Avoca
pop = 2320 (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 = Gladstone, Kara Kara
near-nw = Kara Kara
near-n = Kara Kara
near-ne = Bet Bet
near-w = Stawell
near-e = Tullaroop
near-sw = Ararat
near-s = Lexton
near-se = Talbot & Clunes
_noautocat = yesThe Shire of Avoca was a Local Government Area located about convert|180|km|mi|0 northwest of
Melbourne , the state capital of Victoria,Australia . The shire covered an area of convert|1124|km2|sqmi|1, and existed from 1861 until 1994.History
Avoca was first incorporated as a district on 6 December 1861, and became a shire on 28 December 1864. In January 1941, it lost part of its area to the
Shire of Lexton .cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=571-572 Accessed atState Library of Victoria , La Trobe Reading Room.]On 23 September 1994, the Shire was abolished, and merged with
Shire of Lexton andShire of Ripon into theShire of Pyrenees , with the district around Navarre transferring to theShire of Northern Grampians . [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=10,11|isbn=0-642-23117-6|accessdate=2008-01-05]Wards
Avoca was divided into three ridings, each of which elected three councillors:
* Avoca Township Riding
* East Riding
* West RidingTowns and Localities
* Avoca
* Barkly
* Crowlands
* Frenchmans
* Glenlofty
* Homebush
* Lamplough
* Landsborough
* Moonambel
* Natte Yallock
* Navarre
* Percydale
* Rathscar
* Rathscar West
* Redbank
* Tanwood
* Warrenmang
* Wattle CreekPopulation
* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.
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