- Shire of Wannon
Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of Wannon
state = vic
region =
area = 1977
est = 1872
seat = Coleraine
pop = 2750 (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 = Dundas
near-nw = Kowree
near-n = Kowree
near-ne = Kowree
near-w = Glenelg
near-e = Dundas
near-sw = Glenelg
near-s = Heywood
near-se = Dundas
_noautocat = yesThe Shire of Wannon was a Local Government Area located about convert|330|km|mi|0 west of
Melbourne , the state capital of Victoria,Australia . The shire covered an area of convert|1977|km2|sqmi|1, and existed from 1872 until 1994.History
Wannon was first incorporated as a shire on 15 March 1872.cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=878-879 Accessed at
State Library of Victoria , La Trobe Reading Room.]On 23 September 1994, the Shire was abolished, and merged with City of Hamilton and most of Mount Rouse and Dundas into the
Shire of Southern 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=11|isbn=0-642-23117-6|accessdate=2008-01-05]Wards
Wannon was divided into three ridings, each of which elected three councillors:
* Balmoral Riding
* Coleraine Riding
* Konongwootong RidingTowns and Localities
The shire also contained the localities of Balmoral, Carapook, Englefield, Gringegalgona, Hilgay, Konongwootong, Melville Forest, Moree, Muntham, Nareen, Parkwood, Pigeon Ponds, Tarrenlea, Tarrayoukyan, Vasey and Wootong Vale.
Population
* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.
References
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.