Town of St Arnaud

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Town of St Arnaud
state = vic
region =
area = 25.92
est = 1861
seat = St Arnaud
pop = 2910 (1992) [cite book|title=Victorian Year Book|author=Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office|year=1994|page=49-52|id=ISSN 0067-1223]

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caption = Location in Victoria
county = Kara Kara
_noautocat = yes

The Town of St Arnaud was a Local Government Area located about convert|240|km|mi|0 northwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The town covered an area of convert|25.92|km2|sqmi|1, and existed from 1861 until 1994. Its area was surrounded by the Shire of Kara Kara.

History

St Arnaud was first incorporated as a municipal district on 16 August 1861. It became a borough on 1 October 1863, and a town on 17 October 1950. cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=545-546 Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.]

On 20 January 1995, the Town was abolished, and merged with City of Stawell, most of the Shires of Stawell and Kara Kara, the Grampians National Park within the Shire of Wimmera and parts of the Shires of Ararat, Avoca, Donald and Dunmunkle into the Shire 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|isbn=0-642-23117-6|accessdate=2008-01-05]

The Town of St Arnaud was not subdivided into wards, and the nine councillors represented the entire area.

Population

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References