- Shire of Talbot and Clunes
Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of Talbot and Clunes
state = vic
region =
area = 541.31
est = 1860
seat = Talbot
pop = 2,580 (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 = Talbot
near-nw = Avoca
near-n = Tullaroop
near-ne = Newstead
near-w = Avoca
near-e = Creswick
near-sw = Lexton
near-s = Ballarat
near-se = Creswick
_noautocat = yesThe Shire of Talbot and Clunes was a Local Government Area located about convert|160|km|mi|0 northwest of
Melbourne , the state capital of Victoria,Australia . The shire covered an area of convert|541.31|km2|sqmi|1, and existed from 1860 until 1994.History
What became the Shire of Talbot and Clunes had its origins in several different local authorities during the 1850s gold rush:
* The Borough of Talbot was incorporated on 22 October 1858 with an area of convert|22.57|km2|sqmi|abbr=on surrounding the town of Talbot.
* The Borough of Clunes was incorporated on 19 October 1860 with an area of convert|23.31|km2|sqmi|abbr=on surrounding the town of Clunes.
* The Shire of Talbot was incorporated on 16 November 1860 as a district, becoming a shire on 31 October 1865.After the passage of the "Local Government Amendment Act 1914", it was found that Talbot did not meet the criteria of a borough as its rateable income was below £300 per annum, so it was amalgamated on 1 October 1915 with the shire.
On 31 May 1965, an Order in Council united the Borough of Clunes with the Shire of Talbot to create the new Shire.cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=850-851 Accessed at
State Library of Victoria , La Trobe Reading Room.]On 20 January 1995, the Shire was abolished and split between the
Shire of Central Goldfields (Talbot) and theShire of Hepburn (Clunes). [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=5,7|isbn=0-642-23117-6|accessdate=2008-01-05]Wards
Talbot and Clunes was divided into four ridings , each of which elected three councillors:
* Clunes North Riding
* Clunes South Riding
* East Riding
* Talbot RidingTowns and Localities
* Amherst
* Caralulup
* Clunes
* Daisy Hill
* Dunach
* Mount Beckworth
* Red Lion
* TalbotPopulation
* Estimate in 1958 Victorian Year Book.
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