Shire of Korong

Shire of Korong
Victoria
Location in Victoria
The historic Shire of Korong Hall, at Wedderburn
Population3,480 (1992)[1]
 • Density14.591/km2 (37.79/sq mi)
Established1862
Area238.5 km2 (92.1 sq mi)
Council seatWedderburn
RegionNorth Central Victoria
CountyGladstone
LGAs around Shire of Korong:
Charlton Gordon Gordon
Charlton Shire of Korong East Loddon
Kara Kara Bet Bet Marong

The Shire of Korong was a local government area about 75 kilometres (47 mi) west-northwest of Bendigo, in western Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 238.5 square kilometres (92.1 sq mi), and existed from 1862 until 1995.

History

Korong Shire was first incorporated as the Kingower and Wedderburne road district on 8 July 1862, and was renamed Korong at the time of its redesignation as a shire on 6 September 1864. On 1 February 1961, it annexed the Borough of Inglewood, which had been created a century earlier.[2]

On 20 January 1995, the Shire of Korong was abolished, and along with the Shires of East Loddon and Gordon, the Loddon River district of the former Rural City of Marong, and surrounding districts, was merged into the newly created Shire of Loddon.[3]

Wards

The Shire of Korong was divided into three ridings, each of which elected three councillors:

  • Central Riding
  • North Riding
  • South Riding

Towns and localities

* Council seat.

Population

Year Population
1954 3,943
1958 4,030*
1961 3,816
1966 3,662
1971 3,203
1976 3,098
1981 3,029
1986 3,347
1991 3,341

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office (1994). Victorian Year Book. pp. 49–52. ISSN 0067-1223.
  2. ^ Victorian Municipal Directory. Brunswick: Arnall & Jackson. 1992. pp. 724–725. Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.
  3. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (1 August 1995). Victorian local government amalgamations 1994-1995: Changes to the Australian Standard Geographical Classification (PDF). Commonwealth of Australia. p. 8. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved 5 January 2008.

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