Shire of Mirboo

Shire of Mirboo
Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population2,710 (1992)[1]
 • Density10.625/km2 (27.52/sq mi)
Established1894
Area255.07 km2 (98.5 sq mi)
Council seatMirboo North
RegionSouth Gippsland
CountyBuln Buln
LGAs around Shire of Mirboo:
Warragul Narracan Morwell
Woorayl Shire of Mirboo Morwell
Woorayl Woorayl Morwell

The Shire of Mirboo was a local government area about 160 kilometres (99 mi) southeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 255.07 square kilometres (98.5 sq mi), and existed from 1894 until 1994.

History

Mirboo was first incorporated as a shire out of parts of the East and West Ridings of the Shire of Narracan, and the East Riding of the Shire of Woorayl, on 13 April 1894. It annexed parts of the Boolarra and Yinnar Ridings of the Shire of Morwell on 11 December 1916. It annexed further parts of Woorayl on 31 May 1922, and Narracan on 21 March 1990.[2]

On 2 December 1994, the Shire of Mirboo was abolished, and along with the Shire of South Gippsland and parts of the Shires of Korumburra and Woorayl, was merged into the new Shire of South Gippsland.[3]

Ridings

Mirboo was unsubdivided, and its nine councillors represented the entire shire.

Towns and localities

  • Allambee East
  • Allambee South
  • Berrys Creek
  • Darlmurla
  • Delburn
  • Limonite
  • Mardan
  • Mirboo North*

* Council seat.

Population

Year Population
1954 1,862
1958 1,970*
1961 2,052
1966 2,111
1971 1,964
1976 1,905
1981 2,080
1986 2,458
1991 2,542

* 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. 767–768. 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. 11. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved 5 January 2008.

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