Shire of Orbost

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of Orbost
state = vic
region =
area = 9347
est = 1892
seat = Orbost
pop = 6730 (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 = Croajingolong, Tambo
near-nw = "Snowy River (NSW)"
near-n = "Bombala (NSW)"
near-ne = "Bega Valley (NSW)"
near-w = Tambo
near-e = "Tasman Sea"
near-sw = Tambo
near-s = "Bass Strait"
near-se = "Tasman Sea"
_noautocat = yes

The Shire of Orbost was a Local Government Area located about convert|380|km|mi|0 east of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of convert|9347|km2|sqmi|1, and existed from 1892 until 1994.

History

Originally, Orbost was part of the Bairnsdale District which was created on 30 April 1867. Splitting away as part of the Shire of Tambo in 1882, Orbost was first incorporated as a shire in its own right as the Shire of Croajingolong on 30 May 1892. It received its present name on 17 February 1893. On 3 January 1913 part of its western riding was annexed to Tambo as its Cunninghame Riding.cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=796-797 Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.]

On 2 December 1994, the Shire was abolished, and merged with City and Shire of Bairnsdale, Shire of Tambo, most of Shire of Omeo and the Boole Boole Peninsula from Shire of Rosedale into the Shire of East Gippsland. [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=6|isbn=0-642-23117-6|accessdate=2008-01-05]

Wards

Orbost was divided into four ridings on 31 May 1895, each of which elected three councillors:
* North Riding
* South Riding
* East Riding
* Central Riding

Towns and Localities

* Orbost
* Bellbird Creek
* Bendoc
* Bonang
* Cann River
* Club Terrace
* Genoa
* Mallacoota
* Marlo
* Newmerella

Population

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References