Shire of Deakin

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of Deakin
state = vic
region =
area = 961
est = 1893
seat = Tongala
pop = 5800 (1992) [cite book|title=Victorian Year Book|author=Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office|year=1994|page=52|id=ISSN 0067-1223]

logosize =


caption = Location in Victoria
county = Rodney
near-nw = Echuca
near-n = "Murray (NSW)"
near-ne = Nathalia
near-w = Rochester
near-e = Rodney
near-sw = Waranga
near-s = Waranga
near-se = Rodney
_noautocat = yes

The Shire of Deakin was a Local Government Area located in the Goulburn Valley region about convert|200|km|mi|0 north of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of convert|961|km2|sqmi|1, and existed from 1893 until 1994.

History

Deakin was once part of the vast Echuca District, formed in 1864 and a Shire from 1871, which extended along the south bank of the Murray River from Mount Hope Creek in the west to the Ovens River in the east. The Shire lost the eastern two-thirds of its area in 1878-1879 with the severances of the Shires of Shepparton and Yarrawonga, but on 10 October 1879 the Shire was added to when a large area was annexed from the Shire of Waranga. The Moira Ward was annexed to the Shire of Nathalia (then known as Numurkah) on 30 May 1892, fixing the boundary between Numurkah and Echuca at the Goulburn River. Following this, the Shire of Deakin, representing the eastern part of what remained, severed from Echuca and incorporated on 20 April 1893.cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=649-650, 784-785, 881-882 Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.]

On 18 November 1994, the Shire was abolished, and merged with the City of Echuca, the Town of Kyabram, the Shires of Rochester and Waranga and some neighbouring districts into the Shire of Campaspe. [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|isbn=0-642-23117-6|accessdate=2008-01-05]

Wards

Deakin was divided into three ridings , each of which elected three councillors:
* North West Riding
* North East Riding
* South Riding

Towns and Localities

* Tongala
* Girgarre
* Kanyapella
* Ky Valley
* Mount Scobie
* Strathallan
* Timmering
* Wyuna

Population

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References