Shire of Tungamah

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of Tungamah
state = vic
region =
area = 1143
est = 1878
seat = Tungamah
pop = 3030 (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 = Moira
near-nw = Numurkah
near-n = Cobram
near-ne = Yarrawonga
near-w = Shepparton
near-e = Wangaratta
near-sw = Shepparton
near-s = Benalla
near-se = Benalla
_noautocat = yes

The Shire of Tungamah was a Local Government Area located in the Goulburn Valley region about convert|240|km|mi|0 northeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of convert|1143|km2|sqmi|1, and existed from 1878 until 1994.

History

Tungamah 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.

Tungamah was first incorporated as the Shire of Yarrawonga on 15 May 1878. On 17 April 1891, the East Riding, which contained the town of Yarrawonga, was severed and incorporated as the Shire of North Yarrawonga. As such, the shire was renamed Tungamah after its main town on 17 February 1893, and North Yarrawonga was renamed Yarrawonga on 12 May 1893. On 1 April 1953, the North West Riding also severed, becoming the Shire of Cobram.cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=863-864, 906-907 Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.]

On 18 November 1994, the Shire was abolished, and merged with the Shires of Cobram, Nathalia, Numurkah and Yarrawonga into the Shire of Moira. The Katandra West district, meanwhile, was transferred to the City of Greater Shepparton. [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=7,9|isbn=0-642-23117-6|accessdate=2008-01-05]

Wards

Tungamah was divided into four ridings on 1 October 1964, each of which elected three councillors:
* Central Riding
* South Riding
* South West (Katandra) Riding
* North West (Invergordon) Riding

Towns and Localities

* Tungamah
* Almonds
* Boosey
* Boweya North
* Invergordon
* Katandra
* Lake Rowan
* Marunga
* Pelluebla
* St James
* Telford
* Waggarandall
* Youanmite
* Youarang
* Yundool

Population

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References

External links

* [http://web.archive.org/web/20021224211734/www.arts.monash.edu.au/ncas/multimedia/gazetteer/list/tungamah.html Australian Places - Tungamah]