Shire of Yarrawonga

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of Yarrawonga
state = vic
region =
area = 626.78
est = 1891
seat = Yarrawonga
pop = 5740 (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 = "Berrigan (NSW)"
near-n = "Corowa (NSW)"
near-ne = "Corowa (NSW)"
near-w = Tungamah
near-e = Rutherglen
near-sw = Tungamah
near-s = Tungamah
near-se = Wangaratta
_noautocat = yes

The Shire of Yarrawonga was a Local Government Area located on the Murray River in the Goulburn Valley region about convert|260|km|mi|0 northeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of convert|626.78|km2|sqmi|1, and existed from 1891 until 1994.

History

Yarrawonga 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.

Originally, Yarrawonga was part of the Shire of Tungamah, which, confusingly, was originally called the Shire of Yarrawonga when it first incorporated 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. After the original shire was renamed to Tungamah on 17 February 1893, North Yarrawonga was renamed Yarrawonga on 12 May 1893.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 Tungamah into the Shire of Moira. The Peechelba district, however, was transferred to the Rural City of Wangaratta. [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=9|isbn=0-642-23117-6|accessdate=2008-01-05]

Wards

Yarrawonga was divided into four ridings , each of which elected three councillors:
* Eastern Town Riding
* Western Town Riding
* Eastern Rural Riding
* Western Rural Riding

Towns and Localities

* Yarrawonga
* Bathumi
* Boomahnoomoonah
* Bundalong
* Burramine
* Peechelba
* Wilby

Population

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References