Shire of Wannon

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of Wannon
state = vic
region =
area = 1977
est = 1872
seat = Coleraine
pop = 2750 (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 = Dundas
near-nw = Kowree
near-n = Kowree
near-ne = Kowree
near-w = Glenelg
near-e = Dundas
near-sw = Glenelg
near-s = Heywood
near-se = Dundas
_noautocat = yes

The Shire of Wannon was a Local Government Area located about convert|330|km|mi|0 west of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of convert|1977|km2|sqmi|1, and existed from 1872 until 1994.

History

Wannon was first incorporated as a shire on 15 March 1872.cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=878-879 Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.]

On 23 September 1994, the Shire was abolished, and merged with City of Hamilton and most of Mount Rouse and Dundas into the Shire of Southern Grampians. [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=11|isbn=0-642-23117-6|accessdate=2008-01-05]

Wards

Wannon was divided into three ridings, each of which elected three councillors:
* Balmoral Riding
* Coleraine Riding
* Konongwootong Riding

Towns and Localities

* Coleraine

The shire also contained the localities of Balmoral, Carapook, Englefield, Gringegalgona, Hilgay, Konongwootong, Melville Forest, Moree, Muntham, Nareen, Parkwood, Pigeon Ponds, Tarrenlea, Tarrayoukyan, Vasey and Wootong Vale.

Population

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References