Shire of Kilmore

The Shire of Kilmore was a local government area about 60 kilometres (37 mi) north of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 508.9 square kilometres (196.5 sq mi), and existed from 1856 until 1995.

Shire of Kilmore
Victoria
Location in Victoria
Kilmore Town Hall
Population9,380 (1992)[1]
 • Density18.432/km2 (47.738/sq mi)
Established1856
Area508.9 km2 (196.5 sq mi)
Council seatKilmore
RegionHume
CountyBourke, Dalhousie
LGAs around Shire of Kilmore:
Pyalong Pyalong Seymour
Romsey Shire of Kilmore Broadford
Bulla Bulla Whittlesea

History

Kilmore was first incorporated as a road district on 15 July 1856. It became a borough in 1863 and a shire on 24 December 1874. It was redefined on 1 October 1890. On 28 May 1958, it annexed parts of the Shire of Romsey.[2]

On 20 January 1995, the Shire of Kilmore was abolished, and was merged into the Shire of Mitchell, which was created earlier in November 1994 after the merger of the Rural City of Seymour, the Shires of Broadford and Pyalong, and parts of the Shire of McIvor.[3]

Wards

The Shire of Kilmore was divided into four ridings, each of which elected three councillors:

  • Wallan Riding
  • Bylands & Glenburnie Riding
  • Willowmavin & Moranding Riding
  • Kilmore Riding

Towns and localities

* Council seat.

Population
Year Population
19541,932
19582,369*
19612,728
19662,739
19712,798
19763,660
19814,919
19866,724
19918,827

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office (1994). Victorian Year Book. p. 52. ISSN 0067-1223.
  2. Victorian Municipal Directory. Brunswick: Arnall & Jackson. 1992. pp. 721–723. Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.
  3. Australian Bureau of Statistics (1 August 1995). Victorian local government amalgamations 1994-1995: Changes to the Australian Standard Geographical Classification (PDF). Commonwealth of Australia. p. 9. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved 5 January 2008.

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