Shire of Omeo

The Shire of Omeo was a local government area about 390 kilometres (242 mi) east-north-east of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 5,641 square kilometres (2,178.0 sq mi), and existed from 1872 until 1994.

Shire of Omeo
Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population1,680 (1992)[1]
 • Density0.2978/km2 (0.7713/sq mi)
Established1872
Area5,641 km2 (2,178.0 sq mi)
Council seatOmeo
RegionEast Gippsland
CountyBogong, Benambra, Dargo, Tambo
LGAs around Shire of Omeo:
Bright Tallangatta Upper Murray
Bright Shire of Omeo Tambo
Avon Bairnsdale Tambo

History

Omeo was incorporated as a shire on 25 October 1872.[2]

On 2 December 1994, the Shire of Omeo was abolished, and along with the City of Bairnsdale, the Shires of Bairnsdale and Tambo, and the Boole Boole Peninsula from the Shire of Rosedale, was merged into the newly created Shire of East Gippsland. The Dinner Plain district was merged into the Shire of Alpine, which had been created two weeks earlier.[3]

Ridings

Omeo was divided into four ridings on 15 January 1957, each of which elected three councillors:

  • Omeo Riding
  • Ensay Riding
  • Hinnomunjie Riding
  • Tongio Riding

Towns and localities

* Council seat.

Population
Year Population
19542,072
19582,100*
19612,145
19662,026
19711,858
19761,605
19811,565
19861,628
19911,920

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office (1994). Victorian Year Book. pp. 49–52. ISSN 0067-1223.
  2. Victorian Municipal Directory. Brunswick: Arnall & Jackson. 1992. pp. 796–797. 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. 4,6. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved 5 January 2008.

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