Shire of Oxley

The Shire of Oxley was a local government area in Victoria, Australia, immediately to the south of the city of Wangaratta, which housed the shire's council chambers. Oxley covered an area of 2,789.2 square kilometres (1,076.92 sq mi), and existed from 1862 until 1994.

Shire of Oxley
Victoria
Location in Victoria
Oxley Shire Hall
Population5,310 (1992)[1]
 • Density1.9038/km2 (4.931/sq mi)
Established1862
Area2,789.2 km2 (1,076.9 sq mi)
Council seatWangaratta
RegionHume
CountyDelatite
LGAs around Shire of Oxley:
Wangaratta (C) Wangaratta (S) Beechworth
Benalla Shire of Oxley Myrtleford
Mansfield Mansfield Maffra

History

The Oxley Road District was incorporated on 21 November 1862, and became a shire on 12 December 1865, after changes to local government legislation. Subsequently, it was divided into Eastern, Central and Western Ridings, each of which elected three councillors.[2]

On 18 November 1994, the Shire of Oxley was abolished, and along with the City of Wangaratta, the Shire of Wangaratta and various surrounding districts, was merged into the newly created Rural City of Wangaratta.[3]

The councillors of the Oxley Shire commissioned Graham Jones to prepare a history of the shire, which was published in 1995 as Memories of Oxley.

Towns
  • Bobinawarrah
  • Byrne
  • Carboor
  • Carboor Upper
  • Cheshunt
  • Claremont
  • Docker
  • Edi
  • Edi Upper

Population
Year Population
19544,393
19584,570*
19615,229
19665,356
19715,595
19764,974
19814,860
19864,916
19915,047

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office (1994). Victorian Year Book. p. 53. ISSN 0067-1223.
  2. Victorian Municipal Directory. Brunswick: Arnall & Jackson. 1992. pp. 803–804. 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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