Shire of Shepparton

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of Shepparton
state = vic
region =
area = 927.49
est = 1884
seat = Shepparton
pop = 9250 (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 = Nathalia
near-n = Numurkah
near-ne = Tungamah
near-w = Rodney
near-e = Benalla
near-sw = Rodney
near-s = Euroa
near-se = Violet Town
_noautocat = yes

The Shire of Shepparton was a Local Government Area located in the Goulburn Valley region about convert|180|km|mi|0 north of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of convert|927.49|km2|sqmi|1, and existed from 1884 until 1994. From 1927 onwards, Shepparton itself was managed by a separate entity, ultimately known as the City of Shepparton. After a large-scale statewide amalgamation program by the Victorian Government in 1994, they were reunited under the City of Greater Shepparton.

History

Shepparton 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.

The Shire of Shepparton incorporated on 30 May 1879. The southeastern section containing Shepparton itself split away on 18 April 1884, and was initially known as the Shire of South Shepparton. On 11 September 1885 the Shire of "Shepparton" was renamed "Numurkah", and South Shepparton was renamed Shepparton on 2 July 1886. It increased its territory significantly when it gained part of the Devenish riding of the Shire of Benalla on 23 December 1903, and part of the South Riding of the Shire of Euroa on 24 May 1911, which became the Dookie and Kialla Ridings respectively.

However, on 31 May 1927, the Shepparton Riding severed from the Shire and became a borough, which became the City of Shepparton in 1949. Further transfers of land to the City occurred on 26 May 1948 and 1 October 1961.cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=784-785, 830-831 Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.]

On 18 November 1994, the Shire was abolished, and merged with the City of Shepparton, Shire of Rodney and some neighbouring districts into the City of Greater Shepparton. [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=7|isbn=0-642-23117-6|accessdate=2008-01-05]

Wards

Shepparton was divided into four ridings on 1 April 1990, each of which elected three councillors:
* Central Riding
* East Riding
* North Riding
* South Riding

Towns and Localities

* Bunbartha
* Congupna
* Cosgrove
* Dookie
* Grahamvale
* Kialla
* Lemnos
* Orrvale
* Pine Lodge
* Shepparton East
* Tallygaroopna

Population

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References