Shire of Woorayl

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of Woorayl
state = vic
region =
area = 1245.79
est = 1888
seat = Leongatha
pop = 12030 (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 = Buln Buln
near-nw = Korumburra
near-n = Warragul
near-ne = Mirboo
near-w = Bass
near-e = South Gippsland
near-sw = "Bass Strait"
near-s = "Bass Strait"
near-se = South Gippsland
_noautocat = yes

The Shire of Woorayl was a Local Government Area located about convert|130|km|mi|0 southeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of convert|1245.79|km2|sqmi|1, and existed from 1888 until 1994.

History

Initially part of the Narracan district, Woorayl was first incorporated as a shire on 25 May 1888. It annexed the South riding of the Shire of Alberton on 14 March 1890, and the Mirboo riding of the Shire of Traralgon on 1 May 1891. Over the next 20 years, various boundary changes occurred between Woorayl, Korumburra, Narracan and South Gippslandcite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=896-898 Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.]

On 2 December 1994, the Shire was abolished, and merged with Shire of Mirboo, Shire of South Gippsland and most of Shire of Korumburra into the South Gippsland Shire. The area around Inverloch was moved into the new Bass Coast Shire [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=4,11|isbn=0-642-23117-6|accessdate=2008-01-05]

Wards

Woorayl was divided into four ridings in May 1975, each of which elected three councillors:
* North Riding
* Central Riding
* West Riding
* South Riding

Towns and Localities

* Leongatha
* Dumbalk
* Hallston
* Inverloch
* Koonwarra
* Leongatha South
* Meeniyan
* Mount Eccles
* Nerrena
* Ruby
* Tarwin Lower
* Venus Bay

Population

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References