Shire of Wannon

The Shire of Wannon was a local government area about 330 kilometres (205 mi) west of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 1,977 square kilometres (763.3 sq mi), and existed from 1872 until 1994.

Shire of Wannon
Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population2,750 (1992)[1]
 • Density1.3910/km2 (3.603/sq mi)
Established1872
Area1,977 km2 (763.3 sq mi)
Council seatColeraine
CountyDundas
LGAs around Shire of Wannon:
Kowree Kowree Kowree
Glenelg Shire of Wannon Dundas
Glenelg Heywood Dundas

History

Wannon was first incorporated as a shire on 15 March 1872.[2]

On 23 September 1994, the Shire was abolished, and merged with the City of Hamilton and most of Mount Rouse and Dundas, into the Shire of Southern Grampians.[3]

Wards

Wannon was divided into three ridings, each of which elected three councillors:

  • Balmoral Riding
  • Coleraine Riding
  • Konongwootong Riding

Towns and localities

The shire also contained the localities of Balmoral, Carapook, Englefield, Gringegalgona, Hilgay, Konongwootong, Melville Forest, Moree, Muntham, Nareen, Parkwood, Pigeon Ponds, Tarrenlea, Tarrayoukyan, Vasey and Wootong Vale.

Population
Year Population
19543,949
19584,200*
19614,154
19664,060
19713,646
19763,363
19813,093
19862,856
19912,685

* 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. 878–879. 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. 11. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved 5 January 2008.

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