Shire of Korong

Shire of Korong
Victoria
Shire of Korong; Victoria
	Location in Victoria
	The historic Shire of Korong Hall, at Wedderburn
Population	3,480 (1992)
• Density	14.591/km2 (37.79/sq mi)
Established	1862
Area	238.5 km2 (92.1 sq mi)
Council seat	Wedderburn
County	Gladstone
	LGAs around Shire of Korong:

The Shire of Korong was a local government area about 75 kilometres (47 mi) west-northwest of Bendigo, in western Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 238.5 square kilometres (92.1 sq mi), and existed from 1862 until 1995.

History[]

Korong Shire was first incorporated as the Kingower and Wedderburne road district on 8 July 1862, was renamed Korong at the time of its redesignation as a shire on 6 September 1864. On 1 February 1961, it annexed the Borough of Inglewood, which had been created a century earlier.^[2]

On 20 January 1995, the Shire of Korong was abolished, and, along with the Shires of East Loddon and Gordon, the Loddon River district of the former Rural City of Marong, and surrounding districts, was merged into the newly created Shire of Loddon.^[3]

Wards[]

The Shire of Korong was divided into three ridings, each of which elected three councillors:

Central Riding
North Riding
South Riding

Towns and localities[]

Borung
Fernihurst
Glenalbyn
Inglewood
Kingower
Korong Vale
Rheola
Wedderburn
Wychitella

Population[]

Year	Population
1954	3,943
1958	4,030*
1961	3,816
1966	3,662
1971	3,203
1976	3,098
1981	3,029
1986	3,347
1991	3,341

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References[]

^ Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office (1994). Victorian Year Book. pp. 49–52. ISSN 0067-1223.
^ Victorian Municipal Directory. Brunswick: Arnall & Jackson. 1992. pp. 724–725. Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.
^ 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. 8. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved 5 January 2008.

Coordinates: 36°25′S 143°37′E / 36.417°S 143.617°E / -36.417; 143.617

[1] Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office (1994). Victorian Year Book. pp. 49–52. ISSN 0067-1223.

[vmd-2] Victorian Municipal Directory. Brunswick: Arnall & Jackson. 1992. pp. 724–725. 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. 8. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved 5 January 2008.

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