Shire of Omeo

Shire of Omeo
Victoria
Shire of Omeo; Victoria
	Location in Victoria
Population	1,680 (1992)
• Density	0.2978/km2 (0.7713/sq mi)
Established	1872
Area	5,641 km2 (2,178.0 sq mi)
Council seat	Omeo
County	Bogong, Benambra, Dargo, Tambo
	LGAs around Shire of Omeo:

The Shire of Omeo was a local government area about 390 kilometres (242 mi) east-north-east of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 5,641 square kilometres (2,178.0 sq mi), and existed from 1872 until 1994.

History[]

Omeo was incorporated as a shire on 25 October 1872.^[2]

On 2 December 1994, the Shire of Omeo was abolished, and, along with the City of Bairnsdale, the Shires of Bairnsdale and Tambo, and the Boole Boole Peninsula from the Shire of Rosedale, was merged into the newly created Shire of East Gippsland. The Dinner Plain district was merged into the Shire of Alpine, which had been created two weeks earlier.^[3]

Ridings[]

Omeo was divided into four ridings on 15 January 1957, each of which elected three councillors:

Omeo Riding
Ensay Riding
Hinnomunjie Riding
Tongio Riding

Towns and localities[]

Benambra
Brookville
Cassilis
Dinner Plain
Doctors Flat
Ensay
Hinnomunjie
Omeo
Swifts Creek
Tambo Crossing
Tongio
Uplands

Population[]

Year	Population
1954	2,072
1958	2,100*
1961	2,145
1966	2,026
1971	1,858
1976	1,605
1981	1,565
1986	1,628
1991	1,920

* 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. 796–797. 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. 4,6. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved 5 January 2008.

Coordinates: 37°05′S 147°35′E / 37.083°S 147.583°E / -37.083; 147.583

[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. 796–797. 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. 4,6. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved 5 January 2008.

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