Shire of Pyalong
Shire of Pyalong | |||||||||||||
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| Location in Victoria Location in Victoria | |||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||
| Region | Hume | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1863 | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Pyalong | ||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 577.57 km2 (223.00 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 810 (1992)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 1.402/km2 (3.632/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| County | Dalhousie | ||||||||||||
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The Shire of Pyalong was a local government area about 85 kilometres (53 mi) north of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 577.57 square kilometres (223.0 sq mi), and existed from 1863 until 1994.
History
[edit | edit source]Pyalong was incorporated as a road district on 2 September 1863, and became a shire on 5 May 1871.[2]
At the time of its dissolution, the Shire of Pyalong was easily the least populous municipality in Victoria. State Government data for 1992 gives a population figure of 760 residents; the next smallest LGA, the Shire of Birchip, had 1,300 residents.[3] In that year, the Shire of Pyalong employed 10 full-time equivalent staff, the fewest of any Victorian municipality.[3]
On 18 November 1994, the Shire of Pyalong was abolished, and along with the Rural City of Seymour, the Shire of Broadford and parts of the Shire of McIvor, was merged into the newly created Shire of Mitchell.[4]
Wards
[edit | edit source]The Shire of Pyalong was divided into three ridings, each of which elected three councillors:
- East Riding
- South Riding
- West Riding
Towns and localities
[edit | edit source]* Council seat.
Population
[edit | edit source]| Year | Population |
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| 1954 | 483 |
| 1958 | 500* |
| 1961 | 456 |
| 1966 | 456 |
| 1971 | 439 |
| 1976 | 472 |
| 1981 | 495 |
| 1986 | 602 |
| 1991 | 744 |
* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Interactive map of Victorian local government areas (pre-1994 vs present) - Victorian Government - Digital Twin Victoria
- Victorian Places - Pyalong
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