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Shire of Korong

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Population
  
3,480 (1992)

County
  
Area
  
238.5 kmĀ²

Council seat
  
Established
  
1862

Shire of Korong
  
Founded
  
1862

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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.

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History

Korong was first incorporated as a road district on 8 July 1862, and became a shire on 6 September 1864. On 1 February 1961, it annexed the Borough of Inglewood, which had been created a century earlier.

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.

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

    * Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

    References

    Shire of Korong Wikipedia


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