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Shire of Wannon

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Population
  
2,750 (1992)

County
  
Dundas

Area
  
1,977 kmĀ²

Council seat
  
Coleraine

Established
  
1872

Shire of Wannon
  
Dundas

Founded
  
1872

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.

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History

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

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

Wards

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

  • Balmoral Riding
  • Coleraine Riding
  • Konongwootong Riding
  • Towns and localities

  • Coleraine
  • 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

    * Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

    References

    Shire of Wannon Wikipedia