Shire of Maldon

Shire of Maldon Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population	3,100 (1992)[1]
• Density	5.65/km^2 (14.62/sq mi)
Established	1858
Area	549 km^2 (212.0 sq mi)
Council seat	Maldon
Region	North Central Victoria
County	Talbot
LGAs around Shire of Maldon: Bet Bet Marong Strathfieldsaye Tullaroop Shire of Maldon Metcalfe Tullaroop Newstead Castlemaine (C)

The Shire of Maldon was a local government area about 140 kilometres (87 mi) northwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia, and 35 kilometres (22 mi) southwest of the regional city of Bendigo. The shire covered an area of 549 square kilometres (212.0 sq mi), and existed from 1858 until 1995.

History

Maldon was first incorporated as a municipality on 6 August 1858, then as a road district on 2 September 1863. It was proclaimed a shire on 12 January 1864.^[2]

On 20 January 1995, the Shire of Maldon was abolished, and along with the City of Castlemaine and the Shires of Metcalfe and Newstead, was merged into the newly created Shire of Mount Alexander.^[3]

Wards

The Shire of Maldon was divided into three ridings on 1 April 1988, each of which elected three councillors:

• Gowar Riding
• Nuggetty Riding
• Tarrengower Riding

Towns and localities

• Baringhup
• Cairn Curran
• Gowar
• Maldon*
• Muckleford
• Neereman
• Nuggetty
• Porcupine Flat
• Tarrengower
• Walmer
• Woodbrook

* Council seat.

Population

Year	Population
1954	2,030
1958	2,040*
1961	2,008
1966	1,953
1971	1,759
1976	1,864
1981	2,221
1986	2,563
1991	2,968

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office (1994). Victorian Year Book. p. 52. ISSN 0067-1223.
2. Victorian Municipal Directory. Brunswick: Arnall & Jackson. 1992. pp. 751–752. 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. 10. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved 5 January 2008.

External links

• Victorian Places - Maldon and Maldon Shire

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