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Shire of Wannon
Victoria
Shire of Wannon; Victoria
	Location in Victoria
Population	2,750 (1992)
• Density	1.3910/km2 (3.603/sq mi)
Established	1872
Area	1,977 km2 (763.3 sq mi)
Council seat	Coleraine
Region	Barwon South West
County	Dundas
	LGAs around 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.

History

Wannon was first incorporated as a shire on 15 March 1872.^[2]

On 23 September 1994, the Shire of Wannon was abolished, and along with the City of Hamilton and parts of the Shires of Mount Rouse and Dundas, was merged into the newly created Shire of Southern Grampians.^[3]

Wards

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

Balmoral Riding
Coleraine Riding
Konongwootong Riding

Towns and localities

Coleraine*
Balmoral

The shire also contained the localities of Brit Brit, Carapook, Englefield, Gringegalgona, Hilgay, Konongwootong, Melville Forest, Moree, Muntham, Nareen, Parkwood, Pigeon Ponds, Tarrenlea, Tarrayoukyan, Vasey and Wootong Vale.

* Council seat.

Population

Year	Population
1954	3,949
1958	4,200*
1961	4,154
1966	4,060
1971	3,646
1976	3,363
1981	3,093
1986	2,856
1991	2,685

* 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. 878–879. 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. 11. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved 5 January 2008.

External links

Victorian Places - Wannon Shire

37°36′S 141°42′E / 37.600°S 141.700°E / -37.600; 141.700

[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. 878–879. 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. 11. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved 5 January 2008.

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