Shire of East Loddon - Misplaced Pages

The Shire of East Loddon was a local government area about 50 kilometres (31 mi) northwest of Bendigo, in northwestern Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 1,200.18 square kilometres (463.4 sq mi), and existed from 1864 until 1995.

History

East Loddon was first incorporated as a road district on 28 December 1864, and became a shire on 28 July 1871.

On 20 January 1995, the Shire of East Loddon was abolished, and along with the Shires of Gordon and Korong, the Loddon River district of the former Rural City of Marong, and a number of surrounding districts, was merged into the newly created Shire of Loddon.

Wards

The Shire of East Loddon was divided into three ridings on 14 May 1913, each of which elected three councillors:

North Riding
South Riding
East Riding

Towns and localities

Bears Lagoon
Calivil
Dingee
Jarklin
Kamarooka
Mitiamo
Pompapiel
Prairie
Serpentine*
Tandarra
Yallook

* Council seat.

Population

Year	Population
1954	1,446
1958	1,520*
1961	1,703
1966	1,722
1971	1,598
1976	1,542
1981	1,477
1986	1,341
1991	1,272

* 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. 664–666. 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. 8. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved 5 January 2008.

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