City of Echuca

The City of Echuca was a local government area of Victoria, Australia, about 200 kilometres (124 mi) north of Melbourne, the state capital, in the regional centre of Echuca, on the Murray River. The city covered an area of 26.06 square kilometres (10.1 sq mi), and existed from 1865 until 1994.

City of Echuca
Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population9,740 (1992)[1]
 • Density373.75/km2 (968.0/sq mi)
Established1865
Area26.06 km2 (10.1 sq mi)
Council seatEchuca
CountyGunbower, Rodney
LGAs around City of Echuca:
Murray (NSW)
Rochester City of Echuca Deakin

History

The Borough of Echuca was incorporated on 3 January 1865, and became a city on 1 March 1965, just after its centenary celebrations.

On 18 November 1994, the City of Echuca was abolished, and, along with the Town of Kyabram, the Shires of Deakin, Rochester and Waranga and some neighbouring districts, was merged into the newly created Shire of Campaspe.[2]

The City of Echuca was not divided into wards, and its nine councillors represented all electors in the city.

Population
Year Population
19545,405
19586,130*
19615,443
19667,046
19717,505
19767,873
19817,943
19868,409
19919,438

* 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. 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. 5. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved 5 January 2008.

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