Shire of Rutherglen

The Shire of Rutherglen was a local government area about 275 kilometres (171 mi) north-northeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 530.9 square kilometres (205.0 sq mi), and existed from 1862 until 1994.

Shire of Rutherglen
Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population3,560 (1992)[1]
 • Density6.706/km2 (17.367/sq mi)
Established1862
Area530.9 km2 (205.0 sq mi)
Council seatRutherglen
CountyBogong
LGAs around Shire of Rutherglen:
Corowa (NSW) Greater Hume (NSW) Greater Hume (NSW)
Yarrawonga Shire of Rutherglen Chiltern
Wangaratta Wangaratta Chiltern

History

Rutherglen was incorporated as a road district on 12 September 1862 and became a shire on 16 June 1871. Part of its Lilliput Riding was lost to the Shire of Chiltern in February 1917. On 15 December 1920, the Borough of Rutherglen, which had been gazetted on 12 September 1862 with an area of 518 hectares (1,280 acres), was merged into the Shire as its Central Riding.[2]

On 18 November 1994, the Shire was abolished, and merged with most of the Shires of Beechworth, Chiltern and Yackandandah into the Shire of Indigo.[3]

Wards

Rutherglen was divided into three wards, each of which elected three councillors:

  • Central Ward
  • East Ward
  • West Ward

Towns and localities

Population
Year Population
19542,897
19582,990*
19612,655
19662,552
19712,473
19762,612
19812,774
19862,980
19913,369

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office (1994). Victorian Year Book. pp. 49–52. ISSN 0067-1223.
  2. Victorian Municipal Directory. Brunswick: Arnall & Jackson. 1992. pp. 826–827. 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. 8. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved 5 January 2008.

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