Shire of Gordon
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type = lga
| name = Shire of Gordon
| state = vic
| region = North Central Victoria
| area = 2028
| est = 1885
| seat = Boort
| pop = 2,720
| pop_year = 1992
| pop_footnotes = {{cite book|title=Victorian Year Book|author=Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office|year=1994|page=52|issn= 0067-1223}}
| logo = 130px
| image = Old lga Gordon.png
| image2 = BoortMemorialHall.JPG
| caption = Location in Victoria
| caption2 = Shire of Gordon memorial hall, Boort
| county = Gunbower, Gladstone, Tatchera
| near-nw = Kerang
| near-n = Kerang
| near-ne = Cohuna
| near-w = Charlton
| near-e = Rochester
| near-sw = Korong
| near-s = East Loddon
| near-se = Rochester
| _noautocat = yes
}}
The Shire of Gordon was a local government area about {{convert|245|km|mi|0}} north-northwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of {{convert|2028|km2|sqmi|1}}, and existed from 1885 until 1995.
History
The Swan Hill Road District, which initially covered most of north-western Victoria, was incorporated on 8 July 1862, and became a shire on 14 August 1871. The Shire of Gordon was severed and incorporated on 26 May 1885, from parts of the East and West Loddon Ridings, and was named after Major General Charles Gordon. Gordon annexed parts of the South West Riding of the Shire of Kerang on 5 October 1977.{{cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=684–685, 718–20}} Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.
On 20 January 1995, the Shire of Gordon was abolished, and along with the Shires of East Loddon and Korong, and parts of the former Rural City of Marong and surrounding districts, was merged into the newly created Shire of Loddon.{{cite book|url=http://www.ausstats.abs.gov.au/ausstats/free.nsf/0/76E601D6DB55E88ACA25722500049195/$File/12570_1994-95.pdf|title=Victorian local government amalgamations 1994-1995: Changes to the Australian Standard Geographical Classification|author=Australian Bureau of Statistics|author-link=Australian Bureau of Statistics|date=1 August 1995|publisher=Commonwealth of Australia|page=5,8|isbn=0-642-23117-6|access-date=2008-01-05}}
Wards
The Shire of Gordon was divided into three ridings, each of which elected three councillors:
- Central Riding
- East Riding
- West Riding
Towns and localities
- Appin South
- Bald Rock
- Barraport
- Boort*
- Canary Island
- Catumnal
- Durham Ox
- Gladfield
- Kow Swamp
- Lake Marmal
- Leaghur
- Loddon Vale
- Mincha
- Minmindie
- Mologa
- Pyramid Hill
- Sylvaterre
- Terrick Terrick
- Yando
- Yarrawalla
* Council seat.
Population
| class="wikitable" | |
| Year
! Population | |
|---|---|
| 1954 | 2,969 |
| 1958 | 3,070* |
| 1961 | 3,227 |
| 1966 | 3,318 |
| 1971 | 3,124 |
| 1976 | 2,944 |
| 1981 | 2,873 |
| 1986 | 2,607 |
| 1991 | 2,585 |
* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{Commons category-inline}}
- {{Victorian local government areas pre-1994 vs present map link}}
- [https://www.victorianplaces.com.au/gordon-shire Victorian Places - Gordon Shire]
{{Victoria former LGAs}}
{{Authority control}}
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