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Local government area in Victoria, Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Shire of Omeo was a local government area about 390 kilometres (242 mi) east-north-east of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 5,641 square kilometres (2,178.0 sq mi), and existed from 1872 until 1994.
Shire of Omeo Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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Population | 1,680 (1992)[1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 0.2978/km2 (0.7713/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Established | 1872 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 5,641 km2 (2,178.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Council seat | Omeo | ||||||||||||||
Region | East Gippsland | ||||||||||||||
County | Bogong, Benambra, Dargo, Tambo | ||||||||||||||
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Omeo was incorporated as a shire on 25 October 1872.[2]
On 2 December 1994, the Shire of Omeo was abolished, and along with the City of Bairnsdale, the Shires of Bairnsdale and Tambo, and the Boole Boole Peninsula from the Shire of Rosedale, was merged into the newly created Shire of East Gippsland. The Dinner Plain district was merged into the Shire of Alpine, which had been created two weeks earlier.[3]
Omeo was divided into four ridings on 15 January 1957, each of which elected three councillors:
* Council seat.
Year | Population |
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1954 | 2,072 |
1958 | 2,100* |
1961 | 2,145 |
1966 | 2,026 |
1971 | 1,858 |
1976 | 1,605 |
1981 | 1,565 |
1986 | 1,628 |
1991 | 1,920 |
* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.
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