Rural City of Warragul
Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population13,540 (1992)[1]
 • Density38.444/km2 (99.57/sq mi)
Established1881
Area352.2 km2 (136.0 sq mi)
Council seatWarragul
RegionWest Gippsland
CountyBuln Buln
LGAs around Rural City of Warragul:
Buln Buln Buln Buln Narracan
Buln Buln Rural City of Warragul Narracan
Korumburra Woorayl Mirboo

The Rural City of Warragul was a local government area about 100 kilometres (62 mi) east-southeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The rural city covered an area of 352.2 square kilometres (136.0 sq mi), and existed from 1881 until 1994.

History

Originally part of the Shire of Buln Buln, Warragul was first incorporated as a shire on 9 December 1881. It annexed part of the Western Riding of the Shire of Narracan on 30 May 1906. On 17 August 1990, Warragul was proclaimed a rural city, one of the first in Victoria under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1989.[2]

On 2 December 1994, the Rural City of Warragul was abolished, and along with the Shires of Buln Buln and Narracan, and parts of the Shire of Upper Yarra, was merged into the newly created Shire of Baw Baw.[3]

Wards

The Rural City of Warragul was divided into four wards, each of which elected three councillors:

  • North Ward
  • South Ward
  • Central East Ward
  • Central West Ward

Towns and localities

* Council seat.

Population

Year Population
19548,605
19589,450*
19619,925
19669,925
197110,010
197610,377
198110,892
198611,748
199112,924

* 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. 514–515. 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. 4. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved 5 January 2008.
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