Rural City of Warragul

Rural City of Warragul Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population	13,540 (1992)[1]
• Density	38.444/km^2 (99.57/sq mi)
Established	1881
Area	352.2 km^2 (136.0 sq mi)
Council seat	Warragul
County	Buln 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 shire 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

• Bona Vista
• Brandy Creek
• Bull Swamp
• Buln Buln
• Cloverlea
• Darnum
• Ellinbank
• Ferndale
• Gainsborough
• Lillico
• Nilma
• Rokeby
• Seaview
• Tetoora Road
• Warragul
• Warragul South

Population

Year	Population
1954	8,605
1958	9,450*
1961	9,925
1966	9,925
1971	10,010
1976	10,377
1981	10,892
1986	11,748
1991	12,924

* 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 2008-01-05.