The Shire of Pyalong was a
local government area about north of
Melbourne
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, the state capital of
Victoria,
Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1863 until 1994.
History
Pyalong was incorporated as a
road district on 2 September 1863, and became a shire on 5 May 1871.
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, La Trobe Reading Room.
On 18 November 1994, the Shire of Pyalong was abolished, and along with the
Rural City of Seymour, the
Shire of Broadford and parts of the
Shire of McIvor, was merged into the newly created
Shire of Mitchell
The Shire of Mitchell is a local government area in the Hume region of Victoria, Australia, located North of Melbourne. It covers an area of and, in June 2018, had a population of 44,299. It includes the towns of Broadford, Kilmore, Seymou ...
.
Wards
The Shire of Pyalong was divided into three ridings, each of which elected three councillors:
* East Riding
* South Riding
* West Riding
Towns and localities
*
Glenaroua
*
Moranding
*
Puckapunyal
Puckapunyal (more formally the Puckapunyal Military Area, but also known as the Puckapunyal Camp or Puckapunyal Army Base, and colloquially as "Pucka") is an Australian Army training facility and base 10 km west of Seymour, in central Vi ...
*
Pyalong*
*
Sugarloaf Creek
* Council seat.
Population
* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.
References
External links
Victorian Places - Pyalong
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