The Shire of Tallangatta was a
local government area about northeast of
Melbourne
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, the state capital of
Victoria
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Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1869 until 1994.
History
Tallangatta was first incorporated as the
Towong Road District on 12 March 1869, and was proclaimed the Shire of Towong on 1 May 1874. In October 1920, the Corryong Riding and part of the Murray Riding split away to form the
Shire of Upper Murray. On 8 March 1974, the shire was renamed Tallangatta.
[ Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.]
On 18 November 1994, the Shire of Tallangatta was abolished, and along with the
Shire of Upper Murray, was merged into the newly created
Shire of Towong
Shire is a traditional term for an administrative division of land in Great Britain and some other English-speaking countries such as Australia and New Zealand. It is generally synonymous with county. It was first used in Wessex from the beginn ...
— hence restoring the original pre-1920 entity.
Wards
Tallangatta was divided into three ridings, each of which elected three councillors:
* Murray Riding
* Mitta Mitta Riding
* Tallangatta Riding
Towns and localities
* Council seat.
Population
* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.
References
External links
Victorian Places - Towong Shire
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shire Of Tallangatta
Tallangatta
Tallangatta () is a town in north-eastern Victoria, Australia. The town lies on the banks of the Mitta Arm of Lake Hume, approximately south-east of Albury-Wodonga along the Murray Valley Highway. At the , Tallangatta had a population of 1 ...