The Shire of Chiltern was a

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about north-northeast of

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, the state capital of

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. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1862 until 1994.

History

Chiltern was first incorporated as a road district on 1 December 1862, and became a shire on 11 May 1874. It annexed the Barnawartha Ward from the

Shire of Yackandandah The Shire of Yackandandah was a local government area about northeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainlan ...

on 14 May 1913, and the Lilliput Ward from the

Shire of Rutherglen The Shire of Rutherglen was a local government area about north-northeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1862 until 1994. History Rutherglen was incorporated as a road ...

in February 1917. On 10 October 1989, it also annexed parts of the Belvoir Ward of the

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. Accessed at

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, La Trobe Reading Room. On 18 November 1994, the Shire of Chiltern was abolished, and along with parts of the Shires of

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, Rutherglen and

Yackandandah Yackandandah is a town in northeast Victoria, Australia. It is near the regional cities of Wodonga and Albury, and is close to the tourist town of Beechworth. At the , Yackandandah had a population of 2,008. History The indigenous people of ...

, was merged into the newly created

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. However, the Barnawartha North region was annexed to the Rural City of Wodonga.

Wards

The Shire of Chiltern was divided into three ridings, each of which elected three councillors: * Barnawartha Riding * Chiltern Riding * Indigo Riding

Towns and localities

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* Barnawartha North * Chiltern* * Chiltern Valley *

Indigo Valley Indigo Valley is a locality in Victoria, Australia stretching approximately between Yackandandah and the Hume Highway near Barnawartha. The Indigo Creek flows through it. Indigo Valley was formerly part of the Shire of Chiltern but now forms p ...

* Council seat.

Population

* Estimate in the ''1958 Victorian Year Book''.

References

External links

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Victorian Places - Chiltern and Chiltern Shire
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