The Shire of Omeo was a
local government area
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about east-north-east of
Melbourne
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, the state capital of
Victoria
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,
Australia
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. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1872 until 1994.
History
Omeo was incorporated as a shire on 25 October 1872.
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, La Trobe Reading Room.
On 2 December 1994, the Shire of Omeo was abolished, and along with the
City of Bairnsdale, the Shires of
Bairnsdale
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and
Tambo
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People
* Adelaide Tambo (1929–2007), South African anti-apartheid activist
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, and the Boole Boole Peninsula from the
Shire of Rosedale
The Shire of Rosedale was a local government area stretching between the towns of Traralgon and Sale, in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1869 until 1994.
History
Rosedale was incor ...
, was merged into the newly created
Shire of East Gippsland
The Shire of East Gippsland is a local government area in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, located in the eastern part of the state. It covers an area of and as of the had a population of 48,715.
It includes the towns of Bairnsdale, Benambra ...
. The
Dinner Plain district was merged into the
Shire of Alpine, which had been created two weeks earlier.
Ridings
Omeo was divided into four ridings on 15 January 1957, each of which elected three councillors:
* Omeo Riding
* Ensay Riding
* Hinnomunjie Riding
* Tongio Riding
Towns and localities
*
Benambra
* Brookville
*
Cassilis
*
Dinner Plain
* Doctors Flat
*
Ensay
* Hinnomunjie
*
Omeo*
*
Swifts Creek
Swifts Creek is a town in the Tambo Valley of East Gippsland, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. The town is on the Great Alpine Road between Omeo and Ensay, Victoria, Ensay, east of the state capital Melbourne and above sea level. The ...
*
Tambo Crossing
*
Tongio
* Uplands
* Council seat.
Population
* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.
References
External links
*
Victorian Places - Omeo Shire
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