The Shire of Ripon was a
local government area
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about west-northwest 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 1861 until 1994.
History
Ripon was incorporated as a
road district on 12 April 1861, and became a shire on 18 December 1863.
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, La Trobe Reading Room.
On 23 September 1994, the Shire of Ripon was abolished, and along with the
Shire of Lexton and parts of the
Shire of Avoca, was merged into the newly created
Shire of Pyrenees
The Shire of Pyrenees is a local government area (LGA) in Victoria, Australia, located in the western part of the state. It covers an area of and in June 2018 had a population of 7,353.
It includes the towns of Avoca, Beaufort, Lexton and ...
.
Wards
Ripon was divided into three ridings, each of which elected three councillors:
* Northwest Riding
* East Riding
* Central Riding
Towns and localities
*
Beaufort*
* Brewster
* Camp Hill
*
Chute
* Middle Creek
* Mount Emu
*
Raglan
*
Snake Valley
* Stockyard Hill
*
Trawalla
*
Waterloo
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* Battle of Waterloo, 1815 battle where Napoleon's French army was defeated by Anglo-allied and Prussian forces
* Waterloo, Belgium
Waterloo may also refer to:
Other places
Australia
* Waterloo, New South Wale ...
* Council seat.
Population
* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.
References
External links
*
Victorian Places - Ripon Shire
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Ripon
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1861 establishments in Australia