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about north-northeast of

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

History

Rutherglen was incorporated as a road district on 12 September 1862, and became a shire on 16 June 1871. Part of its Lilliput Riding was lost to the Shire of Chiltern in February 1917. On 15 December 1920, the Borough of Rutherglen, which had been gazetted on 12 September 1862, with an area of , was merged into the shire as its Central Riding. Accessed at

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

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, Chiltern and

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Wards

Rutherglen was divided into three wards, each of which elected three councillors: * Central Ward * East Ward * West Ward

Towns and localities

* Browns Plains * Cornishtown *

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* Great Northern * Lilliput * Prentice North *

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* *

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(opposite

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) * Council seat.

Population

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References

External links

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Victorian Places - Rutherford
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1862 establishments in Australia