The Shire of Upper Murray was a
local government area about northeast of
Melbourne
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, the state capital of
Victoria,
Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1920 until 1994.
History
Upper Murray originally existed as the Corryong Riding and part of the Murray Riding of the
Shire of Towong, and was first incorporated as a shire on 1 October 1920.
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, La Trobe Reading Room.
On 18 November 1994, the Shire of Upper Murray was abolished, and along with the Shire of Tallangatta, was merged into the newly created
Shire of Towong, restoring the original pre-1920 entity.
Ridings
The Shire of Upper Murray was divided into three ridings, each of which elected three councillors:
* Corryong Riding
* Cudgewa Riding
* Tintaldra Riding
Towns and localities
*
Biggara
*
Corryong
Corryong is a small town in Victoria, Australia east of Albury-Wodonga, near the upper reaches of the Murray River and close to the New South Wales border. At the , Corryong had a population of 1,348.
The post office opened on 1 February ...
*
*
Cudgewa
* Staceys Bridge
*
Tintaldra
Tintaldra is a town in northeast Victoria, Australia in the Shire of Towong local government area and on the upper reaches of the Murray River, northeast of the state capital, Melbourne and east of the regional centre of Wodonga. At the , ...
*
Towong
* Council seat.
Population
* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.
References
External links
Victorian Places - Upper Murray Shire
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Upper Murray