The Shire of Yea was a

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about northeast of

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. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1869 until 1994. The shire's population was dominated by the town of Yea.

History

Yea was first incorporated as a road district on 1 February 1869, and became a shire on 28 November 1873. Its boundaries changed a number of times throughout its existence: Accessed at

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, La Trobe Reading Room. * 15 May 1907 - Annexed parts of the Shire of Seymour. * 20 May 1914 - Lost a part of North Riding to the Shire of Alexandra. * 21 April 1925 - Lost parts to the

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, near Kinglake. * 1 October 1980 - Annexed parts of the Shire of Healesville. The Shire was described in the 1949 Australian Blue Book as an elevated area given to pastoral and dairying pursuits, along with sheep and cattle grazing. By 1994, 51% of Yea's land was under cultivation as farmland, with the

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and Yea River Regional Park, as well as the Murrindindi Forest, the latter being important to Yea's economy for timber production, accounting for much of the rest. On 18 November 1994, the Shire of Yea was abolished, and along with the Shire of Alexandra and parts of the

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and the Shires of Broadford,

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, was merged into the newly created

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Ridings

Yea's ridings were abolished on 27 May 1930, and all councillors represented the entire shire.

Towns and localities

* Break O'Day * Caveat * Cheviot * Devlins Bridge * Dropmore * Flowerdale * Ghin Ghin * Glenburn * Hazeldene * Highlands * Homewood * Kerrisdale * Kinglake (shared with the

) *

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* Murrindindi * Woodbourne * Yea* * Council seat.

Population

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References

External links

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Victorian Places - Yea and Yea Shire
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