| Shire of Rutherglen Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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 Location in Victoria | |||||||||||||||
| Population | 3,560 (1992)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 6.706/km2 (17.367/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1862 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 530.9 km2 (205.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Rutherglen | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Hume | ||||||||||||||
| County | Bogong | ||||||||||||||
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TheShire of Rutherglen was alocal government area about 275 kilometres (171 mi) north-northeast ofMelbourne, the state capital ofVictoria,Australia. The shire covered an area of 530.9 square kilometres (205.0 sq mi), and existed from 1862 until 1994.
Rutherglen was incorporated as aroad district on 12 September 1862, and became a shire on 16 June 1871. Part of its Lilliput Riding was lost to theShire 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 518 hectares (1,280 acres), was merged into the shire as its Central Riding.[2]
On 18 November 1994, the Shire of Rutherglen was abolished, and along with parts of the Shires ofBeechworth, Chiltern andYackandandah, was merged into the newly createdShire of Indigo.[3]
Rutherglen was divided into three wards, each of which elected three councillors:
* Council seat.
| Year | Population |
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| 1954 | 2,897 |
| 1958 | 2,990* |
| 1961 | 2,655 |
| 1966 | 2,552 |
| 1971 | 2,473 |
| 1976 | 2,612 |
| 1981 | 2,774 |
| 1986 | 2,980 |
| 1991 | 3,369 |
* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.
