Shire of Warracknabeal
Local government area
Location in Victoria
The Shire of Warracknabeal as at its dissolution in 1995
Country	Australia
State	Victoria
Region	Wimmera
Established	1891
Council seat	Warracknabeal
Area
• Total	1,839 km2 (710 sq mi)
Population
• Total	3,850 (1992)[1]
• Density	2.094/km2 (5.422/sq mi)
County	Borung
LGAs around Shire of Warracknabeal Dimboola Karkarooc Birchip Dimboola Shire of Warracknabeal Donald Wimmera Dunmunkle Donald

TheShire of Warracknabeal was alocal government area about 200 kilometres (124 mi) west-northwest ofBendigo and 60 kilometres (37 mi) north ofHorsham, in westernVictoria,Australia. The shire covered an area of 1,839 square kilometres (710.0 sq mi), and existed from 1891 until 1995.

The Warracknabeal area was initially within theSt Arnaud Road District, first created in 1861, which became a Shire in 1864. On 30 January 1891, its West Riding was severed to create the Shire of Borung. Several boundary changes occurred between 1891 and 1916:

• 12 May 1893 - Borung annexed the East Riding of theShire of Dimboola, which became the West Riding.
• 22 May 1896 - Parts of Borung was annexed by theShire of Birchip.
• 29 May 1896 - Borung lost part of its North and West Ridings, which became theShire of Karkarooc, but gained part of theShire of Wimmera. This addition was adjusted on 9 April 1897.
• 21 May 1916 - Borung lost parts of its East and South Ridings to theShire of Dunmunkle, to form that Shire's North Riding.

On 7 September 1938, Borung was formally renamed Warracknabeal.^[2]

On 20 January 1995, the Shire of Warracknabeal was abolished, and along with parts of the Shires ofDunmunkle,Karkarooc andWimmera, was merged into the newly createdShire of Yarriambiack.^[3]

Warracknabeal was divided into three ridings on 10 November 1987, each of which elected three councillors:

• North West Riding
• North East Riding
• South East Riding

* Council seat.

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

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• Victorian Places - Warracknabeal

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