Shire of Korong | |||||||||||||
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 The historic Shire of Korong Hall, atWedderburn | |||||||||||||
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 The Shire of Korong as at its dissolution in 1995 | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||
| Region | North Central Victoria | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1862 | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Wedderburn | ||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 238.5 km2 (92.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 3,480 (1992)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 14.591/km2 (37.79/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| County | Gladstone | ||||||||||||
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TheShire of Korong was alocal government area about 75 kilometres (47 mi) west-northwest ofBendigo, in westernVictoria,Australia. The shire covered an area of 238.5 square kilometres (92.1 sq mi), and existed from 1862 until 1995.
Korong Shire was first incorporated as the Kingower and Wedderburneroad district on 8 July 1862, and was renamed Korong at the time of its redesignation as a shire on 6 September 1864. On 1 February 1961, it annexed the Borough of Inglewood, which had been created a century earlier.[2]
On 20 January 1995, the Shire of Korong was abolished, and along with the Shires ofEast Loddon andGordon, theLoddon River district of the formerRural City of Marong, and surrounding districts, was merged into the newly createdShire of Loddon.[3]
The Shire of Korong was divided into three ridings, each of which elected three councillors:
* Council seat.
| Year | Population |
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| 1954 | 3,943 |
| 1958 | 4,030* |
| 1961 | 3,816 |
| 1966 | 3,662 |
| 1971 | 3,203 |
| 1976 | 3,098 |
| 1981 | 3,029 |
| 1986 | 3,347 |
| 1991 | 3,341 |
* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.