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Shire of Moira

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Moira Shire Council
Local government area
Location in Victoria
Location in Victoria
Official logo of Moira Shire Council
CountryAustralia
StateVictoria
RegionHume
Established1994
Council seatCobram
Government
 • MayorCr Libro Mustica
 • State electorates
 • Federal division
Area
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 • Total
4,045 km2 (1,562 sq mi)
Population
 • Total30,522 (2021 census)[1]
 • Density7.5456/km2 (19.5430/sq mi)
Gazetted18 November 1994[2]
WebsiteMoira Shire Council
LGAs around Moira Shire Council
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BERJAYA
Ovens River seen from Murray Valley Highway

Moira Shire is a local government area in the Northern Victoria Region of Victoria, Australia. Located in the north-east part of the state, it covers an area of 4,045 square kilometres (1,562 mi2). As at August 2021 the population was 30,522.[1] It includes the towns of Cobram, Nathalia, Numurkah and Yarrawonga.

The Shire is governed and administered by the Moira Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Cobram, it also has a service centre located in Yarrawonga. The Shire is named after the county of Moira, of which the LGA occupies the northern part.

History

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The Shire of Moira was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Cobram, Shire of Nathalia, Shire of Numurkah, Shire of Tungamah (less the Katandra district) and Shire of Yarrawonga (less the Peechelba township area).[2]

By the time of the Local Government Board's review of north-eastern Victoria earlier that year, Nathalia and Numurkah had expressed readiness to merge with each other, as had Tungamah and Yarrawonga (who were also open to a three-way merger with the Shire of Rutherglen). These four shires did not support further amalgamation, owing to concerns that travel times would be excessive, and that the irrigated farmers in the west and dryland farmers in the east did not belong in the same shire. However, the Board was ultimately persuaded by a submission from the Shire of Cobram, which proposed a merger of all five councils into a new Shire that would benefit from a diversified agricultural base and a stronger capability in dealing with the area's drainage and flooding issues.[3]

In the Local Government Board's initial proposal, the Shire was to be called "Muckatah".[3] This name, suggested by the Shire of Cobram,[4] was taken from the locality of Muckatah situated near the geographic centre of the LGA, and the Muckatah Depression, a drainage basin extending across much of the Shire from Boomahnoomoonah (south-east of Yarrawonga) to Numurkah.[5]

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Moira Shire's predecessor LGAs (green) as they were in 1994. The administrative centres of the former LGAs are marked by green dots.

Council

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Current composition

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The council is composed of nine councillors elected to represent an unsubdivided municipality.[6]

In the wake of a report detailing the "preventable" murder of a senior manager, the Moira Shire council was dismissed by the Minister for Local Government, Melissa Horne on 7 March 2023. An interim administrator has been appointed.[7] Elections for a new council will not be held until 2028.[8]

Administration and governance

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The council meets in various locations around the Shire. It also provides customer services at both its administrative centre in Cobram and its service centre in Yarrawonga.

Townships and localities

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In the 2021 census, the shire had a population of 30,522, up from 29,112 in the 2016 census.[9]

Population
Locality20162021
Almonds2631
Barmah282229
Bathumi6276
Bearii145167
Boomahnoomoonah2214
Boosey105108
Boweya North4342
Bundalong428512
Bundalong South5142
Burramine197241
Burramine South2424
Cobram6,0146,148
Cobram East242232
Drumanure4141
Esmond917
Invergordon610601
Kaarimba8593
Katamatite401453
Katamatite East3530
Katunga9961,025
Koonoomoo296305
Kotupna105132
Lake Rowan6670
Lower Moira2530
Marungi^11198
Muckatah213170
Mundoona119138
Mywee1420
Naring120122
Nathalia1,8801,982
Numurkah4,4774,604
Peechelba^184177
Pelluebla3329
Picola207206
Picola West914
St James132123
Strathmerton1,0521,072
Telford2421
Tungamah408449
Ulupna2317
Waaia390420
Waggarandall4052
Wilby166192
Wunghnu334326
Yabba North101104
Yabba South2732
Yalca206222
Yarrawonga7,9308,661
Yarrawonga South1515
Yarroweyah548551
Yielima8793
Youanmite5956
Youarang3934
Yundool4452

^ - Territory divided with another LGA

See also

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Moira (Local Government Area)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 19 November 2023. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. 1 2 Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "S87 of 1994: Order estg (Part 11) the Shire of Moira". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 18 November 1994). p. 4. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  3. 1 2 North East Victoria review: interim report. Melbourne: Local Government Board. 1994.
  4. ↑ Rogers, Kenn (2002). The story of Cobram: a social history. p. 296.
  5. ↑ "The Muckatah Depression". Victoria State Emergency Service. Archived from the original on 29 March 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
  6. ↑ Local Government in Victoria. "Moira Shire Council". Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure. State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  7. ↑ Ilanbey, Benjamin Preiss, Sumeyya (7 March 2023). "'Catastrophic event': Moira council sacked after employee murder". Brisbane Times.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ↑ Preiss, Benjamin; Illanbey, Sumeyya (7 March 2023). "'Extremely toxic atmosphere': Moira council sacked after employee murder". The Age. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  9. ↑ "Census | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. 11 January 2023.
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