The Shire of Omeo was a local government area about east-north-east of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1872 until 1994.
History
Omeo was incorporated as a shire on 25 October 1872. Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.
On 2 December 1994, the Shire of Omeo was abolished, and along with the City of Bairnsdale, the Shires of Bairnsdale and Tambo, and the Boole Boole Peninsula from the Shire of Rosedale, was merged into the newly created Shire of East Gippsland. The Dinner Plain district was merged into the Shire of Alpine, which had been created two weeks earlier.
Ridings
Omeo was divided into four ridings on 15 January 1957, each of which elected three councillors: Omeo Riding Ensay Riding Hinnomunjie Riding Tongio Riding
Towns and localities Benambra Brookville Cassilis Dinner Plain Doctors Flat Ensay Hinnomunjie Omeo* Swifts Creek Tambo Crossing Tongio Uplands
* Council seat.
Population Year Population 1954 2,072 1958 2,100* 1961 2,145 1966 2,026 1971 1,858 1976 1,605 1981 1,565 1986 1,628 1991 1,920
* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.
References
External links
Victorian Places - Omeo Shire