{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = lga | name = Shire of Gordon | state = vic | region = North Central Victoria | area = 2028 | est = 1885 | seat = Boort | local_map = yes | local_map_caption = The Shire of Gordon as at its dissolution in 1995 | pop = 2,720 | pop_year = 1992 | pop_footnotes = <ref>{{cite book|title=Victorian Year Book|author=Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office|year=1994|page=52|issn= 0067-1223}}</ref> | logo = 130px | image = BoortMemorialHall.JPG | caption = Shire of Gordon memorial hall, Boort | county = Gunbower, Gladstone, Tatchera | near-nw = Kerang | near-n = Kerang | near-ne = Cohuna | near-w = Charlton | near-e = Rochester | near-sw = Korong | near-s = East Loddon | near-se = Rochester | _noautocat = yes }}
The '''Shire of Gordon''' was a local government area about {{convert|245|km|mi|0}} north-northwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of {{convert|2028|km2|sqmi|1}}, and existed from 1885 until 1995. The main towns were Boort and Pyramid Hill.
==History==
The Swan Hill Road District, which initially covered most of north-western Victoria, was incorporated on 8 July 1862, and became a shire on 14 August 1871. The Shire of Gordon was severed and incorporated on 26 May 1885, from parts of the East and West Loddon Ridings, and was named after Major General Charles Gordon. Gordon annexed parts of the South West Riding of the Shire of Kerang on 5 October 1977.<ref name=vmd>{{cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=684–685, 718–20}} Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.</ref>
In 1994, when the State Government's local government reform process reached the Wimmera and Loddon Mallee regions, Gordon was the only municipality that refused to nominate neighbouring shires with whom it was willing to amalgamate. It saw its "established economic base with excellent prospects for development" as grounds to stand alone.<ref>{{Cite book |title=North West review: interim report |date=November 1994 |publisher=Local Government Board}}</ref> A community poll in October 1994 found only 11 people in favour of a merger with the Shire of Kerang to the north, while 1,300 people were opposed.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 December 1994 |title=The road to reform |work=Northern Times |location=Kerang |pages=7}}</ref> Ultimately the review board recommended a merger of Gordon with the agricultural shires to its south.
On 20 January 1995, the Shire of Gordon was abolished, and along with the Shires of East Loddon and Korong, and parts of the former Rural City of Marong and surrounding districts, was merged into the newly created Shire of Loddon.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.ausstats.abs.gov.au/ausstats/free.nsf/0/76E601D6DB55E88ACA25722500049195/$File/12570_1994-95.pdf|title=Victorian local government amalgamations 1994-1995: Changes to the Australian Standard Geographical Classification|author=Australian Bureau of Statistics|author-link=Australian Bureau of Statistics|date=1 August 1995|publisher=Commonwealth of Australia|page=5,8|isbn=0-642-23117-6|access-date=2008-01-05}}</ref>
==Wards==
The Shire of Gordon was divided into three ridings, each of which elected three councillors: * Central Riding * East Riding * West Riding
==Towns and localities== * Appin South * Bald Rock * Barraport * '''Boort'''* * Canary Island * Catumnal * Durham Ox * Gladfield * Kow Swamp * Lake Marmal * Leaghur * Loddon Vale * Mincha * Minmindie * Mologa * Pyramid Hill * Sylvaterre * Terrick Terrick * Yando * Yarrawalla
<small>* Council seat.</small>
==Population== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Population |- | 1954 || 2,969 |- | 1958 || 3,070* |- | 1961 || 3,227 |- | 1966 || 3,318 |- | 1971 || 3,124 |- | 1976 || 2,944 |- | 1981 || 2,873 |- | 1986 || 2,607 |- | 1991 || 2,585 |}
<small>* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.</small>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category-inline}} * {{Victorian local government areas pre-1994 vs present map link}} * [https://www.victorianplaces.com.au/gordon-shire Victorian Places - Gordon Shire]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Shire Of Gordon}} Gordon Category:1885 establishments in Australia