Shire of Tambo

The Shire of Tambo was a local government area about 320km east of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 3506.86km2, and existed from 1882 until 1994.HistoryTambo was first incorporated as a shire on 6 January 1882, splitting away from the Shire of Bairnsdale. On 30 May 1892 it lost three-quarters of its land area when the Shire of Orbost was incorporated. A small amount was re-annexed as Cunninghame Riding on 3 January 1913.On 2 December 1994, the Shire was abolished, and merged with the City and Shire of Bairnsdale, Shire of Orbost, most of the Shire of Omeo and the Boole Boole Peninsula from Shire of Rosedale into the Shire of East Gippsland.WardsTambo was divided into four ridings, each of which elected three councillors: Bruthen/Buchan Riding Bumberrah Riding Coastal Riding Cunninghame RidingPopulation Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.