Rural City of Warragul

The Rural City of Warragul was a local government area about 100 km east-southeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The rural city covered an area of 352.2 km2, and existed from 1881 until 1994.

History
Originally part of the Shire of Buln Buln, Warragul was first incorporated as a shire on 9 December 1881. It annexed part of the Western Riding of the Shire of Narracan on 30 May 1906. On 17 August 1990, Warragul was proclaimed a rural city, one of the first in Victoria under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1989.

On 2 December 1994, the Rural City of Warragul was abolished, and along with the Shires of Buln Buln and Narracan, and parts of the Shire of Upper Yarra, was merged into the newly created Shire of Baw Baw.

Wards
The Rural City of Warragul was divided into four wards, each of which elected three councillors:
 * North Ward
 * South Ward
 * Central East Ward
 * Central West Ward

Towns and localities

 * Bona Vista
 * Brandy Creek
 * Bull Swamp
 * Buln Buln
 * Cloverlea
 * Darnum
 * Ellinbank
 * Ferndale
 * Gainsborough
 * Lillico
 * Nilma
 * Rokeby
 * Seaview
 * Tetoora Road
 * Warragul*
 * Warragul South

* Council seat.

Population
* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.