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Formation of District Road Boards was authorised under section 10 of An Act for Making and Improving Roads in the Colony of Victoria 1853 (16 Vic., No.40). The Metcalfe Road District was proclaimed as a Road District under the Act on 6th of August 1860. Having met the condition of containing an area of at least one hundred square miles and received a total of at least one thousand pounds from the last general rate, Metcalfe was proclaimed a Shire under the on 10th of July 1865. This was in accordance with S.279 of the Local Government Act 1863 (27 Vic. Act No. 176).Under the Shires Statute (33 Vic., Act No. 358, Ss15 & 16) Metcalfe Shire joined with Taradale Borough to form the United Shire of Metcalfe on the 26th of September 1870. When Chewton Borough also joined the Shire under the Local Government Act 1915 (Act No.) on the 31st of May 1916, the name of the Shire was shortened from United Shire of Metcalfe to Shire of Metcalfe.
Metcalfe Shire consisted of five Ridings: Chewton Riding, Taradale Riding, North Riding, South Riding, and West Riding.
This council was abolished on 19 January 1995 as part of a statewide program of local government reform enacted between 1993 and 1995. The reform process reduced the number of councils from 210 to 78. The Mount Alexander Shire Council (VA 3711) has been appointed as the successor in law of the Shire of Metcalfe and has assumed its rights, assets and liabilities.
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[1860 TO 1995]
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