County of Moira
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The County of Moira is one of the 37 counties of Victoria
Counties of Victoria
The Australian state of Victoria is divided into 37 counties. They are part of the lands administrative divisions of Australia. These counties were gazetted in stages between 1849 and 1871 as Victoria was progressively opened up to European settlement. By 1890 all parish boundaries had been gazetted...

 which are part of the cadastral divisions of Australia
Cadastral divisions of Australia
Lands administrative divisions of Australia refers to the parts of Australia which are divided into the cadastral units of counties, parishes, hundreds, and other divisions for the purposes of land ownership...

, used for land titles. It is located to the east of the Goulburn River
Goulburn River (Victoria)
The Goulburn River is a major inland river in Victoria, Australia.The headwaters of the Goulburn River rise in the western end of the Victoria Alps, near Mount Buller. The Eildon Dam creates Lake Eildon, a major storage of water for irrigation...

, south of the Murray River
Murray River
The Murray River is Australia's longest river. At in length, the Murray rises in the Australian Alps, draining the western side of Australia's highest mountains and, for most of its length, meanders across Australia's inland plains, forming the border between New South Wales and Victoria as it...

, and west of part of the Ovens River
Ovens River
The Ovens River is a river in the Australian state of Victoria.Hamilton Hume and William Hovell explored the area in 1824, naming the Ovens River...

. Part of Wangaratta is in the county, on the eastern end of it. It also includes Shepparton. The Shire of Moira is in a similar area.

Parishes

Parishes within the county:
  • Arcadia, Victoria
    Arcadia, Victoria
    Arcadia is a small town in Victoria, Australia. It is located on Kennedys Road, in the City of Greater Shepparton, south of Shepparton. At the 2006 census, Arcadia had a population of 659....

  • Avenel, Victoria
    Avenel, Victoria
    Avenel is a small town in Victoria, Australia. It is in the Shire of Strathbogie local government area. At the 2006 census, Avenel had a population of 728, up from 552 in the 2001 Census.-History:...

  • Balmattum, Victoria
  • Barmah, Victoria
    Barmah, Victoria
    Barmah is a town in Victoria, with the distinction of being located north of the southerly border with New South Wales. At the 2006 census, Barmah had a population of 201....

  • Barwo, Victoria
  • Baulkamaugh, Victoria
  • Benalla, Victoria
    Benalla, Victoria
    Benalla is a city of just over 9,000 people located just off the Hume Freeway in north-eastern Victoria, Australia, about southwest of Wangaratta. Its Local Government Area is the Rural City of Benalla.- Overview :...

  • Boomahnoomoonah, Victoria
  • Boosey, Victoria
  • Boweya, Victoria
  • Branjee, Victoria
  • Bundalong, Victoria
    Bundalong, Victoria
    Bundalong is a town in Victoria, Australia located on the Murray River and the Murray Valley Highway, east of Yarrawonga. At the 2006 census, Bundalong had a population of 298. Bundalong is in the Shire of Moira Local Government Area, with the name "Bundalong" being the Aboriginal word for "joined...

  • Bunganail, Victoria
  • Bungeet, Victoria
  • Burramine, Victoria
  • Caniambo, Victoria
  • Cobram, Victoria
    Cobram, Victoria
    Cobram is a town in Australia. Cobram is located on the Murray River which forms the border between Victoria and New South Wales. Cobram along with the nearby towns of Numurkah and Yarrawonga is part of Shire of Moira. Its twin town of Barooga is located on the north side of the Murray River....

  • Cocomah, Victoria
  • Congupna, Victoria
    Congupna, Victoria
    Congupna is a town in the Goulburn Valley region of Victoria, Australia. The town is located in the City of Greater Shepparton local government area, north of the state capital, Melbourne and north of the regional centre of Shepparton...

  • Currawa, Victoria
  • Dargalong, Victoria
  • Devenish, Victoria
    Devenish, Victoria
    Devenish is a town in northern Victoria, Australia. The town is located in the Rural City of Benalla Local Government Area, north of the state capital, Melbourne. At the 2006 census, Devenish and the surrounding area had a population of 432.-History:...

  • Dookie, Victoria
    Dookie, Victoria
    Dookie is a town in the Goulburn Valley region of Victoria, Australia. It is situated in a valley between Mount Major and Mount Saddleback. Dookie is a farming community. At the 2006 census, Dookie had a population of 286....

  • Drumanure, Victoria
  • Dunbulbalane, Victoria
  • Euroa, Victoria
    Euroa, Victoria
    Euroa is a town in the Shire of Strathbogie in North-East Victoria, Australia.At the 2006 census, Euroa had a population of 2,776. The name Euroa comes from an Aboriginal word in the old local dialect meaning "joyful".-History:Major T.L...

  • Glenrowen, Victoria
  • Goomalibee, Victoria
  • Goorambat, Victoria
    Goorambat, Victoria
    Goorambat is a town in northern Victoria, Australia. The town is located in the Rural City of Benalla Local Government Area, north of the state capital, Melbourne. At the 2006 census, Goorambat and the surrounding area had a population of 495.-History:...

  • Gowangardie, Victoria
  • Kaarimba, Victoria
  • Karrabumet, Victoria
  • Karramomus, Victoria
  • Katamatite, Victoria
    Katamatite, Victoria
    Katamatite is a rural township in Victoria, Australia about 46 kilometres north east of Shepparton. At the 2006 census, Katamatite had a population of 212....

  • Katandra, Victoria
  • Katunga, Victoria
    Katunga, Victoria
    Katunga is a town in the Goulburn Valley region of northern Victoria, Australia. The town is located in the Shire of Moira Local Government Area, 228 kilometres from the state capital, Melbourne. At the 2006 census, Katunga had a population of 1,548....

  • Kialla, Victoria
    Kialla, Victoria
    Kialla is a bounded rural locality of the City of Greater Shepparton Local Government Area in the Goulburn Valley, Victoria, Australia. At the 2006 census, Kialla and surrounding area had a population of 4,511....

  • Killawarra, Victoria
  • Kotupna, Victoria
  • Longwood, Victoria
    Longwood, Victoria
    Longwood is a town in northern Victoria, Australia. The town is located in the Shire of Strathbogie Local government area, from the state capital, Melbourne...

  • Miepoll, Victoria
  • Moglonemby, Victoria
  • Moira, Victoria
  • Mokoan, Victoria
  • Molka, Victoria
  • Monea North, Victoria
  • Mundoona, Victoria
  • Naringaningalook, Victoria
  • Narioka, Victoria
  • Peechelba, Victoria
    Peechelba, Victoria
    Peechelba is a small town in north eastern Victoria , Australia. The town is located in the Rural City of Wangaratta Local Government Area between Wangaratta and Yarrawonga and north west of the state capital, Melbourne...

  • Pelluebla, Victoria
  • Picola, Victoria
    Picola, Victoria
    Picola is a town in northern Victoria, Australia. The town is located in the Shire of Moira Local Government Area, from the state capital, Melbourne. At the 2006 census, Picola had a population of 754....

  • Pine Lodge, Victoria
  • Pranjip, Victoria
  • Shadforth, Victoria
  • Shepparton, Victoria
    Shepparton, Victoria
    Shepparton is a city located on the floodplain of the Goulburn River in the north east of Victoria, Australia approximately north-east of Melbourne. It is the fifth largest city in Victoria, Australia. The estimated population of Shepparton's statistical area is 48,926.It began as a sheep station...

  • St James, Victoria
    St James, Victoria
    St James is a town in northern Victoria, Australia. The town is located in the Shire of Moira Local Government Area, north of the state capital, Melbourne.St James was the location of the first business of G.J Coles, founder of the Coles Group...

  • Stewarton, Victoria
  • Strathmerton, Victoria
    Strathmerton, Victoria
    Strathmerton is a small country town in Victoria, Australia.It is located in the Shire of Moira Local Government Area on the Murray Valley Highway, about west of Cobram and previously known as the most northerly point in Victoria North of Melbourne at the start of the Goulburn Valley Highway...

  • Tabilk, Victoria
  • Tallygaroopna, Victoria
    Tallygaroopna, Victoria
    Tallygaroopna is a town in the Goulburn Valley region of Victoria, Australia. The town is located on the Goulburn Valley Highway in the City of Greater Shepparton Local Government Area, north of the state capital, Melbourne...

  • Taminick, Victoria
  • Tamleugh, Victoria
  • Tharanbegga, Victoria
  • Ulupna, Victoria
  • Upotipotpon, Victoria
    Upotipotpon, Victoria
    Upotipotpon was a very small town and is now a rural area in Victoria, Australia, north east of the state capital, Melbourne and km north of Violet Town.The name perhaps may have been derived from Aboriginal words pootong pootong, meaning plenty of grass...

  • Waaia, Victoria
    Waaia, Victoria
    Waaia is a town in northern Victoria, Australia. The town is located in the Shire of Moira Local Government Area, north of the state capital, Melbourne. The area is home to mainly irrigated dairy farms...

  • Waggarandall, Victoria
  • Wahring, Victoria
  • Wangaratta South, Victoria
  • Warrenbayne, Victoria
  • Wills, Victoria
  • Winton, Victoria
    Winton, Victoria
    Winton is a town near Benalla, Victoria, Australia. It is home to the Winton Motor Raceway. The town of Winton was proclaimed on 25 February, 1861...

  • Wormangal, Victoria
  • Yabba Yabba, Victoria
  • Yalca, Victoria
  • Yarrawonga, Victoria
    Yarrawonga, Victoria
    Yarrawonga is a town in the Shire of Moira Local Government Area in the Australian state of Victoria. The town is situated on the south bank of the Murray River, the border between Victoria and New South Wales and is located approximately north-east of the state capital, Melbourne. Yarrawonga's...

  • Yarroweyah, Victoria
    Yarroweyah, Victoria
    Yarroweyah is a town in northern Victoria, Australia. The town is located in the Shire of Moira Local Government Area, north of the state capital, Melbourne and west of Cobram. The town is situated on the intersection of the Goulburn Valley Highway and Murray Valley Highways...

  • Yielima, Victoria
  • Youanmite, Victoria
    Youanmite, Victoria
    Youanmite is a small town in the north of Melbourne. It has a disused railway running through the town and a former town hall....

  • Youarang, Victoria
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