| Type: | lga |
| Shire of Avoca | |
| State: | vic |
| Region: | Grampians |
| Area: | 1124 |
| Est: | 1861 |
| Seat: | Avoca |
| Pop: | 2320 |
| Pop Year: | 1992 |
| Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
| County: | Gladstone, Kara Kara |
| Near-Nw: | Kara Kara |
| Near-N: | Kara Kara |
| Near-Ne: | Bet Bet |
| Near-W: | Stawell |
| Near-E: | Tullaroop |
| Near-Sw: | Ararat |
| Near-S: | Lexton |
| Near-Se: | Talbot and Clunes |
| Noautocat: | yes |
The Shire of Avoca was a local government area about 180km (110miles) northwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 1124km2, and existed from 1861 until 1994.
Avoca was first incorporated as a road district on 6 December 1861, and became a shire on 28 December 1864. In January 1941, it lost parts of its area to the Shire of Lexton.[2]
On 23 September 1994, the Shire of Avoca was abolished, and along with the Shires of Lexton and Ripon, was merged into the newly created Shire of Pyrenees. The district surrounding Navarre was transferred to the newly created Shire of Northern Grampians in January 1995.[3]
The Shire of Avoca was divided into three ridings, each of which elected three councillors:
| Year | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| 1954 | 2,381 | |
| 1958 | 2,460* | |
| 1961 | 2,153 | |
| 1966 | 2,134 | |
| 1971 | 1,962 | |
| 1976 | 2,022 | |
| 1981 | 2,094 | |
| 1986 | 2,144 | |
| 1991 | 2,190 |