| Type: | lga |
| Shire of Rutherglen | |
| State: | vic |
| Region: | Hume |
| Area: | 530.9 |
| Est: | 1862 |
| Seat: | Rutherglen |
| Pop: | 3560 |
| Pop Year: | 1992 |
| Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
| County: | Bogong |
| Near-Nw: | Corowa (NSW) |
| Near-N: | Greater Hume (NSW) |
| Near-Ne: | Greater Hume (NSW) |
| Near-W: | Yarrawonga |
| Near-E: | Chiltern |
| Near-Sw: | Wangaratta |
| Near-S: | Wangaratta |
| Near-Se: | Chiltern |
| Noautocat: | yes |
The Shire of Rutherglen was a local government area about 275km (171miles) north-northeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 530.9km2, and existed from 1862 until 1994.
Rutherglen was incorporated as a road district on 12 September 1862, and became a shire on 16 June 1871. Part of its Lilliput Riding was lost to the Shire of Chiltern in February 1917. On 15 December 1920, the Borough of Rutherglen, which had been gazetted on 12 September 1862, with an area of 518ha, was merged into the shire as its Central Riding.[2]
On 18 November 1994, the Shire of Rutherglen was abolished, and along with parts of the Shires of Beechworth, Chiltern and Yackandandah, was merged into the newly created Shire of Indigo.[3]
Rutherglen was divided into three wards, each of which elected three councillors:
| Year | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| 1954 | 2,897 | |
| 1958 | 2,990* | |
| 1961 | 2,655 | |
| 1966 | 2,552 | |
| 1971 | 2,473 | |
| 1976 | 2,612 | |
| 1981 | 2,774 | |
| 1986 | 2,980 | |
| 1991 | 3,369 |