| Type: | lga |
| Shire of Tambo | |
| State: | vic |
| Region: | East Gippsland |
| Area: | 3506.86 |
| Est: | 1882 |
| Seat: | Lakes Entrance |
| Pop: | 10720 |
| Pop Year: | 1992 |
| Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
| County: | Dargo, Tambo |
| Near-Nw: | Upper Murray |
| Near-N: | Snowy River (NSW) |
| Near-Ne: | Bombala (NSW) |
| Near-W: | Omeo |
| Near-E: | Orbost |
| Near-Sw: | Bairnsdale |
| Near-S: | Bass Strait |
| Near-Se: | Bass Strait |
| Noautocat: | yes |
The Shire of Tambo was a local government area about 320km (200miles) east of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 3506.86km2, and existed from 1882 until 1994.
Tambo was first incorporated as a shire on 6 January 1882, splitting away from the Shire of Bairnsdale. On 30 May 1892, it lost three-quarters of its land area when the Shire of Orbost was incorporated. A small amount was re-annexed as Cunninghame Riding on 3 January 1913.[2]
On 2 December 1994, the Shire of Tambo was abolished, and along with the City of Bairnsdale, the Shires of Bairnsdale and Orbost, parts of the Shire of Omeo and the Boole Boole Peninsula from the Shire of Rosedale, was merged into the newly created Shire of East Gippsland.[3]
The Shire of Tambo was divided into four ridings, each of which elected three councillors:
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| Year | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| 1954 | 5,085 | |
| 1958 | 5,490* | |
| 1961 | 5,431 | |
| 1966 | 5,441 | |
| 1971 | 5,888 | |
| 1976 | 6,336 | |
| 1981 | 7,181 | |
| 1986 | 8,941 | |
| 1991 | 10,155 |