Shire of Leigh

Shire of Leigh
Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population2,340 (1992)[1]
 • Density2.383/km2 (6.172/sq mi)
Established1861
Area982 km2 (379.2 sq mi)
Council seatRokewood
RegionGrampians
CountyGrant, Grenville
LGAs around Shire of Leigh:
Grenville Buninyong Buninyong
Grenville Shire of Leigh Bannockburn
Hampden Colac Winchelsea

The Shire of Leigh was a local government area about 140 kilometres (87 mi) west of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 982 square kilometres (379.2 sq mi), and existed from 1861 until 1994.

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office (1994). Victorian Year Book. pp. 49–52. ISSN 0067-1223.