Shire of Yea

Shire of Yea
Victoria
Location in Victoria
Yea Shire Hall in High St, Yea
Population5,030 (1992)[1]
 • Density3.613/km2 (9.357/sq mi)
Established1869
Area1,392.32 km2 (537.6 sq mi)
Council seatYea
RegionHume
CountyAnglesey
LGAs around Shire of Yea:
Seymour Goulburn Euroa
Broadford Shire of Yea Alexandra
Whittlesea Eltham Healesville

The Shire of Yea was a local government area about 110 kilometres (68 mi) northeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 1,392.32 square kilometres (537.6 sq mi), and existed from 1869 until 1994. The shire's population was dominated by the town of Yea.

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