Shire of Cohuna [SEP] located in the administrative territorial entity
Shire of Cohuna
The Shire of Cohuna was a local government area on the Murray River, about north-northwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1922 until 1994.
History.
Cohuna was originally part of the Swan Hill Road District, which initially covered most of northwestern Victoria. Swan Hill was incorporated on 8 July 1862, and became a shire on 14 August 1871. It was renamed the Shire of Kerang on 31 December 1898.
of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Kerang, it also has a service centre located in Cohuna. The Shire is named after a small town, that is Gannawarra, located between Cohuna and Koondrook.
The northeastern border of the shire is the Murray River. The Loddon River flows through the shire, feeding into the Murray. The Gunbower State Forest is a significant source of River Red Gum timber, supplying a historic sawmill in Koondrook. Gunbower Island is the largest inland island in the local