Avon Shire

Avon Shire (1865-1994), an area of 2533 sq km, lay between Sale and Bairnsdale, Gippsland. It extended northwards from Lake Wellington to the Victorian alps, sharing a boundary with Bright Shire. From north to south the shire measured 95 km. It was named after the Avon River, which was named by the explorer Angus McMillan in 1840.