Tambo Shire

Tambo Shire (1882-1994) was created on 6 January 1882, by severance from Bairnsdale shire. It was named after the Tambo River which rises near Mount Tambo (1431 metres), east of Benambra, Gippsland. Within a few months of its creation Tambo shire was reduced by the excision of Orbost shire, but in 1913 the Cunninghame (Lakes Entrance) district was taken from Orbost shire and put in Tambo. The shire’s area was 3507 sq km.

The name Tambo is thought to derive from an Aboriginal word meaning fish.