Leigh Shire

Leigh shire (1861-1994) was an area principally of undulating plains apart from timbered ranges at its north-western corner around Rokewood. Its western boundary was the Woady Yaloak Creek, its eastern boundary in the vicinity of Shelford and Inverleigh and its southern boundary was an irregular line in the vicinity of the Hamilton Highway.

The shire was named after the Leigh River, but how the river’s name came about is apparently unrecorded.