Tullaroop Shire

Tullaroop Shire (1865-1995), an area of 638 sq km, was a municipality which surrounded Maryborough city, about 130 km north-west of Melbourne. It was proclaimed on 24 January 1865, and also excluded the Carisbrook and Majorca boroughs until they were united with the shire on 1 October 1915.

The name is thought to be derived from an Aboriginal word meaning swamp thistles. The Tullaroop Creek flows northwards through the former shire, joining the Loddon River at Eddingtion, which was on the shire’s northern boundary.