Shire of Omeo  The Shire of Omeo was a local government area about east-north-east of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1872 until 1994. Omeo was incorporated as a shire on 25 October 1872. On 2 December 1994, the Shire was abolished, and merged with City and Shire of Bairnsdale, Shire of Tambo and the Boole Boole Peninsula from Shire of Rosedale into the Shire of East Gippsland. The Dinner Plain district merged into the Alpine Shire which had been created two weeks earlier. Omeo was divided into four ridings on 15 January 1957, each of which elected three councillors:   * Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book. Shire of Tambo (Victoria)  The Shire of Tambo was a local government area about east of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1882 until 1994. Tambo was first incorporated as a shire on 6 January 1882, splitting away from the Shire of Bairnsdale. On 30 May 1892 it lost three-quarters of its land area when the Shire of Orbost was incorporated. A small amount was re-annexed as Cunninghame Riding on 3 January 1913. On 2 December 1994, the Shire was abolished, and merged with the City and Shire of Bairnsdale, Shire of Orbost, most of the Shire of Omeo and the Boole Boole Peninsula from Shire of Rosedale into the Shire of East Gippsland. Tambo was divided into four ridings, each of which elected three councillors:  * Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book. Shire of Orbost  The Shire of Orbost was a local government area about east of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1892 until 1994. Originally, Orbost was part of the Bairnsdale Road District which was created on 30 April 1867. Splitting away as part of the Shire of Tambo in 1882, Orbost was first incorporated as a shire in its own right as the Shire of Croajingolong on 30 May 1892. It received its present name on 17 February 1893. On 3 January 1913 part of its western riding was annexed to Tambo as its Cunninghame Riding.