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This agency is the first of three municipalities called Beechworth. This municipality was constituted as the Beechworth Municipal District on 23 August 1856 and was proclaimed as a Borough on 11 September 1863.
This agency and another municipality known as Beechworth Shire (VA 4972) were united to form the United Shire of Beechworth (VA 2384) on 29 December 1871.