City of Bairnsdale
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| City of Bairnsdale Victoria |
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 Location in Victoria |
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| Population: | 11,270 (1992)[1] |
| Established: | 1967 |
| Area: | 27.20 km² (10.5 sq mi) |
| Council Seat: | Bairnsdale |
| County: | Dargo |
The City of Bairnsdale was a Local Government Area located about 280 kilometres (174 mi) east of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The City covered an area of 27.20 square kilometres (10.5 sq mi), and existed from its split from the Shire of Bairnsdale in 1967 until 1994.
[edit] History
The Shire of Bairnsdale was first incorporated as a district in 1867, becoming a shire in 1869. On 31 May 1967, after a poll of ratepayers, the Centre Riding and parts of the East Riding severed to form the Town of Bairnsdale, which was proclaimed as a City on 14 July 1990.[2]
Bairnsdale remained unsubdivided and its 11 councillors governed the entire City. Its offices were at 8 Pearson Street, Bairnsdale.
On 2 December 1994, the City was abolished, and merged with the Shires of Bairnsdale, Orbost, Tambo, most of Omeo and the Boole Boole Peninsula from Shire of Rosedale into the Shire of East Gippsland.[3]
[edit] Population
| Year | Population |
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| 1971 | 8,552 |
| 1976 | 9,130 |
| 1981 | 9,459 |
| 1986 | 10,328 |
| 1991 | 10,770 |
* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.
[edit] References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office (1994). Victorian Year Book, 49-52. ISSN 0067-1223.
- ^ (1992) Victorian Municipal Directory. Brunswick: Arnall & Jackson, 292. Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (1 August 1995). Victorian local government amalgamations 1994-1995: Changes to the Australian Standard Geographical Classification. Commonwealth of Australia, 6. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved on 2008-01-05.
