City of Sale

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City of Sale
Victoria

Location in Victoria
Population: 14,180 (1992)[1]
Established: 1863
Area: 29.78 km² (11.5 sq mi)
Council Seat: Sale
Region: Gippsland
County: Tanjil
LGAs around City of Sale:
Maffra Avon Avon
Rosedale City of Sale Avon
Rosedale Rosedale Rosedale

The City of Sale was a Local Government Area located about 210 kilometres (130 mi) east of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The City covered an area of 29.78 square kilometres (11.5 sq mi), and existed from 1863 until 1994.

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[edit] History

Sale was first incorporated as a borough on 10 August 1863, and was extended on 24 December 1873. It became a town on 17 September 1924 and was proclaimed a City on 31 May 1950. In 1966-1967 it annexed a small area to its east and north-east from the Shire of Avon.[2]

On 2 December 1994, the City was abolished, and merged with Shire of Alberton, Shire of Avon, Shire of Maffra and most of Shire of Rosedale into the Shire of Wellington.[3]

[edit] Wards

The City of Sale was divided into three wards, each of which elected three councillors:

  • South Ward
  • North Ward
  • East Ward

[edit] Towns and Localities

  • Sale
  • Pearsondale
  • Wurruk

[edit] Population

Year Population
1954 6,537
1958 7,330*
1961 7,899
1966 8,648
1971 10,478
1976 12,111
1981 12,968
1986 13,559
1991 13,858

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office (1994). Victorian Year Book, 49-52. ISSN 0067-1223. 
  2. ^ (1992) Victorian Municipal Directory. Brunswick: Arnall & Jackson, 573-574.  Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.
  3. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (1 August 1995). Victorian local government amalgamations 1994-1995: Changes to the Australian Standard Geographical Classification. Commonwealth of Australia, 12. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved on 2008-01-05.