Shire of Ballan
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| Shire of Ballan Victoria |
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 Location in Victoria |
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| Population: | 4,900 (1992)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Established: | 1862 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 919.45 km² (355.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Council Seat: | Ballan | ||||||||||||
| County: | Bourke, Grant, Talbot | ||||||||||||
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The Shire of Ballan was a Local Government Area located about 75 kilometres (47 mi) west of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 919.45 square kilometres (355.0 sq mi), and existed from 1862 until 1994.
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[edit] History
Ballan was first incorporated as a district on 14 October 1862, and became a shire on 2 November 1864. On 9 October 1921, part of the shire was annexed to the Shire of Kyneton.[2]
On 15 December 1994, the Shire was abolished, and merged with the Shire of Bacchus Marsh into the Shire of Moorabool, which had earlier that year been created by merging the Bungaree and parts of Buninyong.[3]
[edit] Wards
Ballan was divided into four ridings , each of which elected three councillors:
- East Riding
- Central Riding
- West Riding
- South Riding
[edit] Towns and Localities
- Ballan
- Blackwood
- Blakeville
- Bunding
- Fiskville
- Gordon
- Greendale
- Ingliston
- Morrisons
- Mount Egerton
- Mount Wallace
[edit] Population
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1954 | 2,752 |
| 1958 | 2,830* |
| 1961 | 2,440 |
| 1966 | 2,349 |
| 1971 | 2,163 |
| 1976 | 2,206 |
| 1981 | 2,624 |
| 1986 | 3,338 |
| 1991 | 4,654 |
* Estimate in 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, 581-582. 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, 9. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved on 2008-01-05.
