Shire of Bannockburn

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Shire of Bannockburn
Victoria

Location in Victoria
Population: 4,560 (1992)[1]
Established: 1862
Area: 702.28 km² (271.2 sq mi)
Council Seat: Bannockburn
County: Grant, Grenville
LGAs around Shire of Bannockburn:
Buninyong Ballan Ballan
Leigh Shire of Bannockburn Corio
Winchelsea Barrabool Geelong West

The Shire of Bannockburn was a Local Government Area located about 85 kilometres (53 mi) west-southwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 702.28 square kilometres (271.2 sq mi), and existed from 1862 until 1994.

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[edit] History

Bannockburn was first incorporated as a district on 31 October 1862, and became a shire on 30 June 1864. On 15 September 1915, it annexed the Shire of Meredith, which had been created on 30 June 1863 and become a shire on 28 April 1871. Part of the shire's Steiglitz riding was severed and annexed to the Shire of Corio's Lara riding on 31 May 1916.[2]

On 6 May 1994, the Shire was abolished, and merged with Shire of Grenville, Shire of Leigh and part of Buninyong into the Golden Plains Shire.

[edit] Wards

Bannockburn was divided into four ridings , each of which elected three councillors:

  • Bannockburn Riding
  • Barwon Riding
  • Meredith Riding
  • Moorabool Riding

[edit] Towns and Localities

[edit] Population

Year Population
1954 2,126
1958 2,210*
1961 2,200
1966 2,211
1971 2,072
1976 2,365
1981 2,980
1986 3,484
1991 4,320

* Estimate in 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, 587-588.  Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.