Shire of Bungaree
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| Shire of Bungaree Victoria |
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 Location in Victoria |
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| Population: | 4,900 (1992)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Established: | 1863 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 228 km² (88.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Council Seat: | Leigh Creek | ||||||||||||
| County: | Grant, Talbot, Grenville, Ripon | ||||||||||||
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The Shire of Bungaree was a Local Government Area located northeast of the regional city of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 228 square kilometres (88.0 sq mi), and existed from 1863 until 1994.
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[edit] History
Bungaree was first incorporated as a district on 16 January 1863, and became a shire on 27 January 1871. The shire was originally divided into three ridings in August 1879, but after it lost a small section to the City of Ballaarat on 31 March 1930, it was redivided into two ridings. All divisions were abolished on 6 August 1988 and the council from then until its dissolution had nine councillors. [2]
On 6 May 1994, the Shire was abolished, and merged with Shires of Bacchus Marsh, Ballan and parts of Buninyong into the Shire of Moorabool.
[edit] Towns and Localities
- Bungaree
- Brown Hill
- Bullarook
- Chapel Flat
- Claretown
- Clarkes Hill
- Glen Park
- Gong Gong
- Invermay
- Leigh Creek
- Nerrina
- Pootilla
- Wallace
[edit] Population
| Year | Population |
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| 1954 | 1,966 |
| 1958 | 2,090* |
| 1961 | 2,049 |
| 1966 | 2,206 |
| 1971 | 2,514 |
| 1976 | 3,130 |
| 1981 | 3,690 |
| 1986 | 4,087 |
| 1991 | 4,573 |
* 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, 620-621. Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.
