Shire of Eltham
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| Shire of Eltham Victoria |
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 Location in outer Melbourne |
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| Population: | 44,800 (1992)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Established: | 1856 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 277.13 km² (107.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Council Seat: | Eltham | ||||||||||||
| Region: | NE Melbourne | ||||||||||||
| County: | Evelyn | ||||||||||||
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The Shire of Eltham was a Local Government Area located about 25 kilometres (16 mi) northeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 277.13 square kilometres (107.0 sq mi), and existed from 1856 until 1994.
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[edit] History
Eltham was first incorporated as a district on 26 September 1856, and became a shire on 6 April 1871. In 1912 it lost some of its area to the Shire of Healesville.
On 18 June 1958, it lost its 218 km² (84.2 sq mi) East Riding to Shire of Healesville. This area comprised Yarra Glen, Dixons Creek and parts of Christmas Hills.[2] It also lost part of North Riding near Kinglake to the Shire of Yea on 1 October 1972.[3]
On 15 December 1994, the Shire was abolished. The Kinglake district were transferred to the new Shire of Murrindindi, while Montmorency and Lower Plenty in the shire's far southwest were transferred to City of Banyule. The rest became part of the new Shire of Nillumbik.[4]
[edit] Wards
The shire was divided into three ridings on 16 March 1955, each of which elected three councillors:
- Central Riding
- North Riding
- West Riding
[edit] Suburbs and Localities
- Briar Hill (split with Shire of Diamond Valley)
- Christmas Hills (split with Shire of Healesville)
- Cottles Bridge
- Eltham
- Greensborough (split with Shire of Diamond Valley)
- Hurstbridge (split with City of Whittlesea)
- Kangaroo Ground
- Kinglake (split with Shire of Yea)
- Lower Plenty
- Montmorency
- Panton Hill
- Research
- Smiths Gully
- St Andrews
- Strathewen
- Warrandyte North
- Watsons Creek
- Wattle Glen
[edit] Population
| Year | Population |
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| 1911 | 3,423 |
| 1947 | 7,028 |
| 1954 | 11,441 |
| 1958 | 14,660* |
| 1961 | 16,575 |
| 1966 | 20,213 |
| 1971 | 23,712 |
| 1976 | 28,631 |
| 1981 | 34,648 |
| 1986 | 39,784 |
| 1991 | 42,670 |
* Estimate in 1958 Victorian Year Book.
[edit] References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office (1994). Victorian Year Book, 49. ISSN 0067-1223.
- ^ Monash University (1999). [www.arts.monash.edu.au/ncas/multimedia/gazetteer/list/eltham.html Australian Places - Eltham]. Retrieved on 2008-01-05.
- ^ (1992) Victorian Municipal Directory. Brunswick: Arnall & Jackson, 666-667. 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, 4,10. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved on 2007-12-16.
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