Shire of Grenville
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| Shire of Grenville Victoria |
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 Location in Victoria |
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| Population: | 8,580 (1992)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Established: | 1861 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 845 km² (326.3 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Council Seat: | Linton | ||||||||||||
| County: | Grenville | ||||||||||||
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The Shire of Grenville was a Local Government Area located southwest of the regional city of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 845 square kilometres (326.3 sq mi), and existed from 1861 until 1994.
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[edit] History
Grenville was first incorporated as a district on 27 August 1861, and became a shire on 16 February 1864. On 1 October 1915, under the Local Government Amendment Act 1914, it absorbed the areas of two boroughs—Browns and Scarsdale, which had incorporated on 25 July 1862 with an area of 23.31 square kilometres (5,760 acres), and Smythesdale, incorporated on 12 April 1861 with an area of 5.83 square kilometres (1,441 acres).[2]
On 6 May 1994, the Shire was abolished, and merged with Shire of Bannockburn, Shire of Leigh and part of Buninyong into the Golden Plains Shire.
[edit] Wards
Grenville was divided into four ridings on 16 May 1977, each of which elected three councillors:
- Delacombe Riding
- East Riding
- North Riding
- West Riding
[edit] Towns and Localities
- Bonshaw
- Delacombe
- Haddon
- Happy Valley
- Linton
- Nintingbool
- Piggoreet
- Scarsdale
- Smythesdale
- Smythes Creek
[edit] Population
| Year | Population |
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| 1954 | 1,862 |
| 1958 | 1,910* |
| 1961 | 1,833 |
| 1966 | 1,692 |
| 1971 | 1,802 |
| 1976 | 2,790 |
| 1981 | 4,293 |
| 1986 | 6,395 |
| 1991 | 8,113 |
* 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, 689. Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.
