Shire of Hampden
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| Shire of Hampden Victoria |
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 Location in Victoria |
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| Population: | 6960 (1992)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Established: | 1857 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 2620.91 km² (1011.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Council Seat: | Camperdown | ||||||||||||
| County: | Hampden, Grenville | ||||||||||||
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The Shire of Hampden was a Local Government Area located about 200 kilometres (124 mi) west-southwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 2,620.91 square kilometres (1,011.9 sq mi), and existed from 1857 until 1994.
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[edit] History
Hampden was first incorporated as a district on 28 April 1857, and became a shire on 31 December 1863. On 31 May 1895, it lost parts of its East and West wards to create the Shire of Heytesbury. On 9 September 1952, the Borough of Camperdown severed from its East riding. Its boundary was adjusted on 31 May 1977 to include all of Skipton.[2]
On 23 September 1994, the Shire was abolished, and merged with Town of Camperdown, most of Shire of Heytesbury and parts of Colac, Mortlake and the area around Princetown on the Great Ocean Road into the Corangamite Shire.[3]
[edit] Wards
Hampden was divided into three ridings, each of which elected three councillors:
- North Riding
- South Riding
- West Riding
[edit] Towns and Localities
- Berrybank
- Bookaar
- Boorcan
- Bradvale
- Chocolyn
- Derrinallum
- Duverney
- Foxhow
- Glenormiston
- Gnotuk
- Kariah
- Leslie Manor
- Lismore
- Mingay
- Mount Bute
- Naroghid
- Noorat
- Skipton
- Terang
- Vite Vite
- Weerite
[edit] Population
| Year | Population |
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| 1954 | 8,781 |
| 1958 | 9,050* |
| 1961 | 9,176 |
| 1966 | 8,766 |
| 1971 | 7,411 |
| 1976 | 7,574 |
| 1981 | 7,471 |
| 1986 | 7,072 |
| 1991 | 6,780 |
* Estimate in the 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, 692-693. 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, 5. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved on 2008-01-05.
