| City of Stawell Victoria |
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Location in Victoria |
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| Population: | 6640 (1992)[1] |
| Established: | 1869 |
| Area: | 23.73 km² (9.2 sq mi) |
| Council Seat: | Stawell |
| County: | Borung |
The City of Stawell was a Local Government Area located about 230 kilometres (143 mi) west-northwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of 23.73 square kilometres (9.2 sq mi), and existed from 1869 until 1994. Its area was surrounded by the separate and largely rural Shire of Stawell.
Stawell was first incorporated as a borough on 12 November 1869, and became a town on 18 September 1957. It was proclaimed as a city on 12 November 1989.[2]
On 20 January 1995, the City was abolished, and merged with Town of St Arnaud, most of the Shires of Stawell and Kara Kara, the Grampians National Park within the Shire of Wimmera and parts of the Shires of Ararat, Avoca, Donald and Dunmunkle into the Shire of Northern Grampians.[3]
The City of Stawell was at one stage divided into wards, but they were abolished on 27 January 1965 and the 12 councillors represented the entire area.
| Year | Population |
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| 1954 | 5,463 |
| 1958 | 5,810* |
| 1961 | 5,506 |
| 1966 | 5,904 |
| 1971 | 5,800 |
| 1976 | 5,830 |
| 1981 | 6,160 |
| 1986 | 6,252 |
| 1991 | 6,339 |
* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.