Shire of Ballarat

Shire of Ballarat
Victoria

Location in Victoria
Population: 19,530 (1992)[1]
Established: 1856
Area: 481.74 km² (186.0 sq mi)
Council Seat: Wendouree
County: Ripon, Talbot, Grenville
LGAs around Shire of Ballarat:
Lexton Talbot and Clunes Creswick
Lexton Shire of Ballarat Bungaree
Ripon Grenville Ballaarat

The Shire of Ballarat was a Local Government Area located immediately to the northwest and west of the regional city of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 481.74 square kilometres (186.0 sq mi), and existed from 1856 until 1994.

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History

Ballarat was first incorporated as a district on 7 October 1856, and became a shire on 24 November 1863.[2]

On 6 May 1994, the Shire was abolished, and merged with City of Ballaarat, Borough of Sebastopol and parts of the Shires of Bungaree, Buninyong, Grenville and Ripon into the City of Ballarat.[3]

Wards

Ballarat was divided into four ridings on 11 November 1952, each of which elected three councillors:

Towns and localities

Population

Year Population
1954 6,145
1958 7,970*
1961 10,102
1966 12,254
1971 14,405
1976 17,037
1981 18,845
1986 19,110
1991 18,802

* Estimate in 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office (1994). Victorian Year Book. p. 49–52. ISSN 0067-1223. 
  2. ^ Victorian Municipal Directory. Brunswick: Arnall & Jackson. 1992. pp. 584.  Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.
  3. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (1 August 1995). Victorian local government amalgamations 1994-1995: Changes to the Australian Standard Geographical Classification. Commonwealth of Australia. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. http://www.ausstats.abs.gov.au/ausstats/free.nsf/0/76E601D6DB55E88ACA25722500049195/$File/12570_1994-95.pdf. Retrieved 2008-01-05.