Shire of Bannockburn

Shire of Bannockburn
Victoria

Location in Victoria
Population: 4,560 (1992)[1]
Established: 1862
Area: 702.28 km² (271.2 sq mi)
Council Seat: Bannockburn
County: Grant, Grenville
LGAs around Shire of Bannockburn:
Buninyong Ballan Ballan
Leigh Shire of Bannockburn Corio
Winchelsea Barrabool Geelong West

The Shire of Bannockburn was a Local Government Area located about 85 kilometres (53 mi) west-southwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 702.28 square kilometres (271.2 sq mi), and existed from 1862 until 1994.

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History

Bannockburn was first incorporated as a district on 31 October 1862, and became a shire on 30 June 1864. On 15 September 1915, it annexed the Shire of Meredith, which had been created on 30 June 1863 and become a shire on 28 April 1871. Part of the shire's Steiglitz riding was severed and annexed to the Shire of Corio's Lara riding on 31 May 1916.[2]

On 6 May 1994, the Shire was abolished, and merged with Shire of Grenville, Shire of Leigh and part of Buninyong into the Golden Plains Shire.

Wards

Bannockburn was divided into four ridings , each of which elected three councillors:

Towns and localities

Population

Year Population
1954 2,126
1958 2,210*
1961 2,200
1966 2,211
1971 2,072
1976 2,365
1981 2,980
1986 3,484
1991 4,320

* Estimate in 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office (1994). Victorian Year Book. pp. 49–52. ISSN 0067-1223. 
  2. ^ Victorian Municipal Directory. Brunswick: Arnall & Jackson. 1992. pp. 587–588.  Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.