Shire of Heytesbury

Shire of Heytesbury
Victoria

Location in Victoria
Population: 7530 (1992)[1]
Established: 1895
Area: 1558.39 km² (601.7 sq mi)
Council Seat: Cobden
County: Heytesbury
LGAs around Shire of Heytesbury:
Mortlake Hampden Hampden
Warrnambool Shire of Heytesbury Otway
Southern Ocean

The Shire of Heytesbury 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 1,558.39 square kilometres (601.7 sq mi), and existed from 1895 until 1994.

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History

Heytesbury was originally located within the Hampden district, which was incorporated on 28 April 1857. Heytesbury split from Hampden's east and west ridings to become a shire in its own right on 31 May 1895. On 6 May 1919 part of its area split away to join parts of Colac and Winchelsea in forming the Shire of Otway. Otway annexed a small part of Heytesbury in 1969.[2]

On 23 September 1994, the Shire was abolished, and merged with Town of Camperdown, Shire of Hampden and parts of Colac, Mortlake and the area around Princetown on the Great Ocean Road into the Corangamite Shire. A small part in the Shire's east became part of the Colac-Otway Shire.[3]

Wards

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

Towns and localities

Population

Year Population
1954 6,464
1958 6,800*
1961 7,234
1966 8,181
1971 8,208
1976 7,902
1981 7,652
1986 7,487
1991 7,361

* Estimate in the 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. 701.  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. p. 5. 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.