Shire of Heywood

Shire of Heywood
Victoria

Location in Victoria
Population: 7500 (1992)[1]
Established: 1856
Area: 3764 km² (1,453.3 sq mi)
Council Seat: Heywood
County: Normanby, Follett
LGAs around Shire of Heywood:
Penola (SA) Glenelg Dundas
Mount Gambier (SA)
Port MacDonnell (SA)		 Shire of Heywood Minhamite
Southern Ocean Portland Belfast

The Shire of Heywood was a Local Government Area located about 360 kilometres (224 mi) west-southwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 3,764 square kilometres (1,453.3 sq mi), and existed from 1856 until 1994. It was for most of its life known as the Shire of Portland.

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History

Heywood was first incorporated as a district on 25 January 1856, and became a shire on 8 December 1863. On 23 April 1958 and 31 May 1968, it lost parts of its area to the City of Portland, and on 1 October 1988 it was renamed the Shire of Heywood.[2]

On 23 September 1994, the Shire was abolished, and merged with City of Portland and most of the Shire of Glenelg into the Shire of Glenelg.[3]

Wards

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

Towns and localities

Population

Year Population
1954 7,056
1958 7,370*
1961 6,982
1966 6,859
1971 6,439
1976 6,368
1981 6,791
1986 7,211
1991 7,125

* 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. 704–705.  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. 6,11. 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.