Shire of Ballan

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Shire of Ballan
Victoria

Location in Victoria
Population 4,900 (1992)[1]
 • Density 5.33/km2 (13.80/sq mi)
Established 1862
Area 919.45 km2 (355.0 sq mi)
Council seat Ballan
County Bourke, Grant, Talbot
LGAs around Shire of Ballan:
Bungaree Daylesford and Glenlyon Kyneton
Buninyong Shire of Ballan Bacchus Marsh
Buninyong Bannockburn Corio

The Shire of Ballan was a local government area about 75 kilometres (47 mi) west of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 919.45 square kilometres (355.0 sq mi), and existed from 1862 until 1994.

History

Ballan was first incorporated as a road district on 14 October 1862, and became a shire on 2 November 1864. On 9 October 1921, part of the shire was annexed to the Shire of Kyneton.[2]

On 15 December 1994, the Shire was abolished, and merged with the Shire of Bacchus Marsh into the Shire of Moorabool, which had earlier that year been created by merging the Bungaree and parts of Buninyong.[3]

Wards

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

  • East Riding
  • Central Riding
  • West Riding
  • South Riding

Towns and localities

Population

Year Population
1954 2,752
1958 2,830*
1961 2,440
1966 2,349
1971 2,163
1976 2,206
1981 2,624
1986 3,338
1991 4,654

* 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. 581–582.  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. 9. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved 2008-01-05. 

Coordinates: 37°36′S 144°15′E / 37.600°S 144.250°E / -37.600; 144.250

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