Borough of Eaglehawk

The Borough of Eaglehawk was a local government area which covered the northwestern suburbs of the regional city of Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. The borough covered an area of 14.54 square kilometres (5.6 sq mi), and existed from 1862 until 1994.

Borough of Eaglehawk Victoria
Location in Victoria
Town Hall at Brassey Square
Population	8,800 (1992)[1]
• Density	605/km^2 (1,568/sq mi)
Established	1862
Area	14.54 km^2 (5.6 sq mi)
Council seat	Eaglehawk
County	Bendigo

History

Eaglehawk was first incorporated as a borough on 29 July 1862. It had nine councillors, who represented the entire borough.[2]

On 7 April 1994, the Borough of Eaglehawk was abolished, and, along with the City of Bendigo, the Rural City of Marong and the Shires of Huntly and Strathfieldsaye, was merged into the newly created City of Greater Bendigo.[3][4]

Councillors met at the Town Hall, at the intersection of Sailors Gully Road and Loddon Valley Highway, Eaglehawk.

Population

Year	Population
1954	4,696
1958	5,000*
1961	4,926
1966	5,230
1971	5,383
1976	6,447
1981	7,355
1986	8,184
1991	8,381

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

List of mayors[5]

#	Chairman/Mayor	Term
1	James Mouat	1862–1863
2	John Thomas Caldwell	1863–1864
3	Charles Letheby	1864–1868
4	John W. Williams	1868–1869
(2)	John Thomas Caldwell	1869–1871
5	Henry Trumble	1871–1873
6	Hay Kirkwood	1873–1876
7	J. Harris	1876–1877
(6)	Hay Kirkwood	1877–1878
(5)	Henry Trumble	1878–1879
8	George Willan	1879–1880
(1)	James Mouat	1880–1881
9	J.J. Hall	1881–1882
10	William Vincent Kneebone	1882–1883
11	George Louden	1883–1884
12	John Green	1884–1885
(6)	Hay Kirkwood	1885–1886
(8)	George Willan	1886–1887
13	E. McCormick	1887–1888
14	F. Clark	1888–1889
(1)	James Mouat	1889–1890
(10)	William Vincent Kneebone	1890–1891
15	William James	1891–1892
(11)	George Loudon	1892–1893
(13)	E McCormick	1893–1894
(12)	John Green	1894–1895
(14)	F Clark	1895–1896
16	E C Brown	1896–1897
17	J Highmore	1897–1898
18	M J Curtain	1898–1899
19	H Chapple	1899–1900
(11)	George Loudon	1900–1901
(12)	John Green	1901–1902
(14)	F Clark	1902–1903
20	R Murdoch	1903–1904
21	A Hicks	1904–1905
22	T Trevean	1905–1906
23	J H Webster	1906–1907
	Henry Lane Ralph[6]	1916 - 1917

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References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office (1994). Victorian Year Book. p. 52. ISSN 0067-1223.
2. Victorian Municipal Directory. Brunswick: Arnall & Jackson. 1992. p. 548. Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.
3. Municipal Association of Victoria (2006). "Greater Bendigo City Council". Archived from the original on 17 January 2008. Retrieved 8 January 2008. Date cross-checked with the Records Division, Greater Bendigo City Council.
4. Taylor, Thomas (6 April 1994). "Marong to fall in line on super council". The Age. p. 6. Accessed via Factiva online.
5. Mackay, George (1891), History of Bendigo. Reprinted 2000. Bendigo Modern Press, Bendigo Vic. ISBN 978-0-646-40572-8.
6. "Bendigo Advertiser, Tuesday 29 August 1916, page 7".
7. "Mayors of Bendigo and Eaglehawk". Bendigo Advertiser. LIV (5934). Victoria, Australia. 28 August 1906. p. 5. Retrieved 2 December 2020 – via National Library of Australia.