Shire of Warrnambool

The Shire of Warrnambool was a local government area located about 260 kilometres (162 mi) west-southwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 1,605 square kilometres (619.7 sq mi), and existed from 1854 until 1994.

Shire of Warrnambool
Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population8,940 (1992)[1]
 • Density5.570/km2 (14.426/sq mi)
Established1854
Area1,605 km2 (619.7 sq mi)
Council seatWarrnambool
CountyVilliers, Heytesbury, Hampden
LGAs around Shire of Warrnambool:
Mount Rouse Mortlake Hampden
Minhamite Shire of Warrnambool Heytesbury
Belfast Southern Ocean Southern Ocean

History

Warrnambool was first incorporated as a road district on 11 July 1854, and became a shire on 31 December 1863.[2]

On 1 June 1985, the Borough of Koroit was merged into the Shire of Warrnambool, as an additional riding known as the Koroit Riding.[2]

On 23 September 1994, the Shire of Warrnambool was abolished, and, along with the Borough of Port Fairy, the Shires of Belfast and Minhamite, parts of the Shires of Dundas, Mortlake and Mount Rouse, and the Tower Hill Reserve, was merged into the newly created Shire of Moyne.[3]

Wards

The Shire of Warrnambool was divided into four ridings, each of which elected three councillors:

  • North Riding
  • South Riding
  • East Riding
  • Koroit Riding

Population
Year Population
19548,920
19587,910*
19617,610
19667,492
19716,859
19766,753
19816,517
19866,571
19918,452
201634,618

* Estimate in the 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. 886–888. 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 (PDF). Commonwealth of Australia. p. 10,11. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved 5 January 2008.

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