Shire of Heytesbury
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Category:Articles with short descriptionCategory:Short description is different from WikidataCategory:Articles with short descriptionCategory:Short description is different from WikidataShire of Heytesbury | |||||||||||||
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 Location in Victoria | |||||||||||||
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 The Shire of Heytesbury as at its dissolution in 1994 | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||
| Region | Barwon South West | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1895 | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Cobden | ||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 1,558.39 km2 (601.70 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 7,530 (1992)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 4.832/km2 (12.515/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| County | Heytesbury | ||||||||||||
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The Shire of Heytesbury was a local government area 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.
History
Heytesbury was originally located within the Hampden and Heytesbury Road District, which was incorporated on 28 April 1857. On 31 May 1895, Heytesbury split away from the East and West Ridings of the Shire of Hampden, to become a shire in its own right. On 6 May 1919, parts of its area split away to join parts of the Shires of Colac and Winchelsea, to form the Shire of Otway. Otway annexed a small part of Heytesbury in 1969.[2]
On 23 September 1994, the Shire of Heytesbury was abolished, and along with the Town of Camperdown, the Shire of Hampden, and parts of the Shires of Colac, Mortlake and the area around Princetown, on the Great Ocean Road, was merged into the newly created Shire of Corangamite. A small part in the shire's east was transferred to the newly created Shire of Colac Otway.[3]
Wards
The Shire of Heytesbury was divided into three ridings, each of which elected three councillors:
- East Riding
- West Riding
- South Riding
Towns and localities
- Bostocks Creek
- Brucknell
- Bungador
- Carpendeit
- Cobden*
- Cobrico
- Cowleys Creek
- Curdies River
- Curdievale
- Dixie
- Ecklin South
- Elingamite
- Glenfyne
- Jancourt
- Koallah
- Lower Heytesbury
- Newfield
- Pomborneit
- Port Campbell
- Scotts Creek
- Simpson
- Stoneyford
- Tandarook
- Tesbury
- Timboon
* Council seat.
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
- ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office (1994). Victorian Year Book. pp. 49–52. ISSN 0067-1223.
- ↑ Victorian Municipal Directory. Brunswick: Arnall & Jackson. 1992. p. 701. Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.
- ↑ 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. 5. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved 5 January 2008.
External links
- Interactive map of Victorian local government areas (pre-1994 vs present) - Victorian Government - Digital Twin Victoria
- Victorian Places - Heytesbury Shire
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