Shire_of_Mortlake

Shire of Mortlake

Shire of Mortlake

Local government area in Victoria, Australia

The Shire of Mortlake was a local government area about 220 kilometres (137 mi) west of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 2,137 square kilometres (825.1 sq mi), and existed from 1860 until 1994.

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History

Mortlake was incorporated as a road district on 20 July 1860, and became a shire on 26 January 1864.[2]

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

Wards

The Shire of Mortlake was divided into four ridings on 7 June 1978, each of which elected three councillors:

  • Ballangeich Riding
  • Darlington Riding
  • Mortlake Riding
  • Woorndoo Riding

Towns and localities

* Council seat.

Population

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* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References

  1. [1]
    Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office (1994). Victorian Year Book. pp. 49–52. ISSN 0067-1223.
  2. [2]
    Victorian Municipal Directory. Brunswick: Arnall & Jackson. 1992. pp. 772–773. Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.
  3. [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. 5,10. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved 5 January 2008.

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