City of Stawell

The City of Stawell was a local government area about 230 kilometres (143 mi) west-northwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of 23.73 square kilometres (9.2 sq mi), and existed from 1869 until 1994. Its area was surrounded by the separate and largely rural Shire of Stawell.

City of Stawell
Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population6,640 (1992)[1]
 • Density279.81/km2 (724.7/sq mi)
Established1869
Area23.73 km2 (9.2 sq mi)
Council seatStawell
CountyBorung

History

Stawell was incorporated as a borough on 12 November 1869, and became a town on 18 September 1957. It was proclaimed a city on 12 November 1989.[2]

On 20 January 1995, the City was abolished, and merged with the Town of St Arnaud, most of the Shires of Stawell and Kara Kara, the Grampians National Park within the Shire of Wimmera and parts of the Shires of Ararat, Avoca, Donald and Dunmunkle into the Shire of Northern Grampians.[3]

The City of Stawell was at one stage divided into wards, but they were abolished on 27 January 1965 and the 12 councillors represented the entire area.

Population
Year Population
19545,463
19585,810*
19615,506
19665,904
19715,800
19765,830
19816,160
19866,252
19916,339

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

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See also

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. p. 495. 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. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved 5 January 2008.

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