Rural City of Bellarine

Rural City of Bellarine
Rural City of Bellarine; Victoria
	Location in Victoria
Population	44,180 (1992)[1]
• Density	133.161/km2 (344.88/sq mi)
Established	1853
Area	331.78 km2 (128.1 sq mi)
Council seat	Drysdale
County	Grant
	LGAs around Rural City of Bellarine:

The Rural City of Bellarine was a local government area southeast of the regional city of Geelong, Victoria, Australia, covering most of the Bellarine Peninsula. The Rural City covered an area of 331.78 square kilometres (128.1 sq mi), and existed from 1853 until 1993.

History

Bellarine was first incorporated as the Portarlington Road District on 12 December 1853, and became a shire on 26 September 1865. On 12 December 1989, Bellarine was proclaimed a Rural City.[2]

On 18 May 1993, the Rural City of Bellarine was abolished, and, along with the Cities of Geelong, Geelong West and Newtown, the Shire of Corio and parts of the City of South Barwon and the Shires of Barrabool and Bannockburn, was merged into the newly created City of Greater Geelong.

Wards

The Rural City of Bellarine was divided into three ridings, each of which elected three councillors:

Bellarine Riding
Paywit Riding
Moolap Riding

Towns and localities

Bellarine
Clifton Springs
Curlewis
Drysdale (including the neighbourhood of Murradoc)
Indented Head
Leopold
Mannerim
Marcus Hill
Moolap (including the neighbourhood of Point Henry)
Newcomb
Ocean Grove
Point Lonsdale (shared with the Borough of Queenscliffe)
Portarlington
St Leonards
Swan Bay
Wallington (including the neighbourhood of Fenwick)
Whittington

Population

Year	Population
1954	7,015
1958	9,270*
1961	10,127
1966	14,529
1971	18,791
1976	24,495
1981	30,014
1986	35,302
1991	41,130

* Estimate in 1958 Victorian Year Book.

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References

Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office (1994). Victorian Year Book. pp. 49–52. ISSN 0067-1223.
Victorian Municipal Directory. Brunswick: Arnall & Jackson. 1992. pp. 299–300. Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.

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[1] Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office (1994). Victorian Year Book. pp. 49–52. ISSN 0067-1223.

[vmd-2] Victorian Municipal Directory. Brunswick: Arnall & Jackson. 1992. pp. 299–300. Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.