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.

Rural City of Bellarine
Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population44,180 (1992)[1]
 • Density133.161/km2 (344.88/sq mi)
Established1853
Area331.78 km2 (128.1 sq mi)
Council seatDrysdale
CountyGrant
LGAs around Rural City of Bellarine:
Geelong Corio Bay Port Phillip
South Barwon Rural City of Bellarine Queenscliffe
South Barwon Bass Strait Bass Strait

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

Population
Year Population
19547,015
19589,270*
196110,127
196614,529
197118,791
197624,495
198130,014
198635,302
199141,130

* Estimate in 1958 Victorian Year Book.

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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. 299–300. Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.
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