Shire of Ballarat

The Shire of Ballarat was a local government area immediately to the northwest and west of the regional city of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 481.74 square kilometres (186.0 sq mi), and existed from 1856 until 1994.

Shire of Ballarat
Victoria
Location in Victoria
Historic shire office at Learmonth
Population19,530 (1992)[1]
 • Density40.541/km2 (105.000/sq mi)
Established1856
Area481.74 km2 (186.0 sq mi)
Council seatWendouree
CountyRipon, Talbot, Grenville
LGAs around Shire of Ballarat:
Lexton Talbot and Clunes Creswick
Lexton Shire of Ballarat Bungaree
Ripon Grenville Ballaarat

History

Ballarat was first incorporated as a road district on 7 October 1856, and became a shire on 24 November 1863.[2]

On 6 May 1994, the Shire of Ballarat was abolished, and, along with the City of Ballaarat, the Borough of Sebastopol and parts of the Shires of Bungaree, Buninyong, Grenville and Ripon, was merged into the newly created City of Ballarat.[3]

Wards

The Shire of Ballarat was divided into four ridings on 11 November 1952, each of which elected three councillors:

  • Alfredton Riding
  • Central Riding
  • Rural Riding
  • Showgrounds Riding

Towns and localities

Population
Year Population
19546,145
19587,970*
196110,102
196612,254
197114,405
197617,037
198118,845
198619,110
199118,802

* 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. p. 584. 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. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved 5 January 2008.

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