Shire of Bungaree

The Shire of Bungaree was a local government area northeast of the regional city of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 228 square kilometres (88.0 sq mi), and existed from 1863 until 1994.

Shire of Bungaree Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population	4,900 (1992)[1]
• Density	21.49/km^2 (55.7/sq mi)
Established	1863
Area	228 km^2 (88.0 sq mi)
Council seat	Leigh Creek
County	Grant, Talbot, Grenville, Ripon
LGAs around Shire of Bungaree: Ballarat Creswick Daylesford and Glenlyon Ballarat Shire of Bungaree Ballan Ballaarat Buninyong Ballan

History

Bungaree was first incorporated as a road district on 16 January 1863, and became a shire on 27 January 1871. The shire was originally divided into three ridings in August 1879, but after it lost a small section to the City of Ballaarat on 31 March 1930, it was redivided into two ridings. All divisions were abolished on 6 August 1988, and the council, from then until its dissolution, had nine councillors.[2]

On 6 May 1994, the Shire of Bungaree was abolished, and, along with the Shires of Bacchus Marsh, Ballan and parts of the Shire of Buninyong, was merged into the newly created Shire of Moorabool.

Towns and localities

• Brown Hill
• Bullarook
• Bungaree
• Chapel Flat
• Claretown
• Clarkes Hill
• Glen Park
• Gong Gong
• Invermay
• Leigh Creek
• Nerrina
• Pootilla
• Wallace

Population

Year	Population
1954	1,966
1958	2,090*
1961	2,049
1966	2,206
1971	2,514
1976	3,130
1981	3,690
1986	4,087
1991	4,573

* Estimate in 1958 Victorian Year Book.

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. 620–621. Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.