Shire of Stawell

Shire of Stawell
Shire of Stawell; Victoria
	Location in Victoria
Population	2,620 (1992)[1]
• Density	1.0054/km2 (2.604/sq mi)
Established	1861
Area	2,606 km2 (1,006.2 sq mi)
Council seat	Stawell
County	Borung, Kara Kara
	LGAs around Shire of Stawell:

The Shire of Stawell was a local government area about 230 kilometres (143 mi) west-northwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 2,606 square kilometres (1,006.2 sq mi), and existed from 1861 until 1995.

Stawell itself was managed by a separate entity; the City of Stawell.

History

Stawell was first incorporated as a road district on 29 January 1861, and became a shire on 30 December 1864. On 26 October 1926, it annexed part of the North Riding of the Shire of Ararat.[2]

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

Wards

The Shire of Stawell was divided into four ridings, each of which elected three councillors:

North Riding
East Riding
West Riding
North-East Riding

Towns and localities

Armstrong
Bellfield
Callawadda
Campbells Bridge
Deep Lead
Concongella
Glenorchy
Great Western
Greens Creek
Halls Gap
Illawarra
Kanya
Lake Fyans
Landsborough
Ledcourt
Marnoo
Wallaloo

Population

Year	Population
1954	2,286
1958	2,370*
1961	2,193
1966	2,355
1971	2,034
1976	2,050#
1981	2,375
1986	2,552
1991	2,754

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.
# 1981 census says 2,306 for 1976.

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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. 840–841. Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.
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. 4,10. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved 5 January 2008.

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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. 840–841. 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. 4,10. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved 5 January 2008.