Shire of Newham and Woodend

The Shire of Newham and Woodend was a local government area about 70 kilometres (43 mi) northwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 246.05 square kilometres (95.0 sq mi), and existed from 1861 until 1995.

Shire of Newham & Woodend
Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population5,560 (1992)[1]
 • Density22.597/km2 (58.53/sq mi)
Established1861
Area246.05 km2 (95.0 sq mi)
Council seatWoodend
CountyBourke, Dalhousie
LGAs around Shire of Newham & Woodend:
Kyneton Kyneton Pyalong
Kyneton Shire of Newham & Woodend Romsey
Bacchus Marsh Gisborne Romsey

History

The Woodend, Newham and Rochford Road District was incorporated on 3 December 1861 and became the Shire of Newham on 6 April 1871. Following its union with the Borough of Woodend on 11 January 1905, it became the Shire of Newham & Woodend.[2]

On 19 January 1995, the Shire was abolished, and merged with the Shires of Gisborne, Kyneton and Romsey into the Shire of Macedon Ranges.[3]

Wards

Newham & Woodend was divided into three ridings on 7 May 1953, each of which elected three councillors:

  • Campaspe Riding
  • Newham Riding
  • Woodend Riding

Towns and localities
Former Council chambers in Woodend

Population
Year Population
19542,058
19582,150*
19612,102
19661,995
19712,092
19762,394
19813,404
19864,346
19915,238

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office (1994). Victorian Year Book. p. 52. ISSN 0067-1223.
  2. Victorian Municipal Directory. Brunswick: Arnall & Jackson. 1992. pp. 786–787. 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. 8. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved 5 January 2008.

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