Shire of Buln Buln

The Shire of Buln Buln was a local government area about 95 kilometres (59 mi) east-southeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 1,259 square kilometres (486.1 sq mi) and existed from 1878 until 1994.

Shire of Buln Buln
Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population11,960 (1992)[1]
 • Density9.500/km2 (24.604/sq mi)
Established1878
Area1,259 km2 (486.1 sq mi)
Council seatDrouin
CountyBuln Buln, Mornington
LGAs around Shire of Buln Buln:
Upper Yarra Upper Yarra Upper Yarra
Pakenham Shire of Buln Buln Narracan
Pakenham Korumburra Warragul

History

Buln Buln was first incorporated as a shire on 20 September 1878. Its eastern part split away on 9 December 1881 to form the Shire of Warragul (Warragul was proclaimed a Rural City in 1990), while its southern part split away on 29 May 1891 to form the Shire of Korumburra. Parts in its southwest, around the town of Lang Lang, were annexed to the Shire of Cranbourne on 21 March 1892 and 27 January 1893.[2]

A comprehensive history of the shire, Buln Buln, was written by Graeme Butler in 1979.[3]

On 2 December 1994, the Shire of Buln Buln was abolished, and, along with the Rural City of Warragul, the Shire of Narracan, and parts of the Shire of Upper Yarra, was merged into the newly created Shire of Baw Baw.[4]

Wards

The Shire of Buln Buln was divided into four ridings on 30 April 1958, each of which elected three councillors:

  • Neerim Riding
  • North Drouin Riding
  • South Drouin Riding
  • Longwarry Riding

Towns and localities

Population
Year Population
19548,015
19588,400*
19618,427
19668,668
19718,414
19768,361
19819,062
198610,210
199111,137

* Estimate in the 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. 616–618. Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.
  3. Butler, Graeme; Buln Buln (Vic. : Shire). Council (1979), Buln Buln: a history of the Buln Buln Shire, Shire of Buln Buln, ISBN 978-0-9595231-0-2
  4. 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. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved 5 January 2008.

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