Shire of Creswick

Shire of Creswick
Shire of Creswick; Victoria
	Location in Victoria
	Former town hall at Creswick
Population	4,870 (1992)[1]
• Density	8.828/km2 (22.864/sq mi)
Established	1859
Area	551.66 km2 (213.0 sq mi)
Council seat	Creswick
County	Talbot
	LGAs around Shire of Creswick:

The Shire of Creswick was a local government area about 120 kilometres (75 mi) west-northwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 551.66 square kilometres (213.0 sq mi), and existed from 1859 until 1995.

History

Creswick was first incorporated as a road district on 11 January 1859, and became a shire on 31 December 1863. The Borough of Creswick, incorporated on 19 November 1858 with an area of 19.26 square kilometres (4,759 acres), was united with the shire on 29 May 1934.[2]

On 20 January 1995, the Shire of Creswick was abolished, and, along with the Shire of Daylesford and Glenlyon and parts of the Shires of Kyneton and Talbot and Clunes, was merged into the newly created Shire of Hepburn.[3]

Wards

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

Creswick Riding
North Creswick Riding
Northeast Riding
South Riding

Towns and localities

Allendale
Broomfield
Blampied
Cabbage Tree
Campbelltown
Creswick
Creswick North
Dean
Glengower
Kangaroo Hills
Kingston
Kooroocheang
Lawrence
Mollongghip
Moorookyle
Mount Prospect
Newlyn
Rockyn
Smeaton
Springmount
Ullina
Wattle Flat

Population

Year	Population
1954	3,554
1958	3,690*
1961	3,587
1966	3,540
1971	3,414
1976	3,923
1981	3,943
1986	4,482
1991	4,836

* Estimate in 1958 Victorian Year Book.

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. 642–643. 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. 7. 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. 642–643. 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. 7. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved 5 January 2008.