Shire of Gisborne

The Shire of Gisborne was a now-defunct local government area northwest of Melbourne until its abolition in 1995, when the Shire of Macedon Ranges was created from the merging of the Shires of Gisborne, Newham and Woodend, Romsey, and parts of the Shire of Kyneton.

Shire of Gisborne
Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population10,330 (1992)[1]
 • Density37.275/km2 (96.54/sq mi)
Established1860
Area277.13 km2 (107.0 sq mi)
Council seatGisborne
CountyBourke
LGAs around Shire of Gisborne:
Newham and Woodend Newham and Woodend Romsey
Bacchus Marsh Shire of Gisborne Romsey
Bacchus Marsh Melton Bulla

History

Gisborne was first incorporated as a road district on 9 November 1860, and became a shire on 24 February 1871.[2]

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

Wards

The Shire of Gisborne was divided into three ridings on 30 August 1961, each of which elected three councillors:

  • Gisborne Riding
  • Bullengarook Riding
  • Macedon Riding

Population
Year Population
19542,122
19582,230*
19612,159
19662,319
19712,917
19764,911
19817,074
19868,474
19919,765

* 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. 679–680. 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.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.