Shire of Phillip Island

The Shire of Phillip Island was a local government area in Western Port about 120 kilometres (75 mi) south of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 101.05 square kilometres (39.0 sq mi), and existed from 1928 until 1994.

Shire of Phillip Island
Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population5,330 (1992)[1]
 • Density52.75/km2 (136.61/sq mi)
Established1928
Area101.05 km2 (39.0 sq mi)
Council seatCowes
CountyMornington
LGAs around Shire of Phillip Island:
Western Port French Island (uninc.) Western Port
Western Port Shire of Phillip Island Bass
Bass Strait Bass Strait Bass Strait

History

Phillip Island was initially incorporated as part of the Phillip Island Road District on 8 September 1871, which was, however, based on the mainland. This district became the Shire of Phillip Island and Woolamai on 24 December 1874. A severance movement was successful in creating a separate Shire of Phillip Island on 18 September 1928, with the remainder ultimately becoming the Shire of Bass.[2]

On 2 December 1994, the Shire of Phillip Island was abolished, and, along with the Borough of Wonthaggi and the Shire of Bass and parts of the City of Cranbourne and the Shires of Korumburra and Woorayl, was merged into the newly created Bass Coast Shire.[3]

The Shire of Phillip Island had 9 councillors, each of whom represented the entire shire.

Towns and localities

Population
Year Population
19541,231
19581,580*
19611,241
19661,413
19711,711
19762,273
19812,832
19864,101
19914,994

* 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. 592–593, 809–810. 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. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved 5 January 2008.

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