Shire of Lillydale
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| Shire of Lillydale Victoria |
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 Location in Victoria |
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| Population: | 83,400 (1992)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Established: | 1856 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 397.49 km² (153.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Council Seat: | Lilydale | ||||||||||||
| Region: | E/NE Melbourne | ||||||||||||
| County: | Evelyn, Mornington | ||||||||||||
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The Shire of Lillydale (note spelling difference from the suburb of Lilydale) was a Local Government Area located about 40 kilometres (25 mi) northeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 397.49 square kilometres (153.5 sq mi), and existed from 1856 until 1994.
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[edit] History
The Lillydale Roads District was first created on 19 September 1856 and became a Shire on 16 February 1872. It lost its southwestern sections when Ringwood Borough (22 October 1924) and Shire of Croydon (24 May 1961) severed from it and incorporated separately.[2]
On 15 December 1994, the Shire was abolished and merged with most of the Shire of Sherbrooke and all of the Shires of Healesville and Upper Yarra to form the Shire of Yarra Ranges.[3]
Council formerly met at the Shire Offices in Lilydale.
[edit] Wards
The shire was divided into four ridings on 31 May 1988, each of which elected three councillors:
- North Riding
- East Riding
- South Riding
- West Riding
[edit] Suburbs and Localities
- Chirnside Park
- Coldstream
- Gruyere
- Kalorama
- Kilsyth (split with City of Croydon)
- Kilsyth South
- Lilydale
- Monbulk (split with Shire of Sherbrooke)
- Montrose
- Mooroolbark
- Mount Dandenong
- Mount Evelyn
- Olinda (split with Shire of Sherbrooke)
- Seville
- Silvan
- Wandin East
- Wandin North
- Warrandyte South (split with Doncaster & Templestowe)
- Wonga Park
- Yering
[edit] Population
| Year | Population |
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| 1911 | 6,329 |
| 1947 | 13,809 |
| 1954 | 21,107 |
| 1958 | 26,990* |
| 1961 | 18,284+ |
| 1966 | 24,467 |
| 1971 | 36,162 |
| 1976 | 50,858 |
| 1981 | 62,077 |
| 1986 | 71,564 |
| 1991 | 78,475 |
* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.
+ Croydon severed in 1961 - combined population for 1961 is 33,978.
[edit] References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office (1994). Victorian Year Book, 49. ISSN 0067-1223.
- ^ (1992) Victorian Municipal Directory. Brunswick: Arnall & Jackson, 740-741. 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. Commonwealth of Australia, 23. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved on 2007-12-16.
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