Shire of Bacchus Marsh
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| Shire of Bacchus Marsh Victoria |
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 Location in Victoria |
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| Population: | 12,590 (1992)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Established: | 1862 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 565 km² (218.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Council Seat: | Bacchus Marsh | ||||||||||||
| County: | Bourke, Grant | ||||||||||||
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The Shire of Bacchus Marsh was a Local Government Area located about 50 kilometres (31 mi) west of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 565 square kilometres (218.1 sq mi), and existed from 1862 until 1994.
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[edit] History
Bacchus Marsh was first incorporated as a district on 14 October 1862, and became a shire on 23 January 1871. On 15 March 1911 it annexed part of the Lara riding of the Shire of Corio, and on 5 February 1921 part of the Shire was annexed to Shire of Kyneton.[2]
On 15 December 1994, the Shire was abolished, and merged with the Shire of Ballan into the Shire of Moorabool, which had earlier that year been created by merging the Bungaree and parts of Buninyong.[3]
[edit] Wards
Bacchus Marsh was divided into four ridings on 1975, each of which elected three councillors:
- Bacchus Riding
- Coimadai Riding
- Parwan Riding
- Pentland Riding
[edit] Towns and Localities
- Bacchus Marsh
- Balliang
- Coimadai
- Darley
- Hopetoun Park
- Korobeit
- Maddingley
- Myrniong
- Parwan
- Rowsley
[edit] Population
| Year | Population |
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| 1954 | 3,972 |
| 1958 | 4,290* |
| 1961 | 4,411 |
| 1966 | 4,690 |
| 1971 | 5,083 |
| 1976 | 6,052 |
| 1981 | 7,513 |
| 1986 | 9,342 |
| 1991 | 11,854 |
* Estimate in 1958 Victorian Year Book.
[edit] References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office (1994). Victorian Year Book, 49-52. ISSN 0067-1223.
- ^ (1992) Victorian Municipal Directory. Brunswick: Arnall & Jackson, 576. 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, 9. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved on 2008-01-05.
