Shire of Barrabool

Coordinates: 38°20′S 144°19′E / 38.333°S 144.317°E

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Shire of Barrabool
Victoria

Location in Victoria

Population

10,470 (1992)^[1]

• Density

18.203/km² (47.146/sq mi)

Established

1853

Area

575.18 km² (222.1 sq mi)

Council seat

LGAs around Shire of Barrabool:
Bannockburn	Bannockburn	Newtown
Winchelsea	Shire of Barrabool	South Barwon
Winchelsea	South Barwon	Bass Strait

The Shire of Barrabool was a local government area about 100 kilometres (62 mi) southwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 575.18 square kilometres (222.1 sq mi), and existed from 1853 until 1994.

History

Barrabool was incorporated as the second road district in the colony on 28 December 1853, and became a shire on 13 June 1865. On 31 May 1927, it annexed parts of the Shire of Winchelsea. Its shire offices were located on Grossmans Road, near the Surf Coast Highway in Torquay, although almost all of Torquay was within the City of South Barwon.^[2]

On 18 May 1993, parts of the shire were annexed to the newly created City of Greater Geelong, under then Premier Jeff Kennett.^[3] On 9 March 1994, the Shire of Barrabool was abolished, and along with the remainder of the City of South Barwon and parts of the Shire of Winchelsea, was merged into the newly created Surf Coast Shire.

Wards

The Shire of Barrabool was divided into three ridings on 26 February 1958, each of which elected three councillors:

Jan Juc Riding
Coast Riding
Moriac Riding

Towns and localities

Aireys Inlet
Anglesea
Barrabool
Bellbrae
Buckley
Ceres
Eastern View
Fairhaven
Freshwater Creek
Gnarwarre
Jan Juc
Modewarre
Moriac
Mount Moriac
Paraparap
Torquay* (shared with the City of South Barwon)
Wandana Heights
Waurn Ponds

* Council seat.

Population

Year	Population
1954	1,917
1958	2,740*
1961	2,344
1966	2,903
1971	3,471
1976	4,821
1981	5,723
1986	7,185
1991	9,904

* 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. 590–591. Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.
^ Murphy, Noel (18 April 2013). "20 years on, ex-mayors say: Mergers 'good' for city growth". Geelong Independent. Retrieved 28 January 2015.

External links

Victorian Places - Barrabool and Barrabool Shire

Former local government areas in regional Victoria

Cities, towns
and boroughs

Shires and
rural cities

38°20′S 144°19′E / 38.333°S 144.317°E / -38.333; 144.317

Category:

Former local government areas of Victoria (state)

Hidden categories: