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.
| Shire of Barrabool Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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 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 | Torquay | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Barwon South West | ||||||||||||||
| County | Grant | ||||||||||||||
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History
editBarrabool 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
editThe 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
edit- 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
edit| 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
edit- ^ 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.