Shire of Leigh
Shire of Leigh Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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Population | 2,340 (1992)[1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 2.383/km2 (6.172/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Established | 1861 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 982 km2 (379.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Council seat | Rokewood | ||||||||||||||
Region | Grampians | ||||||||||||||
County | Grant, Grenville | ||||||||||||||
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The Shire of Leigh was a local government area about 140 kilometres (87 mi) west of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 982 square kilometres (379.2 sq mi), and existed from 1861 until 1994.
History
Leigh Shire was first incorporated as the Shelford Road District in 1861, and was renamed Leigh at the time of its redesignation as a shire on 22 March 1864.[2]
On 6 May 1994, the Shire of Leigh was abolished, and along with the Shires of Bannockburn and Grenville, and parts of the Shire of Buninyong, was merged into the newly created Golden Plains Shire.
Wards
The Shire of Leigh was divided into three ridings in May 1965, each of which elected three councillors:
- East Riding
- Middle Riding
- West Riding
Towns and localities
* Council seat.
Population
Year | Population |
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1954 | 1,096 |
1958 | 1,370* |
1961 | 1,460 |
1966 | 1,403 |
1971 | 1,177 |
1976 | 1,184 |
1981 | 1,285 |
1986 | 1,791 |
1991 | 2,226 |
* 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. 736–737. Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.
External links
- Victorian Places - Leigh Shire
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and boroughs
- Ararat
- Bairnsdale
- Ballaarat
- Benalla
- Bendigo
- Camperdown (T)
- Castlemaine
- Colac
- Eaglehawk (B)
- Echuca
- Geelong
- Geelong West
- Hamilton
- Horsham
- Kerang (B)
- Koroit (B)
- Kyabram (T)
- Maryborough
- Mildura
- Moe
- Morwell
- Newtown
- Port Fairy (B)
- Portland
- Queenscliffe (B)
- St Arnaud (T)
- Sale
- Sebastopol (B)
- Shepparton
- South Barwon
- Stawell
- Swan Hill
- Traralgon
- Wangaratta
- Warrnambool
- Wonthaggi (B)
rural cities
- Alberton
- Alexandra
- Arapiles
- Ararat
- Avoca
- Avon
- Bacchus Marsh
- Bairnsdale
- Ballan
- Ballarat
- Bannockburn
- Barrabool
- Bass
- Beechworth
- Belfast
- Bellarine (RC)
- Benalla
- Bet Bet
- Birchip
- Bright
- Broadford
- Buln Buln
- Bungaree
- Buninyong
- Charlton
- Chiltern
- Cobram
- Cohuna
- Colac
- Corio
- Creswick
- Daylesford and Glenlyon
- Deakin
- Dimboola
- Donald
- Dundas
- Dunmunkle
- East Loddon
- Euroa
- Gisborne
- Glenelg
- Gordon
- Goulburn
- Grenville
- Hampden
- Heytesbury
- Heywood
- Huntly
- Kaniva
- Kara Kara
- Karkarooc
- Kerang
- Kilmore
- Korong
- Korumburra
- Kowree
- Kyneton
- Leigh
- Lexton
- Lowan
- McIvor
- Maffra
- Maldon
- Mansfield
- Marong (RC)
- Metcalfe
- Mildura
- Minhamite
- Mirboo
- Mortlake
- Mount Rouse
- Myrtleford
- Narracan
- Nathalia
- Newham and Woodend
- Newstead
- Numurkah
- Omeo
- Orbost
- Otway
- Oxley
- Phillip Island
- Pyalong
- Ripon
- Rochester
- Rodney
- Romsey
- Rosedale
- Rutherglen
- Seymour (RC)
- Shepparton
- South Gippsland
- Stawell
- Strathfieldsaye
- Swan Hill
- Talbot and Clunes
- Tallangatta
- Tambo
- Traralgon
- Tullaroop
- Tungamah
- Upper Murray
- Upper Yarra
- Violet Town
- Walpeup
- Wangaratta
- Wannon
- Waranga
- Warracknabeal
- Warragul (RC)
- Warrnambool
- Wimmera
- Winchelsea
- Wodonga (RC)
- Woorayl
- Wycheproof
- Yackandandah
- Yarrawonga
- Yea
37°54′S 143°43′E / 37.900°S 143.717°E / -37.900; 143.717