The Shire of Ballan was a local government area about 75 kilometres (47 mi) west of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 919.45 square kilometres (355.0 sq mi), and existed from 1862 until 1994.
| Shire of Ballan Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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 Location in Victoria | |||||||||||||||
| Population | 4,900 (1992)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 5.33/km2 (13.80/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1862 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 919.45 km2 (355.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Ballan | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Grampians | ||||||||||||||
| County | Bourke, Grant, Talbot | ||||||||||||||
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History
editBallan was first incorporated as a road district on 14 October 1862, and became a shire on 2 November 1864. On 9 October 1921, parts of the shire were annexed to the Shire of Kyneton.[2]
On 15 December 1994, the Shire of Ballan was abolished, and along with the Shire of Bacchus Marsh, was merged into the Shire of Moorabool, which was created earlier in May 1994 after the merger of the Shire of Bungaree and parts of the Shire of Buninyong.[3]
Wards
editThe Shire of Ballan was divided into four ridings, each of which elected three councillors:
- East Riding
- Central Riding
- West Riding
- South Riding
Towns and localities
edit- Ballan*
- Blackwood
- Blakeville
- Bunding
- Fiskville
- Gordon
- Greendale
- Ingliston
- Morrisons
- Mount Egerton
- Mount Wallace
* Council seat.
Population
edit| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1954 | 2,752 |
| 1958 | 2,830* |
| 1961 | 2,440 |
| 1966 | 2,349 |
| 1971 | 2,163 |
| 1976 | 2,206 |
| 1981 | 2,624 |
| 1986 | 3,338 |
| 1991 | 4,654 |
* 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. 581–582. 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 (PDF). Commonwealth of Australia. p. 9. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved 5 January 2008.