Shire of Lexton

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of Lexton
state = vic
region =
area = 821.03
est = 1860
seat = Lexton
pop = 1380 (1992) [cite book|title=Victorian Year Book|author=Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office|year=1994|page=49-52|id=ISSN 0067-1223]

logosize =


caption = Location in Victoria
county = Gladstone, Kara Kara, Ripon, Talbot
near-nw = Avoca
near-n = Avoca
near-ne = Talbot & Clunes
near-w = Ararat
near-e = Ballarat
near-sw = Ripon
near-s = Ripon
near-se = Ballarat
_noautocat = yes

The Shire of Lexton was a Local Government Area located about convert|150|km|mi|0 northwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of convert|821.03|km2|sqmi|1, and existed from 1860 until 1994.

History

Lexton was first incorporated as a district on 17 February 1860, and became a shire on 30 June 1864. In January 1941, it annexed part of the Shire of Avoca.cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=738-739 Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.]

On 23 September 1994, the Shire was abolished, and merged with Shire of Ripon and most of Shire of Avoca into the Shire of Pyrenees. [cite book|url=http://www.ausstats.abs.gov.au/ausstats/free.nsf/0/76E601D6DB55E88ACA25722500049195/$File/12570_1994-95.pdf|title=Victorian local government amalgamations 1994-1995: Changes to the Australian Standard Geographical Classification|author=Australian Bureau of Statistics|date=1 August 1995|publisher=Commonwealth of Australia|page=11|isbn=0-642-23117-6|accessdate=2008-01-05]

Wards

Lexton was divided into three ridings on 1 April 1988, each of which elected three councillors:
* North Riding
* South Riding
* West Riding

Towns and Localities

* Lexton
* Amphitheatre
* Burnbank
* Evansford
* Glenbrae
* Glenlogie
* Glenpatrick
* Langi Kal Kal
* Mount Lonarch
* Nowhere Creek
* Trawalla
* Waterloo
* Waubra

Population

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References