Shire of Leigh

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of Leigh
state = vic
region =
area = 982
est = 1861
seat = Rokewood
pop = 2,340 (1992) [cite book|title=Victorian Year Book|author=Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office|year=1994|page=49-52|id=ISSN 0067-1223]

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caption = Location in Victoria
county = Grant, Grenville
near-nw = Grenville
near-n = Buninyong
near-ne = Buninyong
near-w = Grenville
near-e = Bannockburn
near-sw = Hampden
near-s = Colac
near-se = Winchelsea
_noautocat = yes

The Shire of Leigh was a Local Government Area located about convert|140|km|mi|0 west of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of convert|982|km2|sqmi|1, and existed from 1861 until 1994.

History

Leigh was first incorporated as a district on 27 August 1861, and became a shire on 22 March 1864.cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=736-737 Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.]

On 6 May 1994, the Shire was abolished, and merged with Shire of Grenville, Shire of Bannockburn and part of Buninyong into the Golden Plains Shire.

Wards

Leigh was divided into three ridings on May-65, each of which elected three councillors:
* East Riding
* Middle Riding
* West Riding

Towns and Localities

* Corindhap
* Dereel
* Doroq
* Hesse
* Mount Mercer
* Rokewood
* Shelford
* Teesdale
* Warrambeen
* Werneth
* Wingeel

Population

* Estimate in 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References