Shire of Sherbrooke

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of Sherbrooke
state = vic
region = Outer Eastern Melbourne
area = 191.66
est = 1889
seat = Upwey
pop = 38,100 (1992) [cite book|title=Victorian Year Book|author=Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office|year=1994|page=49|id=ISSN 0067-1223]

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imagesize = 150
caption = Location in Victoria
county = Evelyn, Mornington
near-nw = Knox
near-n = Lillydale
near-ne = Upper Yarra
near-w = Knox
near-e = Upper Yarra
near-sw = Berwick
near-s = Berwick
near-se = Pakenham
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The Shire of Sherbrooke was a Local Government Area located about convert|40|km|mi|0 east of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of convert|191.66|km2|sqmi|1, and existed from 1889 until 1994.

History

Sherbrooke was originally the northwestern part of the Berwick Roads District, which was first incorporated on 24 October 1862 and became a Shire on 12 May 1868. On 23 May 1889, the Scoresby Riding of that Shire was severed and incorporated as the Shire of Fern Tree Gully. With increasing urbanisation in suburbs closer to Melbourne, Fern Tree Gully in turn splintered on 9 October 1963 to form the City of Knox and the Shire of Sherbrooke, which was named on 23 December 1964.cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=805-806, 832-833 Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.]

On 15 December 1994, the Shire was abolished and merged with the Shire of Lillydale and all of the Shires of Healesville and Upper Yarra to form the Shire of Yarra Ranges. The districts around Emerald merged with neighbouring Pakenham into the new Shire of Cardinia, while Upper Ferntree Gully and Lysterfield moved to the City of Knox. [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=23|isbn=0-642-23117-6|accessdate=2007-12-16]

Council formerly met at the Shire Offices in Upwey, near Belgrave.

Wards

The shire was divided into four ridings, each of which elected three councillors:
* Centre Riding
* East Riding
* Emerald Riding
* South Riding

uburbs and Localities

Population

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book. + Knox severed in 1963 - Sherbrooke population in 1961 was 16,306, and combined population for 1966 is 65,242.

References