Shire of Bannockburn

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of Bannockburn
state = vic
region =
area = 702.28
est = 1862
seat = Bannockburn
pop = 4,560 (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 = Grant, Grenville
near-nw = Buninyong
near-n = Ballan
near-ne = Ballan
near-w = Leigh
near-e = Corio
near-sw = Winchelsea
near-s = Barrabool
near-se = Geelong West
_noautocat = yes

The Shire of Bannockburn was a Local Government Area located about convert|85|km|mi|0 west-southwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of convert|702.28|km2|sqmi|1, and existed from 1862 until 1994.

History

Bannockburn was first incorporated as a district on 31 October 1862, and became a shire on 30 June 1864. On 15 September 1915, it annexed the Shire of Meredith, which had been created on 30 June 1863 and become a shire on 28 April 1871. Part of the shire's Steiglitz riding was severed and annexed to the Shire of Corio's Lara riding on 31 May 1916.cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=587-588 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 Leigh and part of Buninyong into the Golden Plains Shire.

Wards

Bannockburn was divided into four ridings , each of which elected three councillors:
* Bannockburn Riding
* Barwon Riding
* Meredith Riding
* Moorabool Riding

Towns and Localities

* Bamganie
* Bannockburn
* Batesford
* Durdidwarrah
* Fyansford
* Gheringhap
* Inverleigh
* Lethbridge
* Maude
* Meredith
* Murgheboluc
* Russells Bridge
* Sheoaks
* Steiglitz
* Stonehaven
* Sutherlands Creek
* Woodburn Creek

Population

* Estimate in 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References