Shire of Corio

Shire of Corio
Victoria

Location in Victoria

Population

57,720 (1992)^[1]

• Density

81.912/km² (212.151/sq mi)

Established

1861

Area

704.66 km² (272.1 sq mi)

Council seat

Geelong North

County

Grant

LGAs around Shire of Corio:
Ballan	Bacchus Marsh	Werribee
Bannockburn	Shire of Corio	Werribee
Bannockburn	Geelong	Corio Bay

The Shire of Corio was a local government area located between Geelong and Werribee, about 60 kilometres (37 mi) southwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire, which included all of Geelong's northern suburbs, covered an area of 704.66 square kilometres (272.1 sq mi), and existed from 1861 until 1993.

History

Corio was first incorporated as a road district on 3 April 1861, and became a shire on 21 June 1864. Part of the Lara Riding was lost to the Shire of Bacchus Marsh on 15 March 1911, but the same riding gained part of the Shire of Bannockburn on 31 May 1916. The Moorpanyal Riding was transferred to the City of Geelong West on 9 December 1926, becoming its West Ward.^[2]

On 18 May 1993, the Shire of Corio was abolished, and, along with the Cities of Geelong, Geelong West and Newtown, the Rural City of Bellarine and parts of the City of South Barwon and the Shires of Barrabool and Bannockburn, was merged into the newly created City of Greater Geelong.

Wards

The Shire of Corio was divided into four ridings, each of which elected three councillors:

Flinders Riding
Hovell Riding
Hume Riding
Peak Riding

Towns and localities

Urban Geelong

Rural

Population

Year	Population
1954	15,808
1958	22,590*
1961	29,450
1966	36,226
1971	40,544
1976	46,832
1981	50,840
1986	53,085
1991	55,659

* Estimate in 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References

↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office (1994). Victorian Year Book. pp. 49–52. ISSN 0067-1223.
↑ Victorian Municipal Directory. Brunswick: Arnall & Jackson. 1992. pp. 636–637. Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.

Former local government areas in regional Victoria

Cities, towns and boroughs	Ararat Bairnsdale Ballaarat Benalla Bendigo Camperdown (T) Castlemaine Colac Eaglehawk (B) Echuca Geelong Geelong West Hamilton Horsham Kerang (B) Koroit (B) Kyabram (T) Maryborough Mildura Moe Morwell Newtown Port Fairy (B) Portland Queenscliffe (B) St Arnaud (T) Sale Sebastopol (B) Shepparton South Barwon Stawell Swan Hill Traralgon Wangaratta Warrnambool Wonthaggi (B)

Shires and rural cities	Alberton Alexandra Arapiles Ararat Avoca Avon Bacchus Marsh Bairnsdale Ballan Ballarat Bannockburn Barrabool Bass Beechworth Belfast Bellarine (RC) Benalla Bet Bet Birchip Bright Broadford Buln Buln Bungaree Buninyong Charlton Chiltern Cobram Cohuna Colac Corio Creswick Daylesford and Glenlyon Deakin Dimboola Donald Dundas Dunmunkle East Loddon Euroa Gisborne Glenelg Gordon Goulburn Grenville Hampden Heytesbury Heywood Huntly Kaniva Kara Kara Karkarooc Kerang Kilmore Korong Korumburra Kowree Kyneton Leigh Lexton Lowan McIvor Maffra Maldon Mansfield Marong (RC) Metcalfe Mildura Minhamite Mirboo Mortlake Mount Rouse Myrtleford Narracan Nathalia Newham and Woodend Newstead Numurkah Omeo Orbost Otway Oxley Phillip Island Pyalong Ripon Rochester Rodney Romsey Rosedale Rutherglen Seymour (RC) Shepparton South Gippsland Stawell Strathfieldsaye Swan Hill Talbot and Clunes Tallangatta Tambo Traralgon Tullaroop Tungamah Upper Murray Upper Yarra Violet Town Walpeup Wangaratta Wannon Waranga Warracknabeal Warragul (RC) Warrnambool Wimmera Winchelsea Wodonga (RC) Woorayl Wycheproof Yackandandah Yarrawonga Yea

Coordinates: 38°04′S 144°21′E / 38.067°S 144.350°E / -38.067; 144.350

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