Shire of Newham and Woodend

Shire of Newham & Woodend
Victoria

Location in Victoria
Population 5,560 (1992)[1]
 • Density 22.597/km2 (58.53/sq mi)
Established 1861
Area 246.05 km2 (95.0 sq mi)
Council seat Woodend
County Bourke, Dalhousie
LGAs around Shire of Newham & Woodend:
Kyneton Kyneton Pyalong
Kyneton Shire of Newham & Woodend Romsey
Bacchus Marsh Gisborne Romsey

The Shire of Newham and Woodend was a local government area about 70 kilometres (43 mi) northwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 246.05 square kilometres (95.0 sq mi), and existed from 1861 until 1995.

History

The Woodend, Newham and Rochford Road District was incorporated on 3 December 1861 and became the Shire of Newham on 6 April 1871. Following its union with the Borough of Woodend on 11 January 1905, it became the Shire of Newham & Woodend.[2]

On 19 January 1995, the Shire was abolished, and merged with the Shires of Gisborne, Kyneton and Romsey into the Shire of Macedon Ranges.[3]

Wards

Newham & Woodend was divided into three ridings on 7 May 1953, each of which elected three councillors:

Towns and localities

Former Council chambers in Woodend

Population

Year Population
1954 2,058
1958 2,150*
1961 2,102
1966 1,995
1971 2,092
1976 2,394
1981 3,404
1986 4,346
1991 5,238

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office (1994). Victorian Year Book. p. 52. ISSN 0067-1223.
  2. ↑ Victorian Municipal Directory. Brunswick: Arnall & Jackson. 1992. pp. 786–787. Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.
  3. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (1 August 1995). Victorian local government amalgamations 1994-1995: Changes to the Australian Standard Geographical Classification (PDF). Commonwealth of Australia. p. 8. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved 2008-01-05.

Coordinates: 37°22′S 144°32′E / 37.367°S 144.533°E / -37.367; 144.533

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