Shire of Belfast

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of Belfast
state = vic
region =
area = 5190
est = 1853
seat = Port Fairy
pop = 1470 (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 = Villiers, Normanby
near-nw = Heywood
near-n = Minhamite
near-ne = Warrnambool
near-w = "Southern Ocean"
near-e = Warrnambool
near-sw = "Southern Ocean"
near-s = "Southern Ocean"
near-se = "Southern Ocean"
_noautocat = yes

The Shire of Belfast was a Local Government Area located about convert|290|km|mi|0 west-southwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of convert|5190|km2|sqmi|1, and existed from 1853 until 1994.

History

Belfast was first incorporated as a district on 29 June 1853, and became a shire on 8 December 1863.cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=598-599 Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.]

On 23 September 1994, the Shire was abolished, and merged with Borough of Port Fairy, Tower Hill Reserve, the Shire of Minhamite, most of Warrnambool and Mortlake and parts of Dundas and Mount Rouse into the Shire of Moyne. [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=10|isbn=0-642-23117-6|accessdate=2008-01-05]

Wards

Belfast was divided into three ridings, each of which elected three councillors:
* Kirkstall Riding
* Moyne Riding
* Yambuk Riding

Towns and Localities

* Codrington
* Crossley
* Killarney
* Kirkstall
* Rosebrook
* St Helens
* Toolong
* Tyrendarra
* Yambuk

Population

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References