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City of Richmond
Victoria
Location in MelbournePopulation: 22,900 (1992)[1] Established: 1855 Area: 6.12 km² (2.4 sq mi) Council Seat: Richmond Region: Melbourne County: Bourke LGAs around City of Richmond: Collingwood Northcote Kew Melbourne City of Richmond Hawthorn Melbourne Prahran Malvern 
Final logo used by the City of Richmond
Richmond Town HallThe City of Richmond was a Local Government Area located about 2 kilometres (1 mi) east of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of 6.12 square kilometres (2.36 sq mi), and existed from 1855 until 1994.
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History
Richmond was first incorporated as a municipality on 24 April 1855, having split from City of Melbourne on the same day as neighbouring Collingwood. It became a town on 28 September 1872 and a city on 17 February 1882.[2]
On 22 June 1994, the City of Richmond was abolished and merged with the cities of Collingwood and Fitzroy and the suburbs of Fairfield and Alphington to form the City of Yarra.[3]
Richmond was at one stage divided into wards, but by 1994 was represented by nine councillors each representing all electors in the city. Meetings were held at the Richmond Town Hall in Bridge Road, Richmond.
Mayors
Main article: List of mayors of RichmondSuburbs
Population
Year Population 1854 7,071 1881 23,405 1911 40,442 1954 35,213 1958 33,100* 1961 33,863 1966 32,521 1971 28,341 1976 26,179 1981 24,506 1986 23,285 1991 22,789 * Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office (1994). Victorian Year Book. p. 49. ISSN 0067-1223.
- ^ Victorian Municipal Directory. Brunswick: Arnall & Jackson. 1992. pp. 465–466. Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (1 August 1995). Victorian local government amalgamations 1994-1995: Changes to the Australian Standard Geographical Classification. Commonwealth of Australia. p. 12. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. http://www.ausstats.abs.gov.au/ausstats/free.nsf/0/76E601D6DB55E88ACA25722500049195/$File/12570_1994-95.pdf. Retrieved 2007-12-16.
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