- City of Caulfield
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City of Caulfield
Victoria
Location in MelbournePopulation: 71,600 (1992)[1] Established: 1857 Area: 21.97 km² (8.5 sq mi) Council Seat: Caulfield Region: Melbourne County: Bourke LGAs around City of Caulfield: Prahran Malvern Malvern St Kilda City of Caulfield Oakleigh Brighton Moorabbin Moorabbin 
Caulfield Town Hall, currently known as Glen Eira Town Hall
The City of Caulfield was a Local Government Area located about 10 kilometres (6 mi) southeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of 21.97 square kilometres (8.48 sq mi), and existed from 1857 until 1994.
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History
Caulfield was incorporated as a Roads District on 15 October 1857, and became a shire on 17 April 1871. In the 1880s the area was a market gardening district with 182 hectares (450 acres) under cultivation, but by the end of the century, its character had become more residential.[2] As such, it became a borough on 30 April 1901 and a town on 23 September 1901. It was proclaimed a City on 26 July 1913. On 16 April 1923, it lost part of its area (the current suburb of Hughesdale) to the Oakleigh Borough.[3]
On 15 December 1994, along with nearly all other councils in Victoria, the City of Caulfield was abolished and merged with nearby parts of Moorabbin to form the City of Glen Eira.[4]
Council meetings were held at Caulfield Town Hall on Glen Eira Road and Hawthorn Road, Caulfield. It presently serves as a service centre for the City of Glen Eira.
Wards
The City of Caulfield was subdivided into four wards on 31 May 1977, each electing three councillors:[3]
- North Ward
- South Ward
- East Ward
- West Ward
Suburbs
- Carnegie
- Caulfield
- Caulfield East
- Caulfield North
- Caulfield South
- Elsternwick
- Gardenvale
- Glen Huntly
- Murrumbeena
- Ormond (split with City of Moorabbin)
- St Kilda East (split with City of St Kilda)
Population
Year Population 1911 15,919 1933 65,297 1954 75,217 1958 72,900* 1961 74,859 1966 76,058 1971 81,865 1976 73,630 1981 69,922 1986 67,718 1991 67,776 * Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office (1994). Victorian Year Book. p. 49. ISSN 0067-1223.
- ^ Monash University (1999). "Australian Places - Caulfield". Archived from the original on 2003-10-03. http://web.archive.org/web/20031003043732/http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/ncas/multimedia/gazetteer/list/caulfield.html. Retrieved 2008-01-04.
- ^ a b Victorian Municipal Directory. Brunswick: Arnall & Jackson. 1992. pp. 455–456. 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. 6. 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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