Shire of Bulla

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of Bulla
state = vic
region = Northwest Melbourne
area = 422.17
est = 1862
seat = Sunbury
pop = 42,500 (1992) [cite book|title=Victorian Year Book|author=Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office|year=1994|page=49|id=ISSN 0067-1223]

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imagesize = 250
caption = Location in Victoria
county = Bourke
near-nw = Gisborne
near-n = Romsey
near-ne = Kilmore
near-w = Gisborne
near-e = Whittlesea
near-sw = Melton
near-s = Keilor
near-se = Broadmeadows
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The Shire of Bulla was a Local Government Area located about convert|40|km|mi|0 northwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of convert|422.17|km2|sqmi|1, and existed from 1862 until 1994.

History

The Bulla Roads District was first created on 16 September 1862 and became a Shire on 9 March 1866. It gained some territory from Broadmeadows in 1955, including then-rural areas such as Craigieburn.cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=612-613 Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.] The Shire Offices were transferred from Bulla to Sunbury in 1956.cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20021220102300/www.arts.monash.edu.au/ncas/multimedia/gazetteer/list/bulla.html|title=Australian Places - Bulla|author=Monash University|year=1999|accessdate=2008-01-04]

On 15 December 1994, the Shire was abolished and merged with those sections of the City of Broadmeadows north of the Western Ring Road to form the City of Hume. [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=7|isbn=0-642-23117-6|accessdate=2007-12-16]

Council formerly met at the Shire Offices in Sunbury. The facility is used today by VicRoads.

Wards

The shire was divided into four ridings on 1 April 1985, each of which elected three councillors:
* Bulla Riding
* Craigieburn Riding
* Sunbury East Riding
* Sunbury West Riding

uburbs and Localities

* Attwood
* Bulla
* Craigieburn (split with City of Whittlesea)
* Diggers Rest
* Greenvale
* Kalkallo
* Melbourne Airport (split with City of Keilor)
* Mickleham
* Oaklands Junction
* Roxburgh Park
* Somerton (split with City of Whittlesea)
* Sunbury
* Wildwood
* Yuroke

Population

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book. + Includes population gained from City of Broadmeadows in 1955.

References