Shire of Lillydale

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of Lillydale
state = vic
region = E/NE Melbourne
area = 397.49
est = 1856
seat = Lilydale
pop = 83,400 (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 = 150
caption = Location in Victoria
county = Evelyn, Mornington
near-nw = Eltham
near-n = Healesville
near-ne = Upper Yarra
near-w = Doncaster & Templestowe
near-e = Upper Yarra
near-sw = Croydon
near-s = Sherbrooke
near-se = Upper Yarra
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The Shire of Lillydale (note spelling difference from the suburb of Lilydale) was a Local Government Area located about convert|40|km|mi|0 northeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of convert|397.49|km2|sqmi|1, and existed from 1856 until 1994.

History

The Lillydale Roads District was first created on 19 September 1856 and became a Shire on 16 February 1872. It lost its southwestern sections when Ringwood Borough (22 October 1924) and Shire of Croydon (24 May 1961) severed from it and incorporated separately.cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=740-741 Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.]

On 15 December 1994, the Shire was abolished and merged with most of the Shire of Sherbrooke and all of the Shires of Healesville and Upper Yarra to form the Shire of Yarra Ranges. [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=23|isbn=0-642-23117-6|accessdate=2007-12-16]

Council formerly met at the Shire Offices in Lilydale.

Wards

The shire was divided into four ridings on 31 May 1988, each of which elected three councillors:
* North Riding
* East Riding
* South Riding
* West Riding

uburbs and Localities

* Chirnside Park
* Coldstream
* Gruyere
* Kalorama
* Kilsyth (split with City of Croydon)
* Kilsyth South
* Lilydale
* Monbulk (split with Shire of Sherbrooke)
* Montrose
* Mooroolbark
* Mount Dandenong
* Mount Evelyn
* Olinda (split with Shire of Sherbrooke)
* Seville
* Silvan
* Wandin East
* Wandin North
* Warrandyte South (split with Doncaster & Templestowe)
* Wonga Park
* Yering

Population

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book. + Croydon severed in 1961 - combined population for 1961 is 33,978.

References