Shire of Gisborne

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of Gisborne
state = vic
region =
area = 277.13
est = 1860
seat = Gisborne
pop = 10330 (1992) [cite book|title=Victorian Year Book|author=Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office|year=1994|page=52|id=ISSN 0067-1223]

logosize =


caption = Location in Victoria
county = Bourke
near-nw = Newham and Woodend
near-n = Newham and Woodend
near-ne = Romsey
near-w = Bacchus Marsh
near-e = Romsey
near-sw = Bacchus Marsh
near-s = Melton
near-se = Bulla
_noautocat = yes

The Shire of Gisborne was a Local Government Area located about convert|55|km|mi|0 northwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of convert|277.13|km2|sqmi|1, and existed from 1860 until 1995.

History

Gisborne was first incorporated as a district on 9 November 1860, and became a shire on 24 February 1871.cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=679-680 Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.]

On 20 January 1995, the Shire was abolished, and merged with the Shires of Kyneton, Newham and Woodend and Romsey into the Shire of Macedon 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=8|isbn=0-642-23117-6|accessdate=2008-01-05]

Wards

Gisborne was divided into three ridings on 30 August 1961, each of which elected three councillors:
* Gisborne Riding
* Bullengarook Riding
* Macedon Riding

Population

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References