Shire of Kyneton

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of Kyneton
state = vic
region =
area = 725.2
est = 1859
seat = Kyneton
pop = 8920 (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, Dalhousie, Talbot
near-nw = Metcalfe
near-n = McIvor
near-ne = Pyalong
near-w = Daylesford and Glenlyon
near-e = Newham and Woodend
near-sw = Ballan
near-s = Bacchus Marsh
near-se = Gisborne
_noautocat = yes

The Shire of Kyneton was a Local Government Area located about convert|85|km|mi|0 northwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of convert|725.2|km2|sqmi|1, and existed from 1859 until 1995.

History

Kyneton was first incorporated as a district on 8 February 1859, and became a shire on 18 January 1865.

On 5 February 1913 and 9 October 1921, it gained parts of Shire of Bacchus Marsh and Shire of Ballan respectively, while on 1 October 1915, it absorbed the Borough of Malmsbury, which had been created on 19 October 1861 with an area of convert|17.05|km2|sqmi|2.cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=733 Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room. Also 1913:318]

On 20 January 1995, the Shire was abolished, and merged with the Shires of Gisborne, 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] A small part of the shire also became part of the Hepburn Shire.

Wards

Kyneton was divided into four ridings , each of which elected three councillors:
* Kyneton East Riding
* Kyneton West Riding
* Trentham/Tylden Riding
* Carlsruhe/Malmsbury Riding

Towns and Localities

* Kyneton
* Baynton
* Carlsruhe
* East Trentham
* Edgecombe
* Fern Hill
* Green Hill
* Lauriston
* Malmsbury
* Newbury
* Pastoria
* Piper's Creek
* Sidonia
* Spring Hill
* Trentham
* Tylden

Population

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References