Shire of Newham and Woodend

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of Newham & Woodend
state = vic
region =
area = 246.05
est = 1861
seat = Woodend
pop = 5560 (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
near-nw = Kyneton
near-n = Kyneton
near-ne = Pyalong
near-w = Kyneton
near-e = Romsey
near-sw = Bacchus Marsh
near-s = Gisborne
near-se = Romsey
_noautocat = yes

The Shire of Newham and Woodend was a Local Government Area located about convert|70|km|mi|0 northwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of convert|246.05|km2|sqmi|1, and existed from 1861 until 1995.

History

The Newham District was first incorporated as a district on 3 December 1861, and became a shire on 6 April 1871. Following its union with the Borough of Woodend on 11 January 1905, it became the Shire of Newham & Woodend.cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=786-787 Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.]

On 20 January 1995, the Shire was abolished, and merged with the Shires of Gisborne, Kyneton 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

Newham & Woodend was divided into three ridings on 7 May 1953, each of which elected three councillors:
* Campaspe Riding
* Newham Riding
* Woodend Riding

Towns and Localities

* Ashbourne
* Braemar College
* Campaspe
* Cobaw
* Hanging Rock
* Hesket
* Mount Macedon
* Newham
* Woodend
* Woodend North

Population

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References