- Shire of Newstead
Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of Newstead
state = vic
region =
area = 409.22
est = 1860
seat = Newstead
pop = 3070 (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 = Talbot
near-nw = Tullaroop
near-n = Maldon
near-ne = Metcalfe
near-w = Tullaroop
near-e = Metcalfe
near-sw = Creswick
near-s = Daylesford and Glenlyon
near-se = Daylesford and Glenlyon
_noautocat = yesThe Shire of Newstead was a Local Government Area located about convert|120|km|mi|0 northwest of
Melbourne , the state capital of Victoria,Australia . The shire covered an area of convert|409.22|km2|sqmi|1, and existed from 1860 until 1995.History
Newstead was first incorporated as a district on 12 October 1860, and became a shire on 7 March 1865. On 1 October 1915 the Shire of Mount Alexander, created on 20 June 1871 with an area of convert|135|km2|sqmi|0, was merged into Newstead.cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=789-790 Accessed at
State Library of Victoria , La Trobe Reading Room.]On 20 January 1995, the Shire was abolished, and merged with the
City of Castlemaine and the Shires of Maldon and Metcalfe into theShire of Mount Alexander . [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=10|isbn=0-642-23117-6|accessdate=2008-01-05]Wards
Newstead was divided into four ridings , each of which elected three councillors:
* Campbells Creek Riding
* Fryers Riding
* Loddon Riding
* South RidingTowns and Localities
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Newstead, Victoria
*Cairn Curran Reservoir
*Campbells Creek, Victoria
*Campbelltown, Victoria
*Fryerstown, Victoria
*Glenluce, Victoria
*Guildford, Victoria
*Muckleford South, Victoria
*Sandon, Victoria
*Strangways, Victoria
*Strathlea, Victoria
*Tarilta, Victoria
*Vaughan, Victoria
*Welshmans Reef, Victoria
*Werona, Victoria
*Yandoit Hills, Victoria
*Yapeen, Victoria Population
* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.
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