Shire of Romsey

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of Romsey
state = vic
region =
area = 628
est = 1862
seat = Romsey
pop = 8350 (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 = Kyneton
near-n = Pyalong
near-ne = Pyalong
near-w = Newham and Woodend
near-e = Kilmore
near-sw = Gisborne
near-s = Bulla
near-se = Bulla
_noautocat = yes

The Shire of Romsey was a Local Government Area located about convert|65|km|mi|0 north-northwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of convert|628|km2|sqmi|1, and existed from 1862 until 1995.

History

Romsey was first incorporated as a district on 5 August 1862, and became a shire on 16 June 1871.cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=820-821 Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.]

On 10 January 1890, Shire of Lancefield was created from parts of the Lancefield and Rochford Ridings, however, it and the Shire of Springfield were united with Romsey on 31 May 1916. Part of Romsey was annexed by the Shire of Kilmore on 28 May 1958.

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

Romsey was divided into four ridings on 7 February 1978, each of which elected three councillors:
* Central Riding
* Lancefield Riding
* Riddell Riding
* Romsey Riding

Towns and Localities

* Romsey
* Clarkefield
* Darraweit Guim
* Lancefield
* Monegeetta
* Mt William
* Riddells Creek
* Rochford

Population

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References