Borough of Eaglehawk

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Borough of Eaglehawk
state = vic
region =
area = 14.54
est = 1862
seat = Eaglehawk
pop = 8,800 (1992) [cite book|title=Victorian Year Book|author=Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office|year=1994|page=52|id=ISSN 0067-1223]

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caption = Location in Victoria
county = Bendigo
_noautocat = yesThe Borough of Eaglehawk was a Local Government Area which covered the northwestern suburbs of the regional city of Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. The borough covered an area of convert|14.54|km2|sqmi|1, and existed from 1862 until 1994.

It was first incorporated as a Borough on 29 July 1862. It had nine councillors who represented the entire borough.cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=548 Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.]

On 7 April 1994, the Shire was abolished—one of the first to disappear under the Kennett Liberal government's statewide local government restructuring program—and merged with the City of Bendigo, the Shires of Huntly and Strathfieldsaye and the Rural City of Marong to form the City of Greater Bendigo. [cite web|url=http://www.mav.asn.au/guide.nsf/Council/Greater+Bendigo+City+Council?OpenDocument|title=Greater Bendigo City Council|author=Municipal Association of Victoria|year=2006|accessdate=2008-01-08 Date cross-checked with the Records Division, Greater Bendigo City Council.] [cite news|title=Marong to fall in line on super council|last=Taylor|first=Thomas|page=6|date=6 April 1994|work=The Age Accessed via Factiva online.]

Councillors met at the Town Hall at the intersection of Sailors Gully Road and Loddon Valley Highway, Eaglehawk.

Population

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

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