Borough of Wonthaggi

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Borough of Wonthaggi
state = vic
region =
area = 56.99
est = 1911
seat = Wonthaggi
pop = 6,920 (1992) [cite book|title=Victorian Year Book|author=Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office|year=1994|page=49-52|id=ISSN 0067-1223]

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caption = Location in Victoria
county = Mornington, Buln Buln
near-nw =
near-n = Bass
near-ne =
near-w = Bass
near-e = Woorayl
near-sw = "Bass Strait"
near-s =
near-se =
_noautocat = yes

The Borough of Wonthaggi was a Local Government Area located about convert|120|km|mi|0 south-southeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The borough covered an area of convert|56.99|km2|sqmi|1, and existed from 1911 until 1994. Unlike many local government areas, it was constituted under its own Act of Parliament rather than the Local Government Act.

History

Wonthaggi was constituted under the Wonthaggi Borough Act 1910 by the Government of Victoria on 26 January 1911. The Local Government Act 1903 stipulated that boroughs could not exceed convert|23|km2|sqmi|0 in size and that the longest straight line distance between boundaries could not exceed convert|9.6|km|mi|1—neither was true of Wonthaggi. However it did meet the stipulation of a minimum of 500 householders and a minimum rate revenue of £300. [Local Government Act 1903 (Vic.), Section 16(2), as cited in Victorian Municipal Directory (1915), p.293.]

The Borough was subdivided into wards in 1924, and again in 1975. On 1977 it absorbed North Wonthaggi from the Shire of Bass, and in August 1978 the ward system was abolished, after which all nine councillors represented the entire Borough.cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=555,592-593 Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.]

On 2 December 1994, the Shire was abolished, and merged with Shire of Bass, Shire of Phillip Island and parts of Cranbourne, Korumburra and Woorayl into the Bass Coast Shire. [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=4|isbn=0-642-23117-6|accessdate=2008-01-05]

Towns and Localities

*Wonthaggi
*Cape Paterson
*Harmers Haven
*North Wonthaggi
*South Dudley

Population

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References