Shire of Dundas (Victoria)

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of Dundas
state = vic
region =
area = 3464.39
est = 1857
seat = Hamilton
pop = 3500 (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 = Dundas, Normanby, Villiers
near-nw = Kowree
near-n = Wimmera
near-ne = Stawell
near-w = Wannon
near-e = Ararat
near-sw = Heywood
near-s = Minhamite
near-se = Mount Rouse
_noautocat = yes

The Shire of Dundas was a Local Government Area located about convert|300|km|mi|0 west of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of convert|3464.39|km2|sqmi|1, and existed from 1857 until 1994.

History

Dundas was first incorporated as a district on 4 August 1857, and became a shire on 8 December 1863.cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=659-660 Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.]

On 23 September 1994, the Shire was abolished, and merged with City of Hamilton, Shire of Wannon and most of Mount Rouse into the Shire of Southern Grampians, with the Macarthur hinterland being split into the Shire of Moyne administered from Port Fairy. [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=10,11|isbn=0-642-23117-6|accessdate=2008-01-05]

Wards

Dundas was divided into three ridings, each of which elected three councillors:
* South Riding
* East Riding
* West Riding

Towns and Localities

Population

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References