Shire of Minhamite

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of Minhamite
state = vic
region =
area = 1365.62
est = 1871
seat = Minhamite
pop = 1870 (1992) [cite book|title=Victorian Year Book|author=Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office|year=1994|page=49-52|id=ISSN 0067-1223]

logosize =


caption = Location in Victoria
county = Normanby, Villiers
near-nw = Heywood
near-n = Dundas
near-ne = Mount Rouse
near-w = Heywood
near-e = Warrnambool
near-sw = Belfast
near-s = Belfast
near-se = Warrnambool
_noautocat = yes

The Shire of Minhamite was a Local Government Area located about convert|270|km|mi|0 west of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of convert|1365.62|km2|sqmi|1, and existed from 1871 until 1994.

History

Minhamite, initially part of the Belfast district, was first incorporated as a shire on 13 January 1871.cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=765-766 Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.] Minhamite was not divided into ridings and its nine councillors represented the entire Shire.

On 23 September 1994, the Shire was abolished, and merged with Borough of Port Fairy, Tower Hill Reserve, the Shire of Belfast, most of Warrnambool and Mortlake and parts of Dundas and Mount Rouse into the Shire of Moyne. [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]

Towns and Localities

* Minhamite
* Bessiebelle
* Broadwater
* Hawkesdale
* Knebsworth
* Macarthur
* Orford
* St Helens
* Tarrone
* Warrong
* Willatook

Population

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References