Shire of Mortlake

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of Mortlake
state = vic
region =
area = 2137
est = 1860
seat = Mortlake
pop = 3070 (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 = Hampden, Villiers
near-nw = Mount Rouse
near-n = Ararat
near-ne = Ripon
near-w = Warrnambool
near-e = Hampden
near-sw = Warrnambool
near-s = Warrnambool
near-se = Heytesbury
_noautocat = yes

The Shire of Mortlake was a Local Government Area located about convert|220|km|mi|0 west of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of convert|2137|km2|sqmi|1, and existed from 1860 until 1994.

History

Mortlake was first incorporated as a district on 20 July 1860, and became a shire on 26 January 1864.cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=772-773 Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.]

On 23 September 1994, the Shire was abolished, and merged with Borough of Port Fairy, Tower Hill Reserve, the Shires of Belfast and Minhamite, most of Warrnambool 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=5,10|isbn=0-642-23117-6|accessdate=2008-01-05]

Wards

Mortlake was divided into four ridings on 7 June 1978, each of which elected three councillors:
* Ballangeich Riding
* Darlington Riding
* Mortlake Riding
* Woorndoo Riding

Towns and Localities

* Mortlake
* Ballangeich
* Darilngton
* Dundonnell
* Ellerslie
* Hexham
* Kolora
* The Sisters
* Woorndoo

Population

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References