Shire of Mount Rouse

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of Mount Rouse
state = vic
region =
area = 1407
est = 1860
seat = Penshurst
pop = 2350 (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 = Villiers
near-nw = Dundas
near-n = Ararat
near-ne = Ararat
near-w = Dundas
near-e = Mortlake
near-sw = Minhamite
near-s = Warrnambool
near-se = Mortlake
_noautocat = yes

The Shire of Mount Rouse 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|1407|km2|sqmi|1, and existed from 1860 until 1994.

History

Mount Rouse was first incorporated as a district on 2 October 1860, and became a shire on 26 January 1864.cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=774-775 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 Dundas into the Shire of Southern Grampians. [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

Mount Rouse was divided into three ridings, each of which elected three councillors:
* Dunkeld Riding
* Glenthompson Riding
* Penshurst Riding

Towns and Localities

* Chatsworth
* Dunkeld
* Glenthompson
* Penshurst

Population

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References