Shire of Ripon

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of Ripon
state = vic
region =
area = 1533
est = 1861
seat = Beaufort
pop = 3530 (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 = Grenville, Ripon
near-nw = Ararat
near-n = Lexton
near-ne = Lexton
near-w = Ararat
near-e = Ballarat
near-sw = Mortlake
near-s = Hampden
near-se = Grenville
_noautocat = yes

The Shire of Ripon was a Local Government Area located about convert|160|km|mi|0 west-northwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of convert|1533|km2|sqmi|1, and existed from 1861 until 1994.

History

Ripon was first incorporated as a district on 12 April 1861, and became a shire on 18 December 1863.cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=812-813 Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.]

On 23 September 1994, the Shire was abolished, and merged with Shire of Lexton and most of Shire of Avoca into the Shire of Pyrenees. [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=11|isbn=0-642-23117-6|accessdate=2008-01-05]

Wards

Ripon was divided into three ridings, each of which elected three councillors:
* Northwest Riding
* East Riding
* Central Riding

Towns and Localities

Population

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References