Shire of Stawell

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of Stawell
state = vic
region =
area = 2606
est = 1861
seat = Stawell
pop = 2620 (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 = Borung, Kara Kara
near-nw = Dunmunkle
near-n = Dunmunkle
near-ne = Kara Kara
near-w = Wimmera
near-e = Kara Kara
near-sw = Dundas
near-s = Ararat
near-se = Avoca
_noautocat = yes

The Shire of Stawell was a Local Government Area located about convert|230|km|mi|0 west-northwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of convert|2606|km2|sqmi|1, and existed from 1861 until 1994.

History

Stawell was first incorporated as a district on 29 January 1861, and became a shire on 30 December 1864. On 26 October 1926, it annexed part of the North Riding of the Shire of Ararat.cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=840-841 Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.]

On 20 January 1995, the Shire was abolished, and merged with Town of St Arnaud, City of Stawell, most of the Shire of Kara Kara, the Grampians National Park within the Shire of Wimmera and parts of the Shires of Ararat, Avoca, Donald and Dunmunkle into the Shire of Northern Grampians. The Armstrong district passed into the Rural City of Ararat. [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=4,10|isbn=0-642-23117-6|accessdate=2008-01-05]

Wards

Stawell was divided into four ridings, each of which elected three councillors:
* Glenorchy Riding
* Great Western Riding
* Grampians Riding
* Marnoo Riding

Towns and Localities

* Armstrong
* Bellfield
* Callawadda
* Campbells Bridge
* Deep Lead
* Concongella
* Glenorchy
* Great Western
* Greens Creek
* Halls Gap
* Illawarra
* Kanya
* Lake Fyans
* Landsborough
* Ledcourt
* Marnoo
* Wallaloo

Population

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book. # 1981 census says 2,306 for 1976.

References