- Town of Camperdown
Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Town of Camperdown
state = vic
region =
area = 14.55
est = 1952
seat = Camperdown
pop = 3480 (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
_noautocat = yesThe Town of Camperdown was a Local Government Area located about convert|200|km|mi|0 west-southwest of
Melbourne , the state capital of Victoria,Australia . The town covered an area of convert|14.55|km2|sqmi|1, and existed from 1952 until 1994. Its area was surrounded by theShire of Hampden .History
Originally, Camperdown was part of the East Riding of the
Shire of Hampden , which was incorporated in 1857. On 9 September 1952, Camperdown severed and incorporated as a separateborough . It became a town on 21 January 1959. cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=542 Accessed atState Library of Victoria , La Trobe Reading Room.]On 23 September 1994, the Town was abolished, and merged with
Shire of Hampden , most ofShire of Heytesbury and parts of Colac, Mortlake and the area around Princetown on theGreat Ocean Road into theCorangamite Shire . [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|isbn=0-642-23117-6|accessdate=2008-01-05]The Town of Camperdown was not subdivided into wards, and the nine councillors represented the entire area
Population
* Estimate in 1958 Victorian Year Book.
References
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