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]

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caption = Location in Victoria
county = Hampden
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The 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 the Shire 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 separate borough. It became a town on 21 January 1959. cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=542 Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.]

On 23 September 1994, the Town was abolished, and merged with Shire of Hampden, most of Shire of Heytesbury and parts of Colac, Mortlake and the area around Princetown on the Great Ocean Road into the Corangamite 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