- Shire of Bannockburn
Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of Bannockburn
state = vic
region =
area = 702.28
est = 1862
seat = Bannockburn
pop = 4,560 (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 = Grant, Grenville
near-nw = Buninyong
near-n = Ballan
near-ne = Ballan
near-w = Leigh
near-e = Corio
near-sw = Winchelsea
near-s = Barrabool
near-se = Geelong West
_noautocat = yesThe Shire of Bannockburn was a Local Government Area located about convert|85|km|mi|0 west-southwest of
Melbourne , the state capital of Victoria,Australia . The shire covered an area of convert|702.28|km2|sqmi|1, and existed from 1862 until 1994.History
Bannockburn was first incorporated as a district on 31 October 1862, and became a shire on 30 June 1864. On 15 September 1915, it annexed the Shire of Meredith, which had been created on 30 June 1863 and become a shire on 28 April 1871. Part of the shire's Steiglitz riding was severed and annexed to the
Shire of Corio 's Lara riding on 31 May 1916.cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=587-588 Accessed atState Library of Victoria , La Trobe Reading Room.]On 6 May 1994, the Shire was abolished, and merged with
Shire of Grenville ,Shire of Leigh and part of Buninyong into theGolden Plains Shire .Wards
Bannockburn was divided into four ridings , each of which elected three councillors:
* Bannockburn Riding
* Barwon Riding
* Meredith Riding
* Moorabool RidingTowns and Localities
* Bamganie
* Bannockburn
* Batesford
* Durdidwarrah
* Fyansford
* Gheringhap
* Inverleigh
* Lethbridge
* Maude
* Meredith
* Murgheboluc
* Russells Bridge
* Sheoaks
* Steiglitz
* Stonehaven
* Sutherlands Creek
* Woodburn CreekPopulation
* Estimate in 1958 Victorian Year Book.
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