Shire of Barrabool

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of Barrabool
state = vic
region =
area = 575.18
est = 1853
seat = Torquay
pop = 10,470 (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
near-nw = Bannockburn
near-n = Bannockburn
near-ne = Newtown
near-w = Winchelsea
near-e = South Barwon
near-sw = Winchelsea
near-s = South Barwon
near-se = "Bass Strait"
_noautocat = yes

The Shire of Barrabool was a Local Government Area located about convert|100|km|mi|0 southwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of convert|575.18|km2|sqmi|1, and existed from 1853 until 1994.

History

Barrabool was first incorporated as a district on 28 December 1853, and became a shire on 13 June 1865. On 31 May 1927, it annexed part of the Shire of Winchelsea. Its shire offices were located on Grossmans Road near Surf Coast Highway, Torquay, although almost all of Torquay was within the City of South Barwon.cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=590-591 Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.]

On 18 May 1993, parts of the Shire were merged into the City of Greater Geelong. On 9 March 1994, the Shire was abolished, and merged with Shire of Winchelsea and part of the former City of South Barwon into the Surf Coast Shire.

Wards

Barrabool was divided into three ridings on 26 February 1958, each of which elected three councillors:
* Jan Juc Riding
* Coast Riding
* Moriac Riding

Towns and Localities

* Aireys Inlet
* Anglesea
* Barrabool
* Bellbrae
* Buckley
* Ceres
* Eastern View
* Fairhaven
* Freshwater Creek
* Gnarwarre
* Jan Juc
* Modewarre
* Moriac
* Mount Moriac
* Paraparap
* Pettavel
* Torquay (split with City of South Barwon)
* Wandana Heights
* Waurn Ponds

Population

* Estimate in 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References