Shire of Bungaree

The Shire of Bungaree was a local government area northeast of the regional city of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 228 square kilometres (88.0 sq mi) and existed from 1863 until 1994.

Shire of Bungaree
Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population4,900 (1992)[1]
 • Density21.49/km2 (55.7/sq mi)
Established1863
Area228 km2 (88.0 sq mi)
Council seatLeigh Creek
RegionGrampians
CountyGrant, Talbot, Grenville, Ripon
LGAs around Shire of Bungaree:
Ballarat Creswick Daylesford and Glenlyon
Ballarat Shire of Bungaree Ballan
Ballaarat Buninyong Ballan

History

Bungaree was first incorporated as a road district on 16 January 1863 and became a shire on 27 January 1871. The shire was originally divided into three ridings in August 1879, but after it lost a small section to the City of Ballaarat on 31 March 1930, it was redivided into two ridings. All divisions were abolished on 6 August 1988, and the council, from then until its dissolution, had nine councillors.[2]

On 6 May 1994, the Shire of Bungaree was abolished, and along with parts of the Shire of Buninyong, was merged into the newly created Shire of Moorabool.

Towns and localities

* Council seat.

Population
Year Population
19541,966
19582,090*
19612,049
19662,206
19712,514
19763,130
19813,690
19864,087
19914,573

* Estimate in 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office (1994). Victorian Year Book. pp. 49–52. ISSN 0067-1223.
  2. Victorian Municipal Directory. Brunswick: Arnall & Jackson. 1992. pp. 620–621. Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.

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