Shire of Heywood

The Shire of Heywood was a local government area about 360 kilometres (224 mi) west-southwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 3,764 square kilometres (1,453.3 sq mi), and existed from 1856 until 1994.

Shire of Heywood
Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population7,500 (1992)[1]
 • Density1.993/km2 (5.16/sq mi)
Established1856
Area3,764 km2 (1,453.3 sq mi)
Council seatHeywood
RegionBarwon South West
CountyNormanby, Follett
LGAs around Shire of Heywood:
Penola (SA) Glenelg Dundas
Mount Gambier (SA)
Port MacDonnell (SA)		 Shire of Heywood Minhamite
Southern Ocean Portland Belfast

It was, for most of its life, known as the Shire of Portland.

History

Heywood was first incorporated as the Portland Road District on 25 January 1856, which became the Shire of Portland on 8 December 1863. On 23 April 1958 and 31 May 1968, it lost parts of its area to the Town of Portland, and on 1 October 1988, it was renamed the Shire of Heywood.[2]

On 23 September 1994, the Shire of Heywood was abolished, and along with the City of Portland and most of the Shire of Glenelg, was merged into the new Shire of Glenelg.[3]

Wards

The Shire of Heywood was divided into four ridings, each of which elected three councillors:

  • East Riding
  • South Riding
  • West Riding
  • Central Riding

Towns and localities

* Council seat.

Population
Year Population
19547,056
19587,370*
19616,982
19666,859
19716,439
19766,368
19816,791
19867,211
19917,125

* Estimate in the 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. 704–705. Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.
  3. Australian Bureau of Statistics (1 August 1995). Victorian local government amalgamations 1994-1995: Changes to the Australian Standard Geographical Classification (PDF). Commonwealth of Australia. p. 6,11. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved 5 January 2008.
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