Shire of Buninyong

Shire of Buninyong
Local government area
Location in Victoria
The Shire of Buninyong as at its dissolution in 1994
Country	Australia
State	Victoria
Region	Grampians
Established	1858
Council seat	Buninyong
Area
• Total	785.1 km^2 (303.1 sq mi)
Population
• Total	12,760 (1992)[1]
• Density	16.253/km^2 (42.094/sq mi)
County	Grenville, Grant
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The Shire of Buninyong was a local government area south and southeast of the regional city of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 785.1 square kilometres (303.1 sq mi), and existed from 1858 until 1994.

History

Buninyong was first incorporated as a road district on 9 July 1858, and became a shire on 18 February 1864. On 1 October 1915, it absorbed the Borough of Buninyong, which had been created on 15 July 1859.^[2]

On 6 May 1994, the Shire of Buninyong was abolished, and was split between the newly created City of Ballarat and Shire of Moorabool. A small section near Grenville was transferred to the newly created Golden Plains Shire.

Wards

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

• Centre Riding
• West Riding
• Northeast Riding

Towns and localities

• Buninyong*
• Cambrian Hill
• Canadian
• Clarendon
• Dunnstown
• Durham Lead
• Elaine
• Grenville
• Lal Lal
• Magpie
• Millbrook
• Mount Clear
• Mount Helen
• Scotchman
• Warrenheip
• Yendon

* Council seat.

Population

Year	Population
1954	3,953
1958	4,190*
1961	4,313
1966	4,808
1971	5,124
1976	6,271
1981	8,096
1986	9,959
1991	12,140

* 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. 623–625. Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.

External links

• Interactive map of Victorian local government areas (pre-1994 vs present) - Victorian Government - Digital Twin Victoria
• Victorian Places - Buninyong Shire

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