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Shire of Heywood

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Population
  
7,500 (1992)

County
  
Normanby, Follett

Area
  
3,764 kmĀ²

Council seat
  
Heywood

Established
  
1856

Shire of Heywood
  
Minhamite

Founded
  
1856

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.

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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.

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.

Wards

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

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

    * Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

    References

    Shire of Heywood Wikipedia