Shire of Glenelg (former)

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of Glenelg
state = vic
region =
area = 3576
est = 1863
seat = Casterton
pop = 4270 (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 = Dundas, Follett, Normanby
near-nw = "Lucindale (SA)"
near-n = Kowree
near-ne = Wannon
near-w = "Penola (SA)"
near-e = Wannon
near-sw = "Mount Gambier (SA)"
near-s = Heywood
near-se = Heywood
_noautocat = yes

The Shire of Glenelg was a Local Government Area located about convert|360|km|mi|0 west of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of convert|3576|km2|sqmi|1, and existed from 1863 until 1994.

History

Glenelg was first incorporated as a district on 2 September 1863, and became a shire on 30 June 1864.cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=681-683 Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.]

On 23 September 1994, the Shire was abolished, and merged with City of Portland and most of Shire of Heywood into the Shire of Glenelg. [cite book|url=http://www.ausstats.abs.gov.au/ausstats/free.nsf/0/76E601D6DB55E88ACA25722500049195/$File/12570_1994-95.pdf|title=Victorian local government amalgamations 1994-1995: Changes to the Australian Standard Geographical Classification|author=Australian Bureau of Statistics|date=1 August 1995|publisher=Commonwealth of Australia|page=6,12|isbn=0-642-23117-6|accessdate=2008-01-05]

Glenelg was not subdivided into ridings and its 12 councillors represented the entire shire.

Towns and Localities

* Casterton
* Chetwynd
* Dergholm
* Henty
* Merino
* Paschendale
* Poolaijelo
* Sandford
* Strathdownie
* Wando Vale

Population

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References