Shire of Winchelsea

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of Winchelsea
state = vic
region =
area = 1294
est = 1860
seat = Winchelsea
pop = 5,020 (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 = Grant, Grenville, Polwarth
near-nw = Colac
near-n = Leigh
near-ne = Bannockburn
near-w = Colac
near-e = Barrabool
near-sw = Otway
near-s = Otway
near-se = "Bass Strait"
_noautocat = yes

The Shire of Winchelsea was a Local Government Area located about convert|110|km|mi|0 southwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of convert|1294|km2|sqmi|1, and existed from 1860 until 1994.

History

Winchelsea was first incorporated as a district on 9 November 1860, and became a shire on 27 May 1864. On 6 May 1919, part of it broke away to join the new Shire of Otway, and on 31 May 1927 another part became part of the Shire of Barrabool. On 1 April 1989 it grew to incorporate part of the Shire of Barrabool, and was resubdivided into three ridings.cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=893 Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.]

On 9 March 1994, the Shire was abolished, and merged with Shire of Barrabool and part of the former City of South Barwon into the Surf Coast Shire.

Wards

Winchelsea was divided into three ridings on 1 April 1989, each of which elected three councillors:
* North Riding
* Middle Riding
* Coast Riding

Towns and Localities

* Winchelsea
* Armytage
* Bambra
* Barwon Downs
* Benwerrin
* Birregurra
* Boonah
* Buckley
* Deans Marsh
* Fairholme
* Lorne
* Murroon
* Ombersley
* Pennyroyal
* Ricketts Marsh
* Ripplevale
* Wensleydale
* Whoorel
* Wurdiboluc
* Yan Yan Gurt

Population

* Estimate in 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References