Shire of Healesville
The Shire of Healesville was a local government area about 60 kilometres (37 mi) northeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 466.20 square kilometres (180.0 sq mi), and existed from 1887 until 1994.
| Shire of Healesville Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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 Location in outer Melbourne | |||||||||||||||
| Population | 12,300 (1992)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 26.38/km2 (68.33/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1887 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 466.20 km2 (180.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Healesville | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Yarra Valley | ||||||||||||||
| County | Evelyn, Anglesey | ||||||||||||||
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History
Healesville was first incorporated as a shire on 30 September 1887. It annexed part of the Shire of Yea on 21 April 1925, and part of the Shire of Eltham on 18 June 1958, while losing land to the Shire of Alexandra on two occasions; 1 October 1963 and 1 October 1984.[2]
On 15 December 1994, the Shire of Healesville was abolished, and, along with the Shires of Lillydale and Upper Yarra and parts of the Shire of Sherbrooke, was merged into the newly created Shire of Yarra Ranges.[3]
Wards
The Shire of Healesville was divided into three ridings, each of which elected three councillors:
- Badger Riding
- Sugarloaf Riding
- Watts Riding
Suburbs and localities
- Badger Creek
- Bend of Islands
- Castella
- Christmas Hills (shared with the Shire of Eltham)
- Chum Creek
- Dixons Creek
- Healesville
- Narbethong
- Steels Creek
- Tarrawarra
- Toolangi
- Yarra Glen
- Yering
Population
| Year | Population |
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| 1954 | 5,168 |
| 1958 | 5,510* |
| 1961 | 5,941 |
| 1966 | 6,433 |
| 1971 | 6,410 |
| 1976 | 7,747 |
| 1981 | 9,418 |
| 1986 | 10,708 |
| 1991 | 11,755 |
* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.
References
- Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office (1994). Victorian Year Book. p. 49. ISSN 0067-1223.
- Victorian Municipal Directory. Brunswick: Arnall & Jackson. 1992. pp. 698–699. Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.
- 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. 12. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved 16 December 2007.