Shire of Diamond Valley

For other uses of "Diamond Valley", see Diamond Valley (disambiguation).

Local government area in Victoria, Australia

Shire of Diamond Valley
Victoria

Location in Melbourne

Population| 64,400 (1992)[1]
• Density| 865.8/km2 (2,242.5/sq mi)
Established| 1964
Area| 74.38 km2 (28.7 sq mi)
Council seat| Greensborough
Region| Northeast Melbourne
County| Evelyn, Bourke
| LGAs around Shire of Diamond Valley:

Whittlesea | Whittlesea | Eltham
Whittlesea | Shire of Diamond Valley | Eltham
Preston | Heidelberg | Eltham

The Shire of Diamond Valley was a local government area about 20 kilometres (12 mi) northeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 74.38 square kilometres (28.72 sq mi), and existed from 1964 until 1994.

## History

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The name relates to the lowlands to the west of Diamond Creek, a tributary of the Yarra River, which flows through nearby Eltham.

The Diamond Valley can be defined in geographical terms as the area bounded by the Plenty River, the Yarra, the Christmas Hills ridge to the east and the Great Dividing Range to the north.[2]

Land in the area was first incorporated as part of the Heidelberg Road District on 12 October 1860, which became a shire on 27 March 1864, and was proclaimed as the City of Heidelberg on 11 April 1934.[3] On 30 September 1964, the North Ward of the City of Heidelberg was severed, and incorporated as the Shire of Diamond Valley.[3]

In 1863, the Diamond Reef was discovered by Thomas Wright Soady on Dr John Blakemore Phipps property, which stretched from Reynold's Road to the Diamond Creek.[2]

On 15 December 1994, the Shire of Diamond Valley was abolished; areas south of the Metropolitan Ring Road and the Greensborough Highway merged with the City of Heidelberg, into the newly created City of Banyule, while areas north were merged with parts of the City of Whittlesea and the Shire of Eltham, into the newly created Shire of Nillumbik. A small area in the shire's southwest, north of La Trobe University and including the Gresswell Forest Nature Reserve, was transferred to the City of Darebin.[4]

Council met at the Diamond Valley Civic Centre, in Civic Circuit, Greensborough. The facility is still used by Nillumbik Shire Council.

## Wards

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

* South West Riding
* South East Riding
* Centre Riding
* North Riding

## Suburbs

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* Briar Hill (shared with the Shire of Eltham)
* Bundoora (shared with the Cities of Preston and Whittlesea)
* Diamond Creek
* Eltham North
* Greensborough*
* Hurstbridge (shared with the City of Whittlesea and Shire of Eltham)
* Macleod (shared with the City of Heidelberg)
* Plenty
* St Helena
* Watsonia
* Watsonia North
* Wattle Glen (shared with the Shire of Eltham)
* Yarrambat

* Council seat.

## Population

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Year  | Population

|

1961 | 15,631#
1966 | 22,993
1971 | 36,245
1976 | 45,461
1981 | 50,503
1986 | 55,122
1991 | 60,738

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.
# The Shire of Diamond Valley was created in 1964. Source of population: 1968 Victorian Year Book.

## References

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1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office (1994). Victorian Year Book. p. 49\. ISSN 0067-1223.
2. ^ a b Edwards, Dianne H. (Dianne Helen), 1949- (1979). The Diamond Valley story. Diamond Valley Shire (Vic.). Greensborough, Vic.: Shire of Diamond Valley. ISBN 0959542205. OCLC 8280660.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
3. ^ a b Victorian Municipal Directory. Brunswick: Arnall & Jackson. 1992. pp. 397–398, 652–653. Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.
4. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (1 August 1995). Victorian local government amalgamations 1994-1995: Changes to the Australian Standard Geographical Classification (PDF). Commonwealth of Australia. pp. 4–5, 10. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved 16 December 2007.

## External links

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* Victorian Places - Diamond Valley Shire

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| Greater Melbourne region|

| Inner Melbourne|

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Metropolitan|

* Banyule
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Outer Metropolitan|

* Cardinia
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* Hume
* Knox
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* Nillumbik
* Whittlesea
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* Yarra Ranges

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* Northern Grampians
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Hume region|

* Alpine
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* Indigo
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* Towong
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Loddon Mallee region|

* Buloke
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* Mildura
* Mount Alexander
* Swan Hill

Unincorporated areas|

* Elizabeth Island
* Falls Creek
* French Island
* Gabo Island
* Lady Julia Percy Island
* Lake Mountain
* Mount Baw Baw
* Mount Buller
* Mount Hotham
* Mount Stirling
* Sandstone Island

Former|

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| Inner Melbourne|

* Collingwood
* Fitzroy
* Malvern
* Port Melbourne
* Prahran
* Richmond
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|

Metropolitan|

* Altona
* Box Hill
* Brighton
* Broadmeadows
* Brunswick
* Camberwell
* Caulfield
* Coburg
* Diamond Valley (S)
* Doncaster & Templestowe
* Essendon
* Footscray
* Hawthorn
* Heidelberg
* Keilor
* Kew
* Moorabbin
* Northcote
* Nunawading
* Sandringham
* Sunshine
* Oakleigh
* Preston
* Williamstown
* Waverley

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* Berwick
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* Chelsea
* Cranbourne
* Croydon
* Dandenong
* Eltham (S)
* Flinders (S)
* Frankston (former)
* Hastings (S)
* Healesville (S)
* Lillydale (S)
* Mordialloc
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* Pakenham (S)
* Ringwood
* Sherbrooke (S)
* Springvale
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* Glenelg (former)
* Hamilton
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* Heytesbury
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* Koroit (B)
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* Mount Rouse
* Newtown
* Otway
* Port Fairy (B)
* Portland
* South Barwon
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* Winchelsea

Gippsland region|

* Alberton
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* Bass
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* Tambo
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* Warragul (RC)
* Wonthaggi (B)
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Grampians region|

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* Avoca
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* Bungaree
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* Dimboola
* Dunmunkle
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* Kaniva
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* Kowree
* Leigh
* Lexton
* Lowan
* Ripon
* Sebastopol (B)
* St Arnaud (T)
* Stawell, City of
* Stawell, Shire of
* Talbot and Clunes
* Warracknabeal
* Wimmera

Hume region|

* Alexandra
* Beechworth
* Benalla, City of
* Benalla, Shire of
* Bright
* Broadford
* Chiltern
* Cobram
* Euroa
* Goulburn
* Kilmore
* Mansfield (former)
* McIvor
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* Nathalia
* Numurkah
* Oxley
* Pyalong
* Rodney
* Rutherglen
* Seymour (RC)
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* Tallangatta
* Tungamah
* Upper Murray
* Violet Town
* Wangaratta, City of
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* Waranga
* Yackandandah
* Yarrawonga
* Yea

Loddon Mallee region|

* Bendigo
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* Castlemaine
* Charlton
* Cohuna
* Deakin
* Donald
* Eaglehawk (B)
* East Loddon
* Echuca
* Gisborne
* Gordon
* Huntly
* Kerang, Borough of (B)
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* Korong
* Kyabram (T)
* Kyneton
* Maldon
* Marong (RC)
* Maryborough
* Metcalfe
* Mildura, City of
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* Newham and Woodend
* Newstead
* Rochester
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