Shire of Leigh

Local government area in Victoria, Australia

Shire of Leigh
Victoria

Location in Victoria

Population| 2,340 (1992)[1]
• Density| 2.383/km2 (6.172/sq mi)
Established| 1861
Area| 982 km2 (379.2 sq mi)
Council seat| Rokewood
Region| Grampians
County| Grant, Grenville
| LGAs around Shire of Leigh:

Grenville | Buninyong | Buninyong
Grenville | Shire of Leigh | Bannockburn
Hampden | Colac | Winchelsea

The Shire of Leigh was a local government area about 140 kilometres (87 mi) west of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 982 square kilometres (379.2 sq mi), and existed from 1861 until 1994.

## History

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Leigh Shire was first incorporated as the Shelford Road District in 1861, and was renamed Leigh at the time of its redesignation as a shire on 22 March 1864.[2]

On 6 May 1994, the Shire of Leigh was abolished, and along with the Shires of Bannockburn and Grenville, and parts of the Shire of Buninyong, was merged into the newly created Golden Plains Shire.

## Wards

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The Shire of Leigh was divided into three ridings in May 1965, each of which elected three councillors:

* East Riding
* Middle Riding
* West Riding

## Towns and localities

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* Corindhap
* Dereel
* Doroq
* Hesse
* Mount Mercer
* Rokewood*
* Shelford
* Teesdale
* Warrambeen
* Werneth
* Wingeel

* Council seat.

## Population

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Year  | Population

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1954 | 1,096
1958 | 1,370*
1961 | 1,460
1966 | 1,403
1971 | 1,177
1976 | 1,184
1981 | 1,285
1986 | 1,791
1991 | 2,226

* Estimate in 1958 Victorian Year Book.

## References

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1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office (1994). Victorian Year Book. pp. 49–52. ISSN 0067-1223.
2. ^ Victorian Municipal Directory. Brunswick: Arnall & Jackson. 1992. pp. 736–737. Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.

## External links

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* Victorian Places - Leigh Shire

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Former local government areas in regional Victoria

Cities, towns
and boroughs|

* Ararat
* Bairnsdale
* Ballaarat
* Benalla
* Bendigo
* Camperdown (T)
* Castlemaine
* Colac
* Eaglehawk (B)
* Echuca
* Geelong
* Geelong West
* Hamilton
* Horsham
* Kerang (B)
* Koroit (B)
* Kyabram (T)
* Maryborough
* Mildura
* Moe
* Morwell
* Newtown
* Port Fairy (B)
* Portland
* Queenscliffe (B)
* St Arnaud (T)
* Sale
* Sebastopol (B)
* Shepparton
* South Barwon
* Stawell
* Swan Hill
* Traralgon
* Wangaratta
* Warrnambool
* Wonthaggi (B)

Shires and
rural cities|

* Alberton
* Alexandra
* Arapiles
* Ararat
* Avoca
* Avon
* Bacchus Marsh
* Bairnsdale
* Ballan
* Ballarat
* Bannockburn
* Barrabool
* Bass
* Beechworth
* Belfast
* Bellarine (RC)
* Benalla
* Bet Bet
* Birchip
* Bright
* Broadford
* Buln Buln
* Bungaree
* Buninyong
* Charlton
* Chiltern
* Cobram
* Cohuna
* Colac
* Corio
* Creswick
* Daylesford and Glenlyon
* Deakin
* Dimboola
* Donald
* Dundas
* Dunmunkle
* East Loddon
* Euroa
* Gisborne
* Glenelg
* Gordon
* Goulburn
* Grenville
* Hampden
* Heytesbury
* Heywood
* Huntly
* Kaniva
* Kara Kara
* Karkarooc
* Kerang
* Kilmore
* Korong
* Korumburra
* Kowree
* Kyneton
* Leigh
* Lexton
* Lowan
* McIvor
* Maffra
* Maldon
* Mansfield
* Marong (RC)
* Metcalfe
* Mildura
* Minhamite
* Mirboo
* Mortlake
* Mount Rouse
* Myrtleford
* Narracan
* Nathalia
* Newham and Woodend
* Newstead
* Numurkah
* Omeo
* Orbost
* Otway
* Oxley
* Phillip Island
* Pyalong
* Ripon
* Rochester
* Rodney
* Romsey
* Rosedale
* Rutherglen
* Seymour (RC)
* Shepparton
* South Gippsland
* Stawell
* Strathfieldsaye
* Swan Hill
* Talbot and Clunes
* Tallangatta
* Tambo
* Traralgon
* Tullaroop
* Tungamah
* Upper Murray
* Upper Yarra
* Violet Town
* Walpeup
* Wangaratta
* Wannon
* Waranga
* Warracknabeal
* Warragul (RC)
* Warrnambool
* Wimmera
* Winchelsea
* Wodonga (RC)
* Woorayl
* Wycheproof
* Yackandandah
* Yarrawonga
* Yea

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