City of Berwick | |||||||||||||
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![]() Location inMelbourne | |||||||||||||
![]() The extent of the City of Berwick at its dissolution in 1994 | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||
| Region | Outer SoutheastMelbourne | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1973 | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Narre Warren | ||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 120.43 km2 (46.50 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 75,400 (1992)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 626.1/km2 (1,621.6/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| County | Mornington | ||||||||||||
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TheCity of Berwick was alocal government area about 40 kilometres (25 mi) southeast ofMelbourne, the state capital ofVictoria,Australia. The city covered an area of 120.43 square kilometres (46.50 sq mi), and existed from 1973 until 1994.
The area which came under the City of Berwick had previously been the Berwick and Doveton ridings of theShire of Berwick. It had been incorporated as theBerwick Road District on 24 October 1862 and became a shire on 12 May 1868. On 1 October 1973, the area surroundingBerwick andNarre Warren, which was undergoing rapid population growth and urbanisation, split from the shire and was proclaimed a city.[2]
On 15 December 1994, the City of Berwick was abolished, and along with parts of theCity of Cranbourne, was merged into the newly createdCity of Casey. TheDoveton industrial district was transferred to the newly createdCity of Greater Dandenong.[3]
Council met at the Narre Warren Civic Centre, adjacent toWestfield Fountain Gate, in Narre Warren. The facility continued to remain in use by the City of Casey until its replacement by Bunjil Place in the late 2010s. It was subsequently demolished.
The City of Berwick was divided into four wards, each of which elected three councillors:
* Council seat.
| Year | Population |
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| 1971 | 20,474 |
| 1976 | 25,616 |
| 1981 | 36,181 |
| 1986 | 48,677 |
| 1991 | 69,144 |
| 2016 | 47,614 |
4.2016 Australian census population of Berwick, Victoria
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