Shire of Grenville | |||||||||||||
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 Former Council offices at Linton | |||||||||||||
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 The Shire of Grenville as at its dissolution in 1994 | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||
| Region | Grampians | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1861 | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Linton | ||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 845 km2 (326 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 8,580 (1992)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 10.154/km2 (26.298/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| County | Grenville | ||||||||||||
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TheShire of Grenville was alocal government area southwest of the regional city ofBallarat,Victoria,Australia. The shire covered an area of 845 square kilometres (326.3 sq mi), and existed from 1861 until 1994.
Grenville was first incorporated as aroad district on 27 August 1861, and became a shire on 16 February 1864. On 1 October 1915, under theLocal Government Amendment Act 1914, it absorbed the areas of two boroughs; Browns and Scarsdale, which was incorporated on 25 July 1862, with an area of 23.31 square kilometres (5,760 acres), and Smythesdale, incorporated on 12 April 1861, with an area of 5.83 square kilometres (1,441 acres).[2]
On 6 May 1994, the Shire of Grenville was abolished, and along with the Shires ofBannockburn andLeigh and parts of theShire of Buninyong, was merged into the newly createdGolden Plains Shire.
The Shire of Grenville was divided into four ridings on 16 May 1977, each of which elected three councillors:
* Council seat.
| Year | Population |
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| 1954 | 1,862 |
| 1958 | 1,910* |
| 1961 | 1,833 |
| 1966 | 1,692 |
| 1971 | 1,802 |
| 1976 | 2,790 |
| 1981 | 4,293 |
| 1986 | 6,395 |
| 1991 | 8,113 |
* Estimate in 1958 Victorian Year Book.
