The Borough of Eaglehawk was a

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which covered the northwestern suburbs of the regional city of

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, Victoria,

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. The borough covered an area of , and existed from 1862 until 1994.

History

Eaglehawk was first incorporated as a borough on 29 July 1862. It had nine councillors, who represented the entire borough. Accessed at

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, La Trobe Reading Room. On 7 April 1994, the Borough of Eaglehawk was abolished, and along with the

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, the

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and the Shires of

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and Strathfieldsaye, was merged into the newly created

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. Councillors met at the Town Hall, at the intersection of Sailors Gully Road and

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, Eaglehawk.

Population

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

List of mayors

Mackay, George (1891), History of Bendigo. Reprinted 2000. Bendigo Modern Press, Bendigo Vic. .

References

External links

Victorian Places - Eaglehawk
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