The City of Colac was a
local government area
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about west-southwest of
Melbourne
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, the state capital of
Victoria
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,
Australia
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. The city covered an area of , and existed from 1938 until 1994. Its area was surrounded by the separate and largely rural
Shire of Colac
The Shire of Colac was a local government area about west-southwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1859 until 1994.
History
Colac was first incorporated as a road dis ...
.
History
Colac was originally part of the Shire of Colac, which was first incorporated as a
road district on 11 May 1859, and became a shire on 10 May 1864. On 19 January 1938, the Colac Riding severed and became a self-governing
borough
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History
In the Middle Ag ...
, which then became a town on 26 May 1948. It was proclaimed as a city on 26 January 1960.
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, La Trobe Reading Room.
On 23 September 1994, the City of Colac was abolished, and along with the Shires of Colac and
Otway, and parts of the Shires of
Heytesbury
Heytesbury is a village (formerly considered to be a town) and a civil parish in Wiltshire, England. The village lies on the north bank of the Wylye, about southeast of the town of Warminster.
The civil parish includes most of the small neigh ...
and
Winchelsea
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, was merged into the newly created
Colac-Otway Shire.
Wards
The City of Colac was not subdivided into wards, and its seven councillors represented the entire area.
Population
* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.
References
External links
Victorian Places - Colac
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Colac City