The City of Frankston was a

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about south of

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, the state capital of

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. The city covered an area of in and around Frankston, and existed from 1860 until 1994.

History

The City of Frankston had its origins in the Mount Eliza Road District, which was created on 6 November 1860, and redesignated as a shire and renamed Mornington on 24 November 1871. The West riding of Mornington Shire was excised to create the New Mornington Shire on 30 May 1893 (and was itself renamed Mornington Shire on 15 January 1894), and the remaining East and North ridings were renamed Frankston & Hastings Shire on 20 October 1893. The two shires were almost reunited in a major local government reform programme in 1915. On 19 October 1960, the Central and Eastern Ridings of Frankston & Hastings Shire were severed, and with parts of the Eastern Riding of the Shire of Flinders, were incorporated as the

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. The remainder was renamed the Shire of Frankston. After a petition was received by the

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on 4 May 1966, Frankston Shire was proclaimed as a city on 24 August 1966. Accessed at

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, La Trobe Reading Room. On 15 December 1994, the City of Frankston was abolished, and along with parts of the Cities of Cranbourne and Springvale, was merged into the new

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. Parts of Mount Eliza were transferred to the newly created

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. Some changes occurred between the release of the Local Government Board report in July 1994 and the actual amalgamation; the original plan was to merge Frankston with the

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, and take

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and

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from the City of Springvale. However, Frankston City Council submitted that it should expand eastwards instead, as well as taking Mount Eliza and Baxter. By October, the present boundaries had been agreed upon, but the new entity was to be known as the City of Nepean. This appeared in the Board's final report in November 1994. However, the State Government ultimately decided to use the old name for the new entity, departing from the Board's recommendation. Council formerly met at the Civic Centre at Young Street and Davey Street, Frankston. The facility is still used for the same purpose by the new City of Frankston.

Wards

The City of Frankston was divided into four wards, each of which elected three councillors: * North Ward * East Ward * Centre Ward * South Ward

Suburbs

* Baxter (shared with the City of Cranbourne and the Shire of Hastings) *

(shared with the City of Cranbourne) * Frankston* *

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* Frankston South * Mount Eliza (shared with the Shire of Mornington) * Seaford * Council seat.

Population

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References

External links

Victorian Places - Frankston City
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