The Shire of Kyneton was a

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about northwest of

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, the state capital of

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. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1859 until 1995.

History

Kyneton was incorporated as a road district on 8 February 1859, and became a shire on 18 January 1865. Martin McKenna, a brewer, miner, pastoralist and politician, was the first president of the Shire of Kyneton. On 5 February 1913 and 9 October 1921, it annexed parts of the Shires of

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and Ballan respectively, while on 1 October 1915, it absorbed the Borough of Malmsbury, which had been created on 19 October 1861 with an area of . Accessed at

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, La Trobe Reading Room. Also 1913:318 On 19 January 1995, the Shire of Kyneton was abolished, and along with the Shires of Gisborne, Newham and Woodend and

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, was merged into the newly created

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. A small part of the shire was also transferred to the newly created

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Wards

The Shire of Kyneton was divided into four ridings, each of which elected three councillors: * Kyneton East Riding * Kyneton West Riding * Trentham/Tylden Riding * Carlsruhe/Malmsbury Riding

Towns and localities

* Baynton * Carlsruhe * East Trentham * Edgecombe * Fern Hill * Green Hill *

Kyneton Kyneton ( ) is a town in the Shire of Macedon Ranges, Macedon Ranges region of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. The Calder Highway, Calder Freeway bypasses Kyneton to the north and east. Kyneton is on Dja Dja Wurrung, Taungurung and W ...

* *

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* Newbury * Pastoria * Pastoria East * Piper's Creek * Sidonia * Spring Hill * Trentham * Tylden * Council seat.

Population

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References

External links

Victorian Places - Kyneton Shire
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Kyneton, Victoria