The Shire of Hampden was a
local government area
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about west-southwest of
Melbourne, the state capital of
Victoria,
Australia
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. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1857 until 1994.
History
Hampden was first incorporated as the
Hampden and Heytesbury Road District on 28 April 1857, and became a shire on 31 December 1863. On 31 May 1895, it lost parts of its East and West Wards to create the
Shire of Heytesbury. On 9 September 1952, the
Borough of Camperdown severed from its East Riding. Its boundary was adjusted on 31 May 1977, to include all of
Skipton.
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, La Trobe Reading Room.
On 23 September 1994, the Shire of Hampden was abolished, and along with the
Town of Camperdown
The Town of Camperdown was a local government area about west-southwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia, centred on Camperdown. The town covered an area of , and existed from 1952 until 1994. Its area was surrounded by ...
and parts of the Shires of
Colac, Heytesbury and
Mortlake, and the area around
Princetown, on the
Great Ocean Road, was amalgamated into the newly created
Shire of Corangamite.
Wards
The Shire of Hampden was divided into three ridings, each of which elected three councillors:
* North Riding
* South Riding
* West Riding
Towns and localities
* Berrybank
* Bookaar
* Boorcan
* Bradvale
* Chocolyn
*
Derrinallum
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* Duverney
*
Foxhow
* Glenormiston
* Gnotuk
* Kariah
* Leslie Manor
*
Lismore
* Mingay
* Mount Bute
* Naroghid
*
Noorat
Noorat is a small township in southwestern Victoria, Australia. Noorat is located approximately 211 km west of Melbourne. The township is located at the base of Mount Noorat, a dormant volcano, which is considered to have Australia's larges ...
*
Skipton
*
Terang
* Vite Vite
* Weerite
Population
* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.
References
External links
Victorian Places - Hampden Shire
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