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, Australia. 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

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. Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room. On 23 September 1994, the Shire of Hampden was abolished, and along with the Town of Camperdown and parts of the Shires of Colac, Heytesbury and

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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 * Duverney *

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Population

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References

External links

Victorian Places - Hampden Shire
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