The City of Richmond was a
local government area about east of
Melbourne
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, the state capital of
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, Australia. The city covered an area of , and existed from 1855 until 1994.
History
Richmond was incorporated as a municipality on 24 April 1855, having split from the
City of Melbourne on the same day as the neighbouring
City of Collingwood. It became a town on 28 September 1872, and a city on 17 February 1882.
[ Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.]
In 1920, it became the first municipal council in Australia to have a female councillor, when Mary Catherine Rogers of the
Labor Party was elected.
The Richmond council was sacked in 1982 by the
State Government following a report which revealed allegations of electoral malpractice and fraud. The council was replaced by a state-appointed commissioner,
Alex Gillon, to administer the city in its stead until an elected council was restored in 1988.
On 22 June 1994, the City of Richmond was abolished, and along with the Cities of Collingwood and
Fitzroy, and parts of
Fairfield and
Alphington from the
City of Northcote
The City of Northcote was a local government area about northeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of , and existed from 1883 until 1994.
History
Prior to the 1880s land boom, Northcote had be ...
, was merged into the newly created
City of Yarra
The City of Yarra is a local government area (LGA) in Victoria, Australia in the inner eastern and northern suburbs of Melbourne. It is the second smallest LGA in the state with an area of , and in June 2018 it had a population of 98,521, ma ...
.
Richmond was at one stage divided into wards, but by 1994 the council was represented by nine councillors, each representing all electors in the city. Meetings were held at the
Richmond Town Hall, on
Bridge Road,
Richmond.
Mayors
Suburbs
*
Burnley
Burnley () is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a 2001 population of 73,021. It is north of Manchester and east of Preston, Lancashire, Preston, at the confluence of the River C ...
*
Cremorne
*
Richmond*
* Council seat.
Population
* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.
References
External links
Victorian Places - Richmond
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Richmond
City of Yarra
1855 establishments in Australia
1994 disestablishments in Australia