Shire of Lexton

The Shire of Lexton was a local government area about 150 kilometres (93 mi) northwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 821.03 square kilometres (317.0 sq mi), and existed from 1860 until 1994.

Shire of Lexton
Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population1,380 (1992)[1]
 • Density1.681/km2 (4.353/sq mi)
Established1860
Area821.03 km2 (317.0 sq mi)
Council seatLexton
RegionGrampians
CountyGladstone, Kara Kara, Ripon, Talbot
LGAs around Shire of Lexton:
Avoca Avoca Talbot and Clunes
Ararat Shire of Lexton Ballarat
Ripon Ripon Ballarat

History

Lexton was incorporated as a road district on 17 February 1860, and became a shire on 30 June 1864. In January 1941, it annexed parts of the Shire of Avoca.[2]

On 23 September 1994, the Shire of Lexton was abolished, and along with the Shire of Ripon and parts of the Shire of Avoca, was merged into the newly created Shire of Pyrenees.[3]

Wards

The Shire of Lexton was divided into three ridings on 1 April 1988, each of which elected three councillors:

  • North Riding
  • South Riding
  • West Riding

Towns and localities

* Council seat.

Population
Year Population
19541,350
19581,470*
19611,443
19661,371
19711,315
19761,280
19811,211
19861,295
19911,314

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office (1994). Victorian Year Book. pp. 49–52. ISSN 0067-1223.
  2. Victorian Municipal Directory. Brunswick: Arnall & Jackson. 1992. pp. 738–739. Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.
  3. Australian Bureau of Statistics (1 August 1995). Victorian local government amalgamations 1994-1995: Changes to the Australian Standard Geographical Classification (PDF). Commonwealth of Australia. p. 11. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved 5 January 2008.

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