City of Stawell

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City of Stawell
Victoria
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Location in Victoria
Population 6,640 (1992)[1]
 • Density 279.81/km2 (724.7/sq mi)
Established 1869
Area 23.73 km2 (9.2 sq mi)
Council seat Stawell
County Borung

The City of Stawell was a local government area about 230 kilometres (143 mi) west-northwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of 23.73 square kilometres (9.2 sq mi), and existed from 1869 until 1994. Its area was surrounded by the separate and largely rural Shire of Stawell.

History

Stawell was incorporated as a borough on 12 November 1869, and became a town on 18 September 1957. It was proclaimed a city on 12 November 1989.[2]

On 20 January 1995, the City was abolished, and merged with the Town of St Arnaud, most of the Shires of Stawell and Kara Kara, the Grampians National Park within the Shire of Wimmera and parts of the Shires of Ararat, Avoca, Donald and Dunmunkle into the Shire of Northern Grampians.[3]

The City of Stawell was at one stage divided into wards, but they were abolished on 27 January 1965 and the 12 councillors represented the entire area.

Population

Year Population
1954 5,463
1958 5,810*
1961 5,506
1966 5,904
1971 5,800
1976 5,830
1981 6,160
1986 6,252
1991 6,339

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References

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