Shire of Lillydale

The Shire of Lillydale (note spelling difference from the suburb of Lilydale) was a local government area about 40 kilometres (25 mi) northeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 397.49 square kilometres (153.5 sq mi), and existed from 1856 until 1994.

Shire of Lillydale
Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population83,400 (1992)[1]
 • Density209.82/km2 (543.4/sq mi)
Established1856
Area397.49 km2 (153.5 sq mi)
Council seatLilydale
RegionE/NE Melbourne
CountyEvelyn, Mornington
LGAs around Shire of Lillydale:
Eltham Healesville Upper Yarra
Doncaster & Templestowe Shire of Lillydale Upper Yarra
Croydon Sherbrooke Upper Yarra

History

The Lillydale Road District was first created on 19 September 1856, and became a shire on 16 February 1872. It was named after Lilly de Castella, the daughter of an Australian military officer. It lost its southwestern sections, when the Borough of Ringwood (22 October 1924) and the Shire of Croydon (24 May 1961) severed from the shire and incorporated separately.[2]

On 15 December 1994, the Shire of Lillydale was abolished, and, along with the Shires of Healesville and Upper Yarra and parts of the Shire of Sherbrooke, was merged into the newly created Shire of Yarra Ranges.[3]

Council formerly met at the Shire Offices in Lilydale.

The term "Labor Omnia Vincit", on the former Shire of Lillydale logo, is Latin for "Work conquers all".

Wards

The Shire of Lillydale was divided into four ridings on 31 May 1988, each of which elected three councillors:

  • North Riding
  • East Riding
  • South Riding
  • West Riding

Suburbs and localities

Population
Year Population
19116,329
194713,809
195421,107
195826,990*
196118,284+
196624,467
197136,162
197650,858
198162,077
198671,564
199178,475

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.
+ Croydon severed in 1961 - combined population for 1961 is 33,978.

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office (1994). Victorian Year Book. p. 49. ISSN 0067-1223.
  2. Victorian Municipal Directory. Brunswick: Arnall & Jackson. 1992. pp. 740–741. 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. 23. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved 16 December 2007.
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