City of Keilor

{{About|a former local government area|the suburb|Keilor, Victoria}}

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = lga

| name = City of Keilor

| state = vic

| region = Northwestern Melbourne

| area = 99.70

| est = 1863

| seat = Keilor

| pop = 110,500

| pop_year = 1992

| pop_footnotes = {{cite book|title=Victorian Year Book|author=Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office|year=1994|page=49|issn= 0067-1223}}

| logo = 125px

| image = Old lga Keilor.png

| caption = Location in Melbourne

| county = Bourke

| near-nw = Melton

| near-n = Bulla

| near-ne = Broadmeadows

| near-w = Melton

| near-e = Essendon

| near-sw = Melton

| near-s = Sunshine

| near-se = Sunshine

| _noautocat = yes

}}

The City of Keilor was a local government area about {{convert|13|km|mi|0}} northwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of {{convert|99.70|km2|sqmi|2}}, and existed from 1863 until 1994.

History

Keilor was first incorporated as a road district on 3 March 1863. It became a shire on 22 December 1871, and was proclaimed a city on 29 April 1961.{{cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=402–403}} Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room. Its boundaries were relatively stable throughout its existence, however, parts of Essendon North were transferred to the City of Essendon in 1993.[https://www.victorianplaces.com.au/keilor Keilor] Victorian Places

On 15 July 1975, after a number of years of factional infighting, the council was suspended.{{cite web

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|title=#33 - The council conundrum

|work=The Age

|publisher=Fairfax News Store

|access-date=16 July 2017

}}

On 15 December 1994, the City of Keilor was abolished, and its area divided by the Maribyrnong River and the Albion-Jacana freight railway line; its eastern section was merged with the City of Essendon, to form the newly created City of Moonee Valley, while its western section was merged with parts of the City of Sunshine, including St Albans, to form the newly created City of Brimbank. Melbourne Airport and a small section of Tullamarine, north of Sharps Road, were transferred to the newly created City of Hume.{{cite book|url=http://www.ausstats.abs.gov.au/ausstats/free.nsf/0/76E601D6DB55E88ACA25722500049195/$File/12570_1994-95.pdf|title=Victorian local government amalgamations 1994-1995: Changes to the Australian Standard Geographical Classification|author=Australian Bureau of Statistics|author-link=Australian Bureau of Statistics|date=1 August 1995|publisher=Commonwealth of Australia|pages=7, 9|isbn=0-642-23117-6|access-date=2007-12-16}}