Shire of Belfast

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = lga

| name = Shire of Belfast

| state = vic

| region = Barwon South West

| area = 5190

| est = 1853

| seat = Port Fairy

| pop = 1,470

| pop_year = 1992

| pop_footnotes = {{cite book|title=Victorian Year Book|author=Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office|year=1994|pages=49–52|issn= 0067-1223}}

| logo =

| image = Old lga Belfast.png

| caption = Location in Victoria

| county = Villiers, Normanby

| near-nw = Heywood

| near-n = Minhamite

| near-ne = Warrnambool

| near-w = Southern Ocean

| near-e = Warrnambool

| near-sw = Southern Ocean

| near-s = Southern Ocean

| near-se = Southern Ocean

| _noautocat = yes

}}

The Shire of Belfast was a local government area about {{convert|290|km|mi|0}} west-southwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of {{convert|5190|km2|sqmi|1}}, and existed from 1853 until 1994.

History

Belfast was first incorporated as a road district on 29 June 1853, and became a shire on 8 December 1863.{{cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=598–599}} Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.

On 23 September 1994, the Shire of Belfast was abolished, and along with the Borough of Port Fairy, the Shires of Minhamite and Mortlake, and parts of the Shires of Dundas, Mount Rouse, Warrnambool and the Tower Hill State Game Reserve, was merged into the newly created Shire of Moyne.{{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|page=10|isbn=0-642-23117-6|access-date=2008-01-05}}

Wards

The Shire of Belfast was divided into three ridings, each of which elected three councillors:

Kirkstall Riding
Moyne Riding
Yambuk Riding

Towns and localities

Population

Year ! Population
class="wikitable"
1954	1,949
1958	1,970*
1961	1,917
1966	1,855
1971	1,643
1976	1,638
1981	1,503
1986	1,435
1991	1,412

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References

External links

{{Victorian local government areas pre-1994 vs present map link}}
[https://www.victorianplaces.com.au/belfast-shire Victorian Places - Belfast Shire]

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Belfast