The Shire of Sherbrooke was a
local government area about east of
Melbourne
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, the state capital of
Victoria
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,
Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1963 until 1994. Its largest population centre was the town of
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Places
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*Belgrave, Leicester an English district
*Belgrave, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia
** Belgrave railway line
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.
History
Sherbrooke was originally the northwestern part of the
Berwick Road District, which was incorporated on 24 October 1862, and became a shire on 12 May 1868. On 23 May 1889, the Scoresby Riding of the shire was severed, and incorporated as the Shire of Fern Tree Gully. With increasing urbanisation in suburbs closer to Melbourne, Fern Tree Gully in turn was splintered on 9 October 1963, to form the
City of Knox
The City of Knox is a local government area in Victoria, Australia in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne. It has an area of and in 2020, Knox had a population of 165,147. This municipality is one of only a handful that survived the widespread mu ...
and the Shire of Sherbrooke, which was named on 23 December 1964.
[ Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.]
On 15 December 1994, the Shire of Sherbrooke was abolished, and along with the Shires of
Lillydale,
Healesville
Healesville is a town in Victoria, Australia, 52 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district, located within the Shire of Yarra Ranges local government area. Healesville recorded a population of 7,589 in the 2021 census.
H ...
and
Upper Yarra, was merged into the newly created
Shire of Yarra Ranges
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. The districts around
Emerald merged with the neighbouring
Shire of Pakenham
The Shire of Pakenham was a local government area about southeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1862 until 1994.
History
The Berwick Road District was incorporated o ...
, into the newly created
Shire of Cardinia
The Shire of Cardinia is a Local government areas of Victoria, local government area in Victoria, Australia, in the south-east of Melbourne between Western Port and the Yarra River, Yarra Ranges on the outskirts of Melbourne. It has an area of 1 ...
, while
Upper Ferntree Gully and
Lysterfield were transferred to the City of Knox.
Council formerly met at the Shire Offices in
Upwey. After the amalgamations, these offices became the Burrinja Cultural Centre.
Wards
The Shire of Sherbrooke was divided into four ridings, each of which elected three councillors:
* Centre Riding
* East Riding
* Emerald Riding
* South Riding
Suburbs and localities
* Council seat.
Population
* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.
+ Knox severed in 1963 - Sherbrooke population in 1961 was 16,306, and combined population for 1966 is 65,242.
References
External links
Victorian Places - Sherbrooke and Sherbrooke Shire
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Sherbrooke
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1889 establishments in Australia
Shire of Cardinia
1994 disestablishments in Australia
Yarra Ranges
City of Knox