The Shire of Flinders was a

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encompassing the extremity of the

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, about south of

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, the state capital of

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, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1874 until 1994.

History

The Kangerong Road District (adjoining

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) was created on 14 October 1862. The Flinders Road District, on the east of the peninsula, was created on 15 December 1868. They united to become the Shire of Flinders and Kangerong on 24 December 1874, which was renamed Flinders on 28 January 1914. On 19 October 1960, part of the Eastern Riding was transferred to the new

Shire of Hastings The Shire of Hastings was a local government area about south-southeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia, encompassing the eastern extremity of the Mornington Peninsula. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1 ...

, which had split from the Shire of Frankston. Accessed at

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, La Trobe Reading Room. On 15 December 1994, the Shire of Flinders was abolished, and along with the Shires of Hastings and Mornington, and parts of the

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, was merged into the newly created

Shire of Mornington Peninsula The Shire of Mornington Peninsula is a local government area in southeastern Metropolitan Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is located to the south of the Melbourne City Centre. It has an area of 724 square kilometres and in June 2018 it had ...

. ''

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'' reported in July 1994 that the result had been supported by Hastings and Mornington councils from the beginning, but opposed by Flinders, which wanted to merge with the southern coastal section of Hastings. Council formerly met at the Shire Offices, on Boneo Road,

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. The facility is still used today by the Shire of Mornington Peninsula.

Wards

The Shire of Flinders was divided into four ridings in May 1961, each of which elected three councillors: * Matthew Riding * Murray Riding * Bowen Riding * Collins Riding

Suburbs and localities

* Arthurs Seat * Boneo *

Dromana Dromana is a seaside suburb on the Mornington Peninsula in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Shire of Mornington Peninsula local government area. Dromana recorded a population o ...

* Blairgowrie *

Cape Schanck Cape Schanck is a locality at the southernmost tip of the Mornington Peninsula in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, approximately south of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Shire of Mornington Peninsula local government ...

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* Flinders * Main Ridge * McCrae *

Point Nepean Point Nepean (Boonwurrung: ''Boona-djalang'') marks the southern point of The Rip (the entrance to Port Phillip) and the most westerly point of the Mornington Peninsula, in Victoria, Australia. It was named in 1802 after the British politician ...

* Portsea* * Red Hill *

* Rosebud South * Rosebud West *

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* Safety Beach * Shoreham (shared with the Shire of Hastings) *

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* St Andrews Beach * Tootgarook * Council seat.

Population

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.
+ Drop in population due to loss of part of eastern riding to the new

in 1960.

References

External links

Victorian Places - Flinders Shire
{{Coord, 38, 26, S, 145, 00, E, type:adm2nd_region:AU-VIC, display=title Flinders Mornington Peninsula 1862 establishments in Australia 1994 disestablishments in Australia