The Shire of Hampden was a local government area about west-southwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1857 until 1994.
History
Hampden was first incorporated as the Hampden and Heytesbury Road District on 28 April 1857, and became a shire on 31 December 1863. On 31 May 1895, it lost parts of its East and West Wards to create the Shire of Heytesbury. On 9 September 1952, the Borough of Camperdown severed from its East Riding. Its boundary was adjusted on 31 May 1977, to include all of Skipton. Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.
On 23 September 1994, the Shire of Hampden was abolished, and along with the Town of Camperdown and parts of the Shires of Colac, Heytesbury and Mortlake, and the area around Princetown, on the Great Ocean Road, was amalgamated into the newly created Shire of Corangamite.
Wards
The Shire of Hampden was divided into three ridings, each of which elected three councillors: North Riding South Riding West Riding
Towns and localities Berrybank Bookaar Boorcan Bradvale Chocolyn Derrinallum Duverney Foxhow Glenormiston Gnotuk Kariah Leslie Manor Lismore Mingay Mount Bute Naroghid Noorat Skipton Terang Vite Vite Weerite
Population Year Population 1954 8,781 1958 9,050* 1961 9,176 1966 8,766 1971 7,411 1976 7,574 1981 7,471 1986 7,072 1991 6,780
* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.
References
External links
Victorian Places - Hampden Shire