The Rural City of Bellarine was a local government area southeast of the regional city of Geelong, Victoria, Australia, covering most of the Bellarine Peninsula. The Rural City covered an area of , and from its origin as the Portarlington Road District, existed in a number of forms and under different names from 1853 until 1993.
History
Bellarine was first incorporated as the Portarlington Road District on 12 December 1853, and became a shire on 26 September 1865. On 12 December 1989, Bellarine was proclaimed a rural city. Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.
On 18 May 1993, the Rural City of Bellarine was abolished, and along with the Cities of Geelong, Geelong West and Newtown, the Shire of Corio and parts of the City of South Barwon and the Shires of Barrabool and Bannockburn, was merged into the newly created City of Greater Geelong.
Wards
The Rural City of Bellarine was divided into three ridings, each of which elected three councillors: Bellarine Riding Paywit Riding Moolap Riding
Towns and localities Bellarine Clifton Springs Curlewis Drysdale* (including the neighbourhood of Murradoc) Indented Head Leopold Mannerim Marcus Hill Moolap (including the neighbourhood of Point Henry) Newcomb Ocean Grove Point Lonsdale (shared with the Borough of Queenscliffe) Portarlington St Leonards Swan Bay Wallington (including the neighbourhood of Fenwick) Whittington
* Council seat.
Population Year Population 1954 7,015 1958 9,270* 1961 10,127 1966 14,529 1971 18,791 1976 24,495 1981 30,014 1986 35,302 1991 41,130
* Estimate in 1958 Victorian Year Book.
References
External links
Victorian Places - Bellarine Rural City