The Shire of Heywood 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 1856 until 1994.
It was, for most of its life, known as the Shire of Portland.
History
Heywood was first incorporated as the Portland Road District on 25 January 1856, which became the Shire of Portland on 8 December 1863. On 23 April 1958 and 31 May 1968, it lost parts of its area to the Town of Portland, and on 1 October 1988, it was renamed the Shire of Heywood. Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.
On 23 September 1994, the Shire of Heywood was abolished, and along with the City of Portland and most of the Shire of Glenelg, was merged into the new Shire of Glenelg.
Wards
The Shire of Heywood was divided into four ridings, each of which elected three councillors: East Riding South Riding West Riding Central Riding
Towns and localities Allestree Bolwarra Branxholme Cape Bridgewater Cape Nelson Cashmore Dartmoor Drumborg Gorae West Greenwald Heathmere Heywood* Homerton Hotspur Kentbruck Lake Condah Lower Glenelg Milltown Mount Richmond Mumbannar Narrawong Nelson Tarragal Trewalla Tyrendarra Wade Junction
* Council seat.
Population Year Population 1954 7,056 1958 7,370* 1961 6,982 1966 6,859 1971 6,439 1976 6,368 1981 6,791 1986 7,211 1991 7,125
* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.
References
External links
Victorian Places - Heywood Shire