The Shire of Grenville was a Local Government Area located southwest of the regional city of Ballarat

Ballarat, Victoria

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Victoria (Australia)

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. The shire covered an area of 845 square kilometres (326.3 sq mi), and existed from 1861 until 1994.

History

Grenville was first incorporated as a district on 27 August 1861, and became a shire on 16 February 1864. On 1 October 1915, under the Local Government Amendment Act 1914, it absorbed the areas of two boroughs—Browns and Scarsdale, which had incorporated on 25 July 1862 with an area of 23.31 square kilometres (5,760 acre), and Smythesdale, incorporated on 12 April 1861 with an area of 5.83 square kilometres (1,441 acre).

On 6 May 1994, the Shire was abolished, and merged with Shire of Bannockburn

Shire of Bannockburn

The Shire of Bannockburn was a Local Government Area located about west-southwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1862 until 1994.-History:...

, Shire of Leigh

Shire of Leigh

The Shire of Leigh was a Local Government Area located about west of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1861 until 1994.-History:...

 and part of Buninyong

Shire of Buninyong

The Shire of Buninyong was a Local Government Area located south and southeast of the regional city of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1858 until 1994.-History:...

 into the Golden Plains Shire

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Wards

Grenville was divided into four ridings on 16 May 1977, each of which elected three councillors:

• Delacombe Riding
• East Riding
• North Riding
• West Riding

Towns and localities

• Bonshaw
• Delacombe
  Delacombe, Victoria
  Delacombe is a large and rapidly growing industrial/residential suburb on the south west rural-urban fringe of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. The population at the 2006 census was 3,811 making it the sixth most populated in the Ballarat urban area....
  
  
• Haddon
  Haddon, Victoria
  Haddon is a town just a few kilometres west the city of Ballarat. It is in the Golden Plains Shire. The township only has a population a bit above 1,000 people. Its postcode is 3351....
  
  
• Happy Valley
• Linton
  Linton, Victoria
  Linton is a town in Victoria, Australia off Glenelg Highway. It was first settled about 1840. The town was named after a pioneer family in an area. At the 2006 census, Linton had a population of 355. The Clarkesdale Bird Sanctuary lies to the south-east of the township, near Springdallah Creek.-...
  
  
• Nintingbool
• Piggoreet
• Scarsdale
  Scarsdale, Victoria
  Scarsdale a town close to Newtown, Victoria , Australia. It is a small town close to Ballarat....
  
  
• Smythesdale
  Smythesdale, Victoria
  Smythesdale is a town in Victoria, Australia. The town is located on the Glenelg Highway in the Golden Plains Shire Local Government Area, west of Ballarat and west of the state capital, Melbourne. At the 2006 census, Smythesdale had a population of 280....
  
  
• Smythes Creek

Population

Year	Population
1954	1,862
1958	1,910*
1961	1,833
1966	1,692
1971	1,802
1976	2,790
1981	4,293
1986	6,395
1991	8,113

* Estimate in 1958 Victorian Year Book.