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City of South Melbourne

This article is about a former local government area. For the suburb, see South Melbourne.

The City of South Melbourne was a local government area about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) south of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia, on the south bank of the Yarra River. The city covered an area of 8.91 square kilometres (3.44 sq mi), and existed from 1855 until 1994.

City of South Melbourne
Victoria
Location in Melbourne
South Melbourne Town Hall
Coordinates37°59′06″S 144°57′36″E / 37.98500°S 144.96000°E / -37.98500; 144.96000
Population17,600 (1992)[1]
 • Density1,975/km2 (5,116/sq mi)
Established1855
Abolished1994
Area8.91 km2 (3.4 sq mi)
Council seatSouth Melbourne
RegionInner Melbourne
CountyBourke
LGAs around City of South Melbourne:
Melbourne Melbourne Melbourne
Port Melbourne City of South Melbourne Prahran
Port Phillip Port Phillip St Kilda

The council area was bounded by the Yarra River to the north, Fraser and Lorne Streets to the south, the Port Phillip foreshore and Pickles Street to the west, and St Kilda Road to the east.[2]

History edit

South Melbourne was first incorporated as the Emerald Hill Borough on 26 May 1855, and became a town on 1 March 1872. It was proclaimed a city, and was renamed South Melbourne, on 21 September 1883.[2]

On 18 November 1993, a small portion around Southbank and the Victorian Arts Centre was annexed to the City of Melbourne.[3]

On 22 June 1994, the City of South Melbourne was abolished, and along with the Cities of Port Melbourne and St Kilda, was merged into the newly created City of Port Phillip.[4]

The council met at the South Melbourne Town Hall on Bank Street, between Fishley and Layfield Streets, South Melbourne. The hall still exists and is now used by the Australian National Academy of Music.

Suburbs edit

* Council seat.

Population edit

Year Population
1861 8,822
1881 25,374
1891 41,724
1921 46,873
1954 37,955
1958 35,300*
1961 32,528
1966 30,174
1971 26,995
1976 21,334
1981 19,955
1986 18,499
1991 17,712

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

Councillors edit

The City of South Melbourne was divided into four wards, each electing three councillors:

  • Canterbury Ward
  • Fawkner Ward
  • Hobson Ward
  • Queens Ward

List of known councillors edit

Councillor Party Ward Term start Term end
  Edward Heather Independent Queen's 18?? 18??
  Thomas Smith Political Labour League Beaconsfield 1885 1895
  Labor 1895 1901
  Thomas Ashworth Free Trade Association 1895 1898
  James Laurence Murphy Labor 1904 1942
  Arthur Disney Labor 1908 1918
  Charles Merrett Liberal 1915 1917
  Nationalist 1917 1922
  Liberal Union 1922 1925
  Independent Liberal 1922 1925
  Australian Liberal 1926 1932
  Independent Liberal 1932 1937
  Robert Williams Labor 1921 1932
  Independent 1932 1932
  Arthur Wallace Labor 1928 1932
  Independent 1932 1937
  Archibald Crofts Non-Labor Queen's 1931 1933
  United Australia 1933 1942†
  Keith Sutton Labor 1939 1952
  Reg Macey Liberal 1973 1981
  Reg Macey Liberal 1982 1985

† = Died in office

Gallery edit

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    South Melbourne Town Hall

References edit

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office (1994). Victorian Year Book. p. 49. ISSN 0067-1223.
  2. ^ a b Victorian Municipal Directory. Brunswick: Arnall & Jackson. 1992. pp. 483–484. Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.
  3. ^ Monash University (1999). "Australian Places - South Melbourne". Archived from the original on 2 April 2003. Retrieved 4 January 2008.
  4. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (1 August 1995). Victorian local government amalgamations 1994-1995: Changes to the Australian Standard Geographical Classification (PDF). Commonwealth of Australia. p. 11. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved 16 December 2007.

External links edit

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