The Shire of Bannockburn was a local government area about 85 kilometres (53 mi) west-south-west of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia...
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Bannockburn is a town near Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 88 km southwest of Melbourne. It is located in Golden Plains Shire. In the 2021 census, Bannockburn...
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population of 23,120. It includes the towns of Bannockburn, Dereel, Gheringhap, Lethbridge, Linton, Berringa, Teesdale, Rokewood and Meredith. The Shire was...
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Bannockburn Shire was a local government area in the North West Slopes region of New South Wales, Australia. Bannockburn Shire was proclaimed on 7 March...
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Shire of Barrabool and Shire of Bannockburn. The City is governed and administered by the Greater Geelong City Council; its seat of local government and...
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of Geelong was covered by the City of Geelong, with the surrounding suburbs falling into the Shire of Barrabool, Shire of Bannockburn, Rural City of Bellarine...
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a shire and is governed by a shire council. Local councils have the same administrative functions and similar political structures, regardless of their...
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Past, Shire of Bannockburn Arts, Crafts and Historical Committee,1985, p 10 Blake, L. J. (1973). Vision and Realisation: A Centenary History of State...
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by Bannockburn Shire on 15 September 1915. On 18 May 1993 part of Bannockburn Shire (including Meredith) was amalgamated with part of Barrabool Shire, and...
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Shires of Barrabool and Bannockburn, was merged into the newly created City of Greater Geelong. The Shire of Corio was divided into four ridings, each of which...
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Alsop, P. F. B., 1971, 'History of the Shelford iron bridge over the Leigh River, Bannockburn–Rokewood Road, Shire of Leigh' Gary Vines, Metal Bridges...
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Clackmannanshire (redirect from Shire of Clackmannan)
a derivative of the Brythonic name of the Manaw, the Iron Age tribe who inhabited the area. The final element is the English word shire. As Britain's...
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Connewarre, Victoria (category Suburbs of Geelong)
City of Bellarine, the Shire of Corio, the City of Geelong, the City of Geelong West, the City of Newtown, and part of the Shire of Bannockburn, to form...
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absorbed the neighbouring Bannockburn Shire. The shire offices were based in Inverell. Other towns and villages in the shire included Delungra, Gilgai...
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time of its redesignation as a shire on 22 March 1864. On 6 May 1994, the Shire of Leigh was abolished, and along with the Shires of Bannockburn and Grenville...
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Moorabool River (category Rivers of Barwon South West (region))
again a ford. The first wooden bridge was built by the Shire of Corio and Shire of Bannockburn in 1854, down river from the ford, and was tolled until...
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On 6 May 1994, the Shire of Grenville was abolished, and along with the Shires of Bannockburn and Leigh and parts of the Shire of Buninyong, was merged...
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were established in the colony of Victoria, Australia, pursuant to legislation passed in 1853 and were an early form of local government in Victoria. The...
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Battle of Bannockburn in 1314, Sir Simon's cousin, Sir Alexander Fraser of Touchfraser and Cowie, was much more fortunate. He fought at Bannockburn, married...
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Logan City (redirect from Shire of Logan)
off-grid. The Department of Local Government instigated the formation of the new Logan Shire, which included the northern suburbs of both Albert and Beaudesert...
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Warringah Council (redirect from Warringah Shire Council)
northern beaches region of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It was proclaimed on 7 March 1906 as the Warringah Shire Council, and became...
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The Shire of Walpeup was a local government area in northwestern Victoria, Australia, along the South Australian border. The shire covered an area of 10...
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Shelford, Victoria (category Golden Plains Shire)
The locality is in the Golden Plains Shire near the regional city of Geelong and 106 kilometres (66 mi) west of the state capital, Melbourne. Shelford...
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Gheringhap, Victoria (category Golden Plains Shire)
83 km southwest of Melbourne, between Geelong and Meredith on the Midland Highway. Gheringhap is located in the Golden Plains Shire. The town is located...
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Historic Environment Record. submission. Brown, Michael (2 July 2008). Bannockburn. Edinburgh University Press. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-7486-3334-0. Historic...
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the City of South Barwon and the Shires of Barrabool and Bannockburn, was merged into the newly created City of Greater Geelong. The City of Geelong was...
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Locations in Australia with a Scottish name (redirect from List of Scottish placenames in Australia)
Sutherland Sutherland Point Sutherland Shire Tweed River Tweed Heads Tweed Shire Tweed Valley Tweed Volcano Suburbs of Sydney Abbotford Alfords Point Airds...
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The Shire of Wangaratta was a local government area about 260 kilometres (162 mi) northeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The...
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Geelong West, Victoria (category Suburbs of Geelong)
part of Corio Shire in 1926, and was proclaimed a City in 1929. In 1993 Geelong West City was amalgamated with part of Bannockburn Shire, part of Barrabool...
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Stirlingshire (redirect from County of Stirling)
1314 the Battle of Bannockburn at Bannockburn, (Blàr Allt a' Bhonnaich in Scottish Gaelic) was a significant Scottish victory in the Wars of Scottish Independence...
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