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Shire of Mount Rouse Victoria
Location in Victoria
Former council chambers in Penshurst
Population	2,350 (1992)
• Density	1.670/km (4.326/sq mi)
Established	1860
Area	1,407 km (543.2 sq mi)
Council seat	Penshurst
Region	Barwon South West
County	Villiers
LGAs around Shire of Mount Rouse: Dundas Ararat Ararat Dundas Shire of Mount Rouse Mortlake Minhamite Warrnambool Mortlake

The Shire of Mount Rouse was a local government area about 270 kilometres (168 mi) west of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 1,407 square kilometres (543.2 sq mi), and existed from 1860 until 1994.

History

Mount Rouse was incorporated as a road district on 2 October 1860, and became a shire on 26 January 1864.

On 23 September 1994, the Shire of Mount Rouse was abolished, and along with the City of Hamilton, the Shire of Wannon and parts of the Shire of Dundas, was merged into the newly created Shire of Southern Grampians.

Ridings

Mount Rouse was divided into three ridings, each of which elected three councillors:

• Dunkeld Riding
• Glenthompson Riding
• Penshurst Riding

Towns and localities

• Chatsworth
• Dunkeld
• Glenthompson
• Penshurst*
• Tabor

* Council seat.

Population

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office (1994). Victorian Year Book. pp. 49–52. ISSN 0067-1223.
2. Victorian Municipal Directory. Brunswick: Arnall & Jackson. 1992. pp. 774–775. Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.
3. 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. 10,11. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved 5 January 2008.

External links

• Victorian Places - Mount Rouse Shire

37°53′S 142°17′E / 37.883°S 142.283°E / -37.883; 142.283

• Former local government areas of Victoria (state)