Electoral district of South Grant

South Grant
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Electoral district of South Grant, 1856
StateVictoria
Created1856
Abolished1877
DemographicRural

South Grant was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly[1] in the Australian state of Victoria from 1856 to 1877.[1]

South Grant was based in the countryside surrounding (but not including) Geelong, bordered on the north and east by the Werribee River, on the west by the Yarrowee River and the coastline to current-day Anglesea.[2] 37°55′S 144°20′E / 37.917°S 144.333°E / -37.917; 144.333

The district of South Grant was one of the initial districts of the first Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1856.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  2. ^ "Electoral Districts of South Grant, North Grant, North Grenville, Ripon, Hampden, South Grenville and Polworth, Villiers and Heytesbury, Normanby, Dundas and Follett" (map). 1855. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  3. ^ Sweetman, Edward (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 183. Retrieved 14 April 2013.