Shire of Bacchus Marsh

Shire of Bacchus Marsh
Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population12,590 (1992)[1]
 • Density22.283/km2 (57.71/sq mi)
Established1862
Area565 km2 (218.1 sq mi)
Council seatBacchus Marsh
RegionGrampians
CountyBourke, Grant
LGAs around Shire of Bacchus Marsh:
Kyneton Newham & Woodend Gisborne
Ballan Shire of Bacchus Marsh Melton
Ballan Corio Werribee

The Shire of Bacchus Marsh was a local government area about 50 kilometres (31 mi) west of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 565 square kilometres (218.1 sq mi), and existed from 1862 until 1994.

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office (1994). Victorian Year Book. pp. 49–52. ISSN 0067-1223.