Shire of Creswick

Shire of Creswick
Victoria
Location in Victoria
Former town hall at Creswick
Population4,870 (1992)[1]
 • Density8.828/km2 (22.864/sq mi)
Established1859
Area551.66 km2 (213.0 sq mi)
Council seatCreswick
RegionGrampians
CountyTalbot
LGAs around Shire of Creswick:
Talbot and Clunes Newstead Newstead
Talbot and Clunes Shire of Creswick Daylesford and Glenlyon
Ballarat Bungaree Ballan

The Shire of Creswick was a local government area about 120 kilometres (75 mi) west-northwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 551.66 square kilometres (213.0 sq mi), and existed from 1859 until 1995.

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