Shire of Flinders (Victoria)

Shire of Flinders
Victoria
Location in Melbourne
Population40,000 (1992)[1]
 • Density123/km2 (320/sq mi)
Established1858
Area324 km2 (125.1 sq mi)
Council seatRosebud
RegionMornington Peninsula
CountyMornington
LGAs around Shire of Flinders:
Port Phillip Mornington Mornington
Port Phillip Shire of Flinders Hastings
Bass Strait Western Port Western Port

The Shire of Flinders was a local government area encompassing the extremity of the Mornington Peninsula, about 65 kilometres (40 mi) south of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 324 square kilometres (125.1 sq mi), and existed from 1874 until 1994.

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