Shire of Lillydale


The Shire of Lillydale was a local government area about northeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of, and existed from 1856 until 1994.

History

The Lillydale Road District was first created on 19 September 1856, and became a shire on 16 February 1872. It lost its southwestern sections, when the Borough of Ringwood and the Shire of Croydon severed from the shire and incorporated separately.
On 15 December 1994, the Shire of Lillydale was abolished, and, along with the Shires of Healesville and Upper Yarra and parts of the Shire of Sherbrooke, was merged into the newly created Shire of Yarra Ranges.
Council formerly met at the Shire Offices in Lilydale.
The term "Labor Omnia Vincit", on the former Shire of Lillydale logo, is Latin for "Work conquers all".

Wards

The Shire of Lillydale was divided into four ridings on 31 May 1988, each of which elected three councillors:

+ Croydon severed in 1961 - combined population for 1961 is 33,978.