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Coordinates: 37°49′18″S 145°02′12″E / 37.8216°S 145.0367°E / -37.8216; 145.0367
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This article is about a former local government area. For the suburb, see Hawthorn, Victoria.

City of Hawthorn
Local government area
Hawthorn Town Hall
Hawthorn Town Hall
Map
The extent of the City of Hawthorn at its dissolution in 1994
CountryAustralia
StateVictoria
RegionEastern Melbourne
Established1860
Council seatHawthorn
Area
 • Total
9.71 km2 (3.75 sq mi)
Population
 • Total31,500 (1992)[1]
 • Density3,244/km2 (8,402/sq mi)
CountyBourke
LGAs around City of Hawthorn
Collingwood Kew Camberwell
Richmond City of Hawthorn Camberwell
Prahran Malvern Malvern

The City of Hawthorn was a local government area about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) east of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia, on the southeast bank of the Yarra River. The city covered an area of 9.71 square kilometres (3.75 sq mi), and existed from 1860 until 1994.

History

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Hawthorn was incorporated as a municipal district on 27 July 1860. It was proclaimed as a town on 18 March 1887, and a city on 12 September 1890.[2]

On 22 June 1994, the City of Hawthorn was abolished, and along with the Cities of Camberwell and Kew, was merged into the newly created City of Boroondara.[3] The new City was originally planned to be named "City of Riversdale".[4]

The council met at the Hawthorn Town Hall, at the corner of Burwood and Glenferrie Roads, near Glenferrie railway station, Hawthorn. The facility is still used by the City of Boroondara as a regional arts centre.[5]

Council name

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Name Established
Hawthorn Municipality 27 July 1860
Hawthorn Borough Council 1863
Hawthorn Town Council 18 March 1887
Hawthorn City Council 12 September 1890

Wards

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The City of Hawthorn was divided into four wards in 1891,[6] each electing three councillors:

  • Auburn Ward
  • Glenferrie Ward
  • Power Ward
  • Yarra Ward

Geography

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The council area covered the suburbs of Hawthorn, Hawthorn East and parts of Glen Iris, and was bounded by the Yarra River to the west, Barkers Road to the north, Gardiners Creek and CityLink (formerly South Eastern Freeway) to the south and Burke Road to the east.[7]

Population

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Year Population
1861 2,342
1881 6,019
1891 19,585
1947 40,464
1954 37,188
1958 35,700*
1961 36,707
1966 36,717
1971 37,571
1976 32,505
1981 30,689
1986 29,623
1991 30,006

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

Mayors

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Hawthorn Municipality chairmen (1860–1863)

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# Chairman Term
1 Michael O’Grady 1860-1862
2 Dugald McDougall 1862-1863

Mayors of the City of Hawthorn (1863–1994)

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# Chairman Term
3 William Henry Pettett 1863-1864
4 Lauchlan Mackinnon 1864-1865
5 John de la Roche Bragge 1865-1866
6 Edward Augustus Atkyns 1866-1867
7 Frederick Walsh 1867-1868
8 Henry Lawes 1868-1870
9 Michael O’Grady 1870-1871
10 Alfred William Harston 1871-1872
11 Charles Baker 1872-1873
12 John Stevenson Denny 1873-1874
13 Edward Sayce 1874-1876
14 William Cleverdon 1876-1877
15 Robert Elias Wallen 1877-187
16 William Cleverdon 1879-1880
17 Alexander Millie 1880-1882
18 William Bell 1882-1883
19 James Swan 1883-1884
20 William Thomas Wallis 1884-1885
21 William Cowper 1885-1886
22 Daniel George Cullen 1886-1887
23 Thomas Barrett 1887-1888
24 George Grant Munro 1888-1889
25 James Westley 1889-1890
26 Francis Gillman 1891
27 Charles Edgerton 1891-1892
28 Robert William Hooke 1892-1893
29 Percy Joseph Russell 1893-1894
30 Robert Thomson Barbour 1894-1895
31 James Scoular Riddell 1895-1896
32 Charles Dalley 1896-1897
33 Richard Ardagh 1897-1898
34 Arthur Norman Smith 1898-1899
35 John Adams 1899-1900
36 Frederick William McDonald 1900-1901
37 William Cowper 1901-1902
38 George Swinburne 1902-1903
39 Benjamin Goldsmith 1903-1904
40 William Andrews 1904-1905
41 Percy Joseph Russell 1905-1906
42 Charles Dalley 1906-1907
43 Henry Sayers Crocker 1907-1908
44 Henry Henningsen 1908-1909
45 David Henry Dureau 1909-1910
46 Andrew Roche 1910-1911
47 William George Burton 1911-1912
48 John V.M. Wood 1912-1913
49 Robert Thomas Barbour 1913-1914
50 Edward Charles Rigby 1914-1915
51 Percy Joseph Russell 1915-1917
52 Robert William Lord 1917-1918
53 Edward Ward 1918-1919
54 Frank Ogglethorpe Wills Sambell 1919-1920
55 Thomas Henson Kitchin 1920-1921
56 John Chalmers 1921-1922
57 Joseph Brook Pridmore 1922-1923
58 Walter James Lancaster 1923-1924
59 Edward Charles Rigby 1924-1925
60 George William Simpson 1925-1926
61 Henry Angus Wallace 1926-1927
62 David Henry Evans 1927-1928
63 Edward Ward 1928-1929
64 William Thomas Lewis 1929-1930
65 Joseph Brook Pridmore 1930-1931
66 John Williams George 1931-1932
67 George William Simpson 1932-1935
68 Edward Charles Rigby 1935-1936
69 David Henry Evans 1936-1937
70 John Austin Gray 1937-1938
71 Joseph Fowler 1938-1939
72 William Thomas Lewis 1939-1940
73 Joseph Brook Pridmore 1940-1941
74 John Williams George 1941-1942
75 William Campbell Porteous 1942-1943
76 Joseph Brook Pridmore 1943-1944
77 William Thomas Lewis 1944-1945
78 Joseph Fowler 1945-1946
79 William Robert Gordon Longmuir 1946-1947
80 Edward Charles Rigby 1947-1948
81 Leslie Tyack 1948-1949
82 Harry Woolven Moffat 1949-1950
83 Joseph Brook Pridmore 1950-1951
84 Harold William George 1951-1953
85 David Swan 1953-1954
86 Thomas Howard Jackett 1954-1955
87 Alan Robert Patterson 1955-1956
88 Graham Sterling Slobom 1956-1957
89 Harold William George 1957-1958
90 William Richard Tresise 1958-1959
91 Gerald Stephen Phillips 1959-1960
92 Max William Yunghanns 1960-1961
93 Keith Charles Miller 1961-1962
94 Harold William George 1962-1963
95 Thomas Howard Jackett 1963-1964
96 Reginald Iliff Harris 1964-1965
97 Donald Ingersole 1965-1966
98 Geoffrey Alfred Saunders 1966-1967
99 William Piper Brown 1967-1968
100 George Loton 1968-1969
101 Lloyd Emerson Albert Orton 1969-1970
102 John Stanley Head 1970-1971
103 Keith Charles Miller 1971-1972
104 Walter Blair Dobson 1972-1973
105 John Stanley Head 1973-1974
106 John Hampton Hartwig Beale 1974-1975
107 Brian James Bergin 1975-1976
108 Betty May Marginson 1976-1977
109 William Hugh Nankivell 1977-1978
110 Guy Arundel Newton Brown 1978-1979
111 Salvatore Coffa 1979-1980
112 Leslie Julian Kausman 1980-1981
113 Jeffrey Alfred Wunderlich 1981-1982
114 Paul Alexander Jones 1982-1983
115 Rosalind McMillan 1983-1984
116 John Hampton Hartwig Beale 1984-1985
117 Jill Short 1985-1986
118 Salvatore Coffa 1986-1987
119 Guy Arundel Newton Brown 1987-1988
120 Barbara van Ernst 1988-1989
121 John Hampton Hartwig Beale 1989-1990
122 Jane Laidley Nathan 1990-1991
123 Barbara van Ernst 1991-1992
124 Ken Hare-Brown 1992-1993
125 Nigel Kirby 1993-1994

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office (1994). "Victorian Year Book". Victorian Year-Book: 49. ISSN 0067-1223.
  2. ^ Victorian Municipal Directory. Brunswick: Arnall & Jackson. 1992. pp. 393–394. Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.
  3. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (1 August 1995). Victorian local government amalgamations 1994-1995: Changes to the Australian Standard Geographical Classification (PDF). Commonwealth of Australia. p. 4. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved 16 December 2007.
  4. ^ "Municipal shake-up". The Age. 9 April 1994. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Mayor introduces Hawthorn's new leading lady of the arts". City of Boroondara. Archived from the original on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  6. ^ "Timeline | Hawthorn Historical Society".
  7. ^ "Melway - Greater Melbourne Street Directory". Melway Greater Melbourne Street Directory: Including Geelong, Phillip Island, Healesville, Bellarine & Mornington Peninsulas (22nd ed.). Glen Iris, Victoria: Melway Publishing Pty Ltd: Maps 44–45, 58–59. 1993. ISSN 0311-3957.
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