City of Doncaster & Templestowe

City of Doncaster & Templestowe



Country: Australia
State: Victoria
Region: Northeast Melbourne
Established 1856
Council seat Doncaster
Area:  89.42 km2 (34.53 sq mi)
Population Total: 102,898 (1991)[1]
Population Density: 1,150.73/km2 (2,980.37/sq mi)
County: Bourke, Evelyn
LGAs around City of Doncaster & Templestowe: Heidelberg, Eltham, Healesville, Heidelberg, City of Doncaster & Templestowe, Lillydale, Camberwell, Box Hill, Nunawading, Ringwood

The City of Doncaster & Templestowe was a local government area about 20 kilometres (12 mi) east-northeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of 89.42 square kilometres (34.53 sq mi), and existed from 1915 until 1994. At its peak in the early 1990s, it had a population of just over 100,000.

History
The origin of local government in the area dates back to 19 December 1856, when the Templestowe Road District was formed, following a public meeting and election at Bulleen Hotel.[2][3] 
Two decades later, on 7 May 1875, the Shire of Bulleen was formed, incorporating the Roads Board area and Warrandyte.[2][4] 
On 30 May 1890, the Doncaster Riding was severed and incorporated as the Shire of Doncaster, meeting in the old Shire Hall in Council Street.[2] 
By this time, fruit growing had become the mainstay of Doncaster's rural economy. 
The Shire of Bulleen was renamed to the Shire of Templestowe on 12 May 1892, and reunited with Doncaster 23 years later under local government reforms on 1 October 1915, with the combined entity named the Shire of Doncaster & Templestowe on 16 March 1926.

Urbanisation was slow to reach the area, and the 1949 Australian Blue Book described the shire as "mainly undulating country with extensive views [and] some low, hilly ranges". 
Agricultural activities, such as fruit growing, dairying and sheep and cattle grazing, dominated the shire's economic life.[5] 
By 1955, the population of the area had grown with suburban settlement and a new Shire Hall was built.[2]

In July 1966, at a time of rapid suburban growth, the Shire sought to be created a City under the name of the "City of Koonarra", a portmanteau of Koonung (Creek) and Yarra (River).[6][7]  The name, invented by councillors,[6] was perceived as "contrived" and lacking historical ties.[8] After almost 2,500 residents signed petitions opposing the new name, the council abandoned it in December 1966.[8] The municipality was proclaimed the City of Doncaster and Templestowe on 28 February 1967.[9]

On 15 December 1994, the City of Doncaster & Templestowe was abolished, and along with the Wonga Park area from the Shire of Lillydale, was merged into the newly created City of Manningham.[10]

At the time of dissolution, council meetings were held in the Municipal Offices in Doncaster Road, Doncaster. This facility is still used for the same purpose by the City of Manningham.

Land zoning
The City of Doncaster & Templestowe had about three hundred parks by the 1990s.[11]

Wards
The City of Doncaster & Templestowe was subdivided into four wards, each electing three councillors:[9]: Doncaster Ward, Doncaster West Ward, Templestowe Ward, Warrandyte Ward

Suburbs: Bulleen, Doncaster (Council seat), Doncaster East, Donvale, Mitcham (shared with the City of Nunawading), Park Orchards, Ringwood North (shared with the City of Ringwood), Templestowe
Templestowe Lower, Warrandyte, Warrandyte South (shared with the Shire of Lillydale), Warranwood

Year Population
1911 1,195
1947 3,786
1954 6,814
1958 11,200 (Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book)
1961 19,061
1966 38,061
1971 64,286
1976 82,090
1981 90,660
1986 99,269
1991 102,898





VICTORIA - GOVERNMENT GAZETTE Published by Authority [Registered at the General Post Office, Melbourne, for transmission by post as a newspaper.] 
No. 71 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25 1967 PROCLAMATIONS - LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1958. 

PROCLAMATION OF THE SHIRE OF DONCASTER AND TEMPLESTOWE AS A CITY. 

By His Excellency the Governor of the State of Victoria and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, &c., &c., &c. 

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1958.
PROCLAMATION OF THE SHIRE OF DONCASTER AND TEMPLESTOWE AS A CITY.
By His Excellency the Governor of the State of Victoria
and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia,
&c., &c., &c.
WHEREAS it is provided by Part II. of the Local Government Act 1958, as amended, that the Governor in Council may, after the receipt of a petition to proclaim a municipality a city from the council of a municipality which is substantially urban in character and has a population of at least ten thousand inhabitants and which in the year ended on the thirtieth day of September last passed yielded a revenue from general and extra rates of
not less than One Hundred and Sixty Thousand Dollars, proclaim that municipality a city:
AND WHEREAS the Shire of Doncaster and Templestowe is substantially urban in character, has a population of at least ten thousand inhabitants and in the year ended on the thirtieth day of September last passed yielded a revenue from general and extra rates of not less than One Hundred and Sixty Thousand Dollars, and in pursuance of the said Act the President, Councillors and Ratepayers of the Shire have presented a petition praying for the exercise of such power:
NOW THEREFORE, I, the Governor of the State of Victoria, by and with the advice of the Executive Council thereof and with effect on and from the twenty-eighth day of February, 1967, hereby proclaim the Shire of Doncaster and Templestowe to be a City under the name of the City of Doncaster and Templestowe.
Given under my Hand and the Seal of the State of Victoria, aforesaid, at Melbourne, this twenty-fourth day of January, in the year of our Lord One thousand nine hundred and sixty-seven and in the fifteenth year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
(L.S.) ROHAN DELACOMBE.  By His Excellency's Command,  R. J. HAMER,
Minister for Local Government GOD SAVE THE QUEEN !

Source: Victoria Government Gazette No7 January 25, 1967 p175.pdf


GOVERNMENT NOTICES - LOCAL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT.

PETITION FOR PROCLAMATION OF THE SHIRE OF DONCASTER AND TEMPLESTOWE AS A CITY.

IN pursuance of the provisions of the Local Government Act 1958, as amended, the substance and prayer of a petition presented to His Excellency the Governor in Council in accordance with section 20 of the said Act, are published viz.:
The petition of the President, Councillors and Ratepayers of the Shire of Doncaster and Templestowe showeth that the said municipality:
(a) is substantially urban in character;
(b) has a population of at least ten thousand inhabitants; and
(c) in the year ended on the thirtieth day of September last passed, yielded a revenue from general and extra rates of not less than One hundred and sixty thousand dollars ($160,000.00).

The petitioners therefore pray that His Excellency the Governor in Council, in exercise of the powers and authorities contained in section 18 (1) (k) of the Local Government Act 1958, as amended, will proclaim the municipality of the Shire of Doncaster and Templestowe to be a City to be known as the City of Koonarra.
R. J. HAMER, Minister for Local Government. Local Government Department, Melbourne.

Source: Victoria Government Gazette No59 10 August 1966 page 2978 - 1966_2978

Note: This petition requested that the new city be named "City of Koonarra", but as shown in the later proclamation published in the Victoria Government Gazette on 25 January 1967, the municipality was ultimately proclaimed the City of Doncaster and Templestowe, NOT Koonarra.


Commemorative Coins celebrating the Centenary of City of Doncaster & Templestowe (1975)



Source: Jimmy Helmore

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