Local Government

The City of Bulleen by any other name

The announcement of the new name for the City of Doncaster and Templestowe has caused some disappointment. Most people do not know that name Bulleen has great significance for our city. Our area was the Shire of Bulleen when the municipality was first formed in 1875.  
Before that, in 1841, when the area was surveyed, it was named the Parish of Bulleen.  Bulleen is the aboriginal name for the White Cockatoo that still lived in the area. 
The problem with the name started when the Doncaster riding severed rom the Shire of Bulleen in 1890 forming a separate shire. The remainder of the old Shire then only covered part of Bulleen so it was renamed the Shire of Templestowe. 
In 1914, Templestowe was told to join with Doncaster. 
In the 1920s, the Templestowe people objected to being part of Doncaster and wanted their name included.  They ignored the rest of the area such as Warrandyte, so we were stuck with the cumbersome name “the Shire of Doncaster and Templestowe” - then later, the City. 
The suburb of Bulleen, once being part of Doncaster and part of Templestowe, was named in the 1950s when its Post Office was formed. 
If people look at the title of their land they will see that they are in the Parish of Bulleen. 
They have been living in Bulleen all the time.  

Source: Irvine Green writing in 1994 12 DTHS Newsletter 

City of Doncaster & Templestowe

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] On 28 February 1967, at a time of rapid suburban growth, Doncaster & Templestowe was proclaimed a city.[6]

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.[7]

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.


1994 11 30 Commemorative Council Meeting - City of Doncaster & Templestowe





Shire Presidents and Mayors of Doncaster and Templestowe

Templestowe Roads Board was elected in 1856. The first meeting of the Board was held in the Upper Yarra Hotel, then in the home of the Board secretary.
In 1867, the Board built an office at the corner of lames and Ruffy Streets Templestowe.

In 1875 the Shire of Bulleen was formed.  

In 1914 Templestowe joined the Shire of Doncaster and later the Shire was renamed the Shire of Doncaster and Templestowe.

Shire of Bulleen

1875   E.  Tatham
1876   R.  Laidlaw
1877   J.  Smedley
1878   R.  Laidlaw
1879   R.  Laidlaw
1880   J. Smedley
1881   R Laidlaw
1882   R Laidlaw

Shire of Templestowe

in 1890, Doncaster separated for the shire forming the Shire of Doncaster meeting at the shire office in Council Street.  Shire of Bulleen became the Shire of Templestowe.

1890   W.  Hunter
1891   A.  Andrew
1992   H. Stiggant
1993   H. Stiggant
1994   H. Stiggant
1895   H. Stiggant
1896   H. Stiggant
1897   D.  Williamson
1898   H. Stiggant
1899   G. Hodgson
1900   T. Hunter
1901   F.  Trezise
1902   J. Spears
1903   T. Hunter
1904   H. Stiggant
1905   T. Hunter
1906   A.  An drew
1907   T. Hunter

Shire of Doncaster

1890   W.  Sell snr
1891   E. Lawford
1893   E. V. M. Thiele
1894   W. Sell snr
1895   E. V. M. Thiele
1896   Flickering
1897   H. Crouch
1898   W. Sell
1899   E. Lawford
1900   Flickering
1901   J,A. Zerbe
1902   Flickering
1903   H. Crouch
1904   W. Sell
1905   F. Finger
1906   A. Zerbe
1907   Flickering
1908   H. Crouch
1909   J. Tully
1910   J.  A. Zerbe
1911   J. Ctonin
1912   H. Crouch
1913   H. J. C. Clay

In 1914, Templestowe joined the Shire of Doncaster

1914   J. Tully
1915   J. A. Zerbe
1916   T . H. Petty
1917   H. J. C. Clay
1918   F. McNamara
1919   J. Tully
1920   F. McNamara
1921   H. J. C. Clay
1922   part.  A. T. Scarborough
1922   E. P. Sheahan
1923   A. E. Ireland
1924   R. G. Hillhouse
1925

Shire of Doncaster and Templestowe

1926   J. A. Smith
1927   P. Cashen
1928   C. R. H. Hemsworth
1929   JJ. Tully
1930   R. G. Hillhouse
1931   J. V. Colman
1932   E. I. Lawford
1933   R. Read
1934   C. R. H. Hemsworth
1935   A. E. Ireland
1936   R. G. Hillhouse
1937   H. G. Adams
1938   JJ. Tully
1939   E. Miles
1940   C. R. H. Hemsworth
1941   G. T. Knee
1942   R. G. Hilhouse
1943   J. V. Colman
1944   A. E. Ireland
1945   J. B. Horsfall
1946   J. V. Colman
1947   JJ. Tully
1948   R. G. Hillhouse
1949   J. B. Hutchinson
1950   G. T. Knee
1951   H. G. Adams
1952   A. E. Ireland
1953   W. R. 01iver
1954   H. G.  Adams
1955   W. R. Garrett
1956   W. R. Oliver
1957   W. F. Betton
1958   M. J. McKemzie
1959   E. L. Newbigin
1960   A. P.  Withers
1961   LJ. Cameron

Mayors of City of Doncaster and Templestowe

1967   part.  S. K. Shepherd
1967   B. Elms
1968   R. Harle
1969   K. Remingtori
1970   K. Buxton
1971   L. Cameron
1972   W. Bavey
1973   B. White
1974   I Marsden
1975   R. Poppins
1976   J.  Scott
1977   R. Kitchingman
1978   F Fitzgerald
1979   M. Seedsman
1980   P.  Mulcahy
1981   E.  Agaei
1982   G.  Cohen
1983   W Larkin
1984   B.  Jones
1985   M. Ballagh
1986   V. Denford
1987   E. McKenzie
1988   WXarkin
1989   T. Waring
1990   J. Bridge
1991   V.  Policy
1992   J.  Thompson
1993   I. Goonan
1994   L. Allemand
In 1994 Councilors replaced by Commissioners and the city renamed, The City of Manningham. 

The City of Manningham

1997 R.  Benyon

Source: 1997 09 DTHS Newsletter 

Need Manningham Majors after 1997.....

Manningham

In an endeavour to find a name generally applicable to the area of the new municipality, ‘Manningham’ was chosen in preference to the localised ‘Bulleen’, although Bulleen had been the name of the shire predating Doncaster and Templestowe. Manningham is the name of a road, and how it came to be so named was left unanswered in the council-commissioned history (2001).


City of Manningham

The Manningham municipality was created on 15 December 1994, as part of a general restructure of Melbourne's local government boundaries.[5] The new municipality contains the former City of Doncaster & Templestowe, but with part of Ringwood North ceded to the new City of Maroondah and Wonga Park, annexed from the former Shire of Lillydale.

The name Bulleen, a nearby suburb, was proposed for the new municipality, as it was the name of the shire predating the City of Doncaster and Templestowe.[citation needed] However, modern residents believed the name was too localised, so the name of one of the major roads was adopted.[citation needed] The origin of Manningham Road comes from the region of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. Residents' requests for the City to be named after Indigenous Australian names local to the area such as Mullum Mullum or Koonung were rejected.


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