City of Preston (Victoria) four wards, each electing three councillors: City of Preston (Victoria) The City of Preston was a local government area about north-northeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of , and existed from 1871 until 1994. Preston's first involvement in local government was part of the Epping Road District in 1854, which also included Northcote. In 1870, the Epping District was amalgamated with the Merriang, Whittlesea, Morang and Woodstock Road Districts, to form a very large Darebin Shire. These entities mostly ended up in the Cities of Broadmeadows and Whittlesea. Preston was first incorporated
State-owned enterprises of Australia of which are overseen by the Department of Communications: The GBEs of the Australian Capital Territory include: The GBEs of New South Wales include: The GBEs of the Northern Territory include: The GBEs of Queensland include: South Australia is notable for having very controversially privatized most of its GBEs: Tasmania has a considerable amount of GBEs, relative to other states: The GBEs of Victoria include: The GBEs of Western Australian include: State-owned enterprises of Australia In Australia the predominant term used for SOEs is government business enterprise (GBE). Various Australian states also have GBEs, especially with respect to the provision