City of Coburg the new City of Darebin, which incorporated the Cities of Preston and Northcote. Council meetings were held at the Coburg City Hall, on Bell Street, Coburg. The hall is still used for this purpose by the City of Moreland. The City of Coburg was divided into four wards, each electing three councillors: City of Coburg The City of Coburg was a local government area about north of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of , and existed from 1859 until 1994. Initial efforts at local government saw the Sydney Road Trust set up in
Victoria (Australia) by international investment; attracted to the state by the availability of cheap land close to the city and inexpensive energy from the Latrobe Valley. Victoria produced 26.4% of total manufacturing output in Australia in 2015–16, behind New South Wales at 32.4%. Machinery and equipment manufacturing is the state's most valuable manufacturing activity, followed by food and beverage products, petrochemicals and chemicals. Prominent manufacturing plants in the state include the Portland and Point Henry aluminium smelters, owned by Alcoa; oil refineries at Geelong and Altona; a major petrochemical facility at Laverton; and Victorian-based CSL, a global biotechnology company that produces vaccines