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
Capital city meaning "head". In several English-speaking states, the terms county town and county seat are also used in lower subdivisions. In some unitary states, subnational capitals may be known as "administrative centres". The capital is often the largest city of its constituent, though not always. Historically, the major economic centre of a state or region often becomes the focal point of political power, and becomes a capital through conquest or federation. (The modern capital city has, however, not always existed: in medieval Western Europe, an itinerant (wandering) government was common.) Examples are Ancient Babylon, Abbasid Baghdad, Ancient Athens, Rome, Constantinople, Chang'an,