City of Cranbourne at the 'Old Shire Offices', which is next to the buildings built in 1978. This building is now used as a venue for council meetings by the City of Casey, as well as hosting many historical artefacts of the former shire. The Shire of Cranbourne was divided into four ridings, each of which elected three councillors. On becoming a city, the ridings became wards. Outer Metropolitan: Rural: City of Cranbourne The City of Cranbourne was a local government area about southeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of , and existed from 1860
South Australia–Victoria border dispute South Australia–Victoria border dispute The border between the Australian state of South Australia and what is today the State of Victoria was established in 1836 by imperial letters patent "as the 141st degree meridian of longitude east of Greenwich". In 1836 the land in what is now called Victoria was part of the colony of New South Wales, the original Victorian border was drawn between the colonies of South Australia and New South Wales. Due to human error by numerous explorers and surveyors, it took more than 75 years and a protracted legal dispute before the precise placement of the