City of Maryborough (Victoria) 1961. On 20 January 1995, the City was abolished, and merged with the Shires of Bet Bet, Tullaroop and surrounding districts into the Shire of Central Goldfields. The City of Maryborough was divided into three wards in 1887, each of which elected three councillors: City of Maryborough (Victoria) The City of Maryborough was a local government area about northwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia, and the governing body for the regional centre of Maryborough. The City covered an area of , and existed from 1857 until 1995. The City of Maryborough was surrounded by the Shire of
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,