Shire of Mornington (Victoria) facility is used today as a civic centre and library by the Shire of Mornington Peninsula. The Shire of Mornington was divided into four ridings, each of which elected three councillors: Shire of Mornington (Victoria) The Shire of Mornington was a local government area about south of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia, encompassing the western extremity of the Mornington Peninsula. The shire covered an area of immediately to the south of Frankston, and existed from 1960 until 1994. The Mount Eliza Road District (centred on Frankston) was created on 6 November 1860, and became a shire on 24
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