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
History of the Australian Capital Territory capital. Early advocate for Australian federation, John Dunmore Lang, backed Sydney, but Henry Parkes, a prominent New South Wales politician and Premier, proposed the capital be founded on "neutral ground", nominating the town of Albury as a location. (Albury was located in New South Wales, yet its position on the Murray River placed it on the border between New South Wales and Victoria). In 1898, a referendum on a proposed Constitution was held in four of the colonies – New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania. Although the referendum achieved a majority in all four colonies, the New South