Shire of Flinders (Victoria) Boneo Road, Rosebud. The facility is still used today by the Shire of Mornington Peninsula. The Shire of Flinders was divided into four ridings in May 1961, each of which elected three councillors: Shire of Flinders (Victoria) The Shire of Flinders was a local government area, encompassing the extremity of the Mornington Peninsula, about south of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1874 until 1994. The Kangerong Road District (adjoining Port Phillip) was created on 14 October 1862. The Flinders Road District, on the east of the peninsula, was
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