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
Government of Victoria Government of Victoria The Government of Victoria is the executive administrative authority of the Australian state of Victoria. Functioning within the scope of Victoria's status as a sub-national parliamentary constitutional monarchy, the Government was first formed in 1851, when Victoria first gained the right to responsible government. Since the Federation of Australia in 1901, Victoria has been a state of the Commonwealth of Australia, and the Constitution of Australia regulates its relationship with the Commonwealth. Under the Australian Constitution, Victoria ceded legislative and judicial supremacy to the Commonwealth, but retained powers in all matters not in conflict with the Commonwealth.