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
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.