Caulfield (Road District 1857-1871; Shire 1871- 1901; Borough 1901-1901; Town 1901-1913; City 1913-1994)

Full description

The municipality of Caulfield was created a District on 15 October 1857 and constituted a Shire on 17 April 1871. It was declared a Borough on 30 April 1901 and a Town on 23 September 1901. Caulfield became a City by Proclamation dated 26 July 1913.

Caulfield largely retained its original borders as defined at the time of its creation as a district in 1857. The only significant alterations to the municipality's boundaries were by severance of part of the Shire of Caulfield to the City of StKilda in 1896 and part of the City of Caulfield to Oakleigh Borough in 1913.

As at 1871 Caulfield was divided into four ridings: SouthWest, NorthWest, Eastern and EastStKilda ridings. From 1901/02 the municipality was divided into four wards: East, North, South and West wards. The Municipality most recently underwent re-subdivision in 1977 and retained the names of the four wards previously existing.

Local Government Reform 1993-1995

This council was abolished in 1994 as part of a statewide program of local government reform enacted between 1993 and 1995. The reform process reduced the number of councils from 210 to 78. The City of Glen Eira (VA 3687) has been appointed as the successor in law for Caulfield City Council and has assumed all rights, assets and liabilities of this abolished council.



File Note

The above registration was based largely on the entry for the City of Caulfield in the 1988 Municipal Directory. Most dates have been confirmed by reference to Victorian Government Directories. The exception is the 1896 annexation to St Kilda. VGG No. 43, 27 March 1896, page 1616, describes annexation of land by St Kilda but does not mention Caulfield.

Other Victorian Government Gazette references are:

Commencement: VGG No. 120, 16 October 1857, p. 1934;
Oakleigh: VGG No. 57, 16 April 1913, p 1622;
Subdivision: VGG No. 41, 25 May 1977, p. 1412.