Borough of Port Fairy 1.77

The Borough of Port Fairy was a local government area about 290km west-southwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The borough covered an area of 22.72km2, and existed from 1856 until 1994. Its area was surrounded by the Shire of Belfast and the Southern Ocean.HistoryPort Fairy was incorporated as the Belfast Municipal District on 1 July 1856, becoming a borough on 1 October 1863. On 27 May 1887 it was renamed Port Fairy.On 23 September 1994, the Borough was abolished, and merged with Tower Hill Reserve, the Shires of Belfast and Minhamite, most of Warrnambool and Mortlake and parts of Dundas and Mount Rouse into the Shire of Moyne.The Borough of Port Fairy was not subdivided into wards, and the seven councillors represented the entire area.Population Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.