| Belfast Victoria—Legislative Assembly | |
|---|---|
 Belfast, 1856. | |
| State | Victoria |
| Created | 1856 |
| Abolished | 1889 |
| Demographic | Rural |
The electoral district of Belfast was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly in the British colony of Victoria. [1] It was one of the original lower house seats in the first Parliament of Victoria in 1856. [2] Belfast was renamed in 1889 to Port Fairy after the town of Belfast was also renamed.
The Constitution of Victoria 1856 described the boundary of the electoral district of Belfast as:
"Commencing at a point on the sea coast bearing south 7 degrees 30 minutes west, 16 chains 25 links from the south-west angle of section No. 15, township of Belfast, and bounded on the west by a line bearing north 62 chains; on the north by a line bearing east 45 chains 25 links; again on the west by a line bearing north 3 chains 75 links to the River Moyne, by that river to its mouth, and by the sea coast to the point of commencement; also that portion commencing at the south-west angle of section A, parish of Belfast, and bounded on the north-east by a line bearing north-west 15 chains to the Moyne Saltwater Lagoon, by that lagoon and the River Moyne to its mouth and by the sea coast northerly to the last mentioned point of commencement." [3]
| Member | Term |
|---|---|
| Francis Beaver | 1856–1859 |
| John Hood | 1859–1864 |
| Augustus Greeves | 1864–1865 |
| Gordon Evans | 1866–1867 |
| Henry Wrixon | 1868–1877 |
| Sir John O'Shanassy | 1877–1883 |
| John Madden | 1883–1888 |
| Sir Bryan O'Loghlen | 1888–1889 |
O'Loghlen went on to represent the renamed Port Fairy from 1889.
The Shire of Moyne is a local government area in the Barwon South West region of Victoria, Australia, located in the south-western part of the state. It covers an area of 5,481 square kilometres (2,116 sq mi) and in June 2018 had a population of 16,887. It includes the towns of Port Fairy, Koroit, Mortlake, Macarthur, Peterborough, Caramut, Ellerslie, Framlingham, Garvoc, Hawkesdale, Kirkstall, Panmure, Mailors Flat, Purnim, Wangoom and Woolsthorpe. It also entirely surrounds the City of Warrnambool, a separate local government area. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Belfast, Shire of Minhamite, Borough of Port Fairy, and parts of the Shire of Mortlake, Shire of Warrnambool, Shire of Dundas, Shire of Mount Rouse and Shire of Hampden.
Port Fairy is a coastal town in south-western Victoria, Australia. It lies on the Princes Highway in the Shire of Moyne, 28 kilometres (17 mi) west of Warrnambool and 290 kilometres (180 mi) west of Melbourne, at the point where the Moyne River enters the Southern Ocean.
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Commencing at the north-western angle of the town reserve of Geelong; thence by a line south to the River Barwon; thence westward and northwestward by the River Barwon to the western boundary of the reserve at the junction of the Moorabool and Barwon; thence east by the northern boundary of section 25, parish of Barrabool; thence south by the eastern boundaries of sections 25 and 11, and by part of the eastern boundary of section 7, all in the same parish; thence south-easterly by a curved line crossing the Waurn Chain of Ponds to the southern boundary of section 3, parish of Conewarre; thence east by the southern boundaries of sections 3 and 4 in the same parish; thence north-easterly by a curved line crossing the River Barwon to the south-eastern angle of section 11 in the parish of Moolap; thence by the eastern boundary of that section and a line north to the shores of Corio Bay; and thence by the shores of Corio Bay to the north-western angle of the town reserve, the commencing point aforesaid, including the remaining portion of the reserve at Point Henry.
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Griffiths Island, sometimes incorrectly spelled as Griffith Island or Griffitts Island, lies at the mouth of the Moyne River next to, and within the bounds of, the town of Port Fairy, in the Western District of the state of Victoria in Australia. Griffiths now has no permanent inhabitants, but is connected to the mainland by a causeway and is accessible on foot. It forms part of the Port Fairy and Belfast Coastline Protection Reserve and, as well as being a tourist attraction, is an important site in the context of the history of European settlement of western Victoria. It is managed by the Moyne Shire Council.