{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = lga | name = City of Mildura | state = vic | region = Mallee | area = 29.86 | est = 1920 | seat = Mildura | local_map = yes | local_map_caption = The City of Mildura as at its dissolution in 1995 | pop = 20,350 | pop_year = 1992 | pop_footnotes = <ref>{{cite book|title=Victorian Year Book|author=Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office|year=1994|page=51|issn= 0067-1223}}</ref> | logo = 125px | image = Old lgadot Mildura.png | caption = Location in Victoria | county = Karkarooc | near-nw = | near-n = | near-ne = | near-w = Mildura | near-e = ''Wentworth (NSW)'' | near-sw = | near-s = | near-se = | _noautocat = yes }}
The '''City of Mildura''' was a local government area on the Murray River, in northwestern Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of {{convert|29.86|km2|sqmi|1}}, and existed from 1920 until 1995.
==History== {{Main|Shire of Mildura}}
Mildura was initially part of the Swan Hill Road District, which covered basically all of what is now northwestern Victoria. Swan Hill was incorporated on 8 July 1862, and became a shire on 14 August 1871. On 10 January 1890, the Shire of Mildura was incorporated from parts of the Lower Murray Riding.<ref name=vmd>{{cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=761–762}} Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.</ref>
A new shire, Walpeup, was formed in western Victoria on 1 October 1911, taking in some southern areas of Mildura and sections of five other shires. A small part of the shire in and near Mildura was severed on 18 May 1920, and incorporated as a borough, which became the Town of Mildura on 17 July 1922, and the City of Mildura on 21 March 1934. Parts of the Sandilong and Lake Ridings were annexed to the city on 1 October 1971.<ref name=vmd/>
On 20 January 1995, the City of Mildura was abolished, and along with the Shires of Mildura and Walpeup, was merged into the newly created Rural City of Mildura.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.ausstats.abs.gov.au/ausstats/free.nsf/0/76E601D6DB55E88ACA25722500049195/$File/12570_1994-95.pdf|title=Victorian local government amalgamations 1994-1995: Changes to the Australian Standard Geographical Classification|author=Australian Bureau of Statistics|author-link=Australian Bureau of Statistics|date=1 August 1995|publisher=Commonwealth of Australia|page=9|isbn=0-642-23117-6|access-date=2008-01-05}}</ref>
===Wards=== The City of Mildura was not divided into wards, and its nine councillors represented all electors of the city.
==Population== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Population |- | 1954 || 10,972 |- | 1958 || 12,020* |- | 1961 || 12,270 |- | 1966 || 12,931 |- | 1971 || 14,187 |- | 1976 || 14,417 |- | 1981 || 15,763 |- | 1986 || 18,382 |- | 1991 || 20,432 |}
<small>* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.</small>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Victorian local government areas pre-1994 vs present map link}} * [https://www.victorianplaces.com.au/mildura Victorian Places - Mildura]
{{Victoria former LGAs}} {{Authority control}} {{Coord|34|11|S|142|09|E|type:adm2nd_region:AU-VIC|display=title}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:City Of Mildura}} Mildura City Category:1920 establishments in Australia Category:Mildura