{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = lga | name = City of Sale | state = vic | region = Central Gippsland | area = 29.78 | est = 1863 | seat = Sale | local_map = yes | local_map_caption = The City of Sale as at its dissolution in 1994 | pop = 14,180 | pop_year = 1992 | pop_footnotes = <ref>{{cite book|title=Victorian Year Book|author=Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office|year=1994|pages=49–52|issn= 0067-1223}}</ref> | logo = 125px | image = Old lgadot Sale.png | caption = Location in Victoria | county = Tanjil | near-nw = Maffra | near-n = Avon | near-ne = Avon | near-w = Rosedale | near-e = Avon | near-sw = Rosedale | near-s = Rosedale | near-se = Rosedale | _noautocat = yes }}
The '''City of Sale''' was a local government area located about {{convert|210|km|mi|0}} east of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of {{convert|29.78|km2|sqmi|1}}, and existed from 1863 until 1994.
==History==
Sale was first incorporated as a borough on 10 August 1863, and was extended on 24 December 1873. It became a town on 17 September 1924, and was proclaimed a city on 31 May 1950. In 1966-1967, it annexed a small area to its east and north-east from the Shire of Avon.<ref name=vmd>{{cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=573–574}} Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.</ref>
On 2 December 1994, the City of Sale was abolished, and along with the Shires of Alberton, Avon and Maffra, and parts of the Shire of Rosedale, was merged into the newly created Shire of Wellington.<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=12|isbn=0-642-23117-6|access-date=2008-01-05}}</ref>
==Wards==
The City of Sale was divided into three wards, each of which elected three councillors: * South Ward * North Ward * East Ward
==Towns and localities== * Pearsondale * '''Sale'''* * Wurruk
<small>* Council seat.</small>
==Population== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Population |- | 1954 || 6,537 |- | 1958 || 7,330* |- | 1961 || 7,899 |- | 1966 || 8,648 |- | 1971 || 10,478 |- | 1976 || 12,111 |- | 1981 || 12,968 |- | 1986 || 13,559 |- | 1991 || 13,858 |}
<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/sale Victorian Places - Sale]
{{Victoria former LGAs}} {{Authority control}} {{Coord|38|06|S|147|04|E|type:adm2nd_region:AU-VIC|display=title}}
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