{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = lga | name = City of Berwick | state = vic | region = Outer Southeast Melbourne | area = 120.43 | est = 1973 | seat = Narre Warren | local_map = yes | local_map_caption = The extent of the City of Berwick at its dissolution in 1994 | pop = 75,400 | pop_year = 1992 | pop_footnotes = <ref>{{cite book|title=Victorian Year Book|author=Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office|year=1994|page=49|issn= 0067-1223}}</ref> | logo = 135px | image = Old lga Berwick.png | caption = Location in Melbourne | county = Mornington | near-nw = Knox | near-n = Sherbrooke | near-ne = Sherbrooke | near-w = Dandenong | near-e = Pakenham | near-sw = Dandenong | near-s = Cranbourne | near-se = Pakenham | _noautocat = yes }}
The '''City of Berwick''' was a local government area about {{convert|40|km|mi|0}} southeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of {{convert|120.43|km2|sqmi|2}}, and existed from 1973 until 1994.
==History==
The area which came under the City of Berwick had previously been the Berwick and Doveton ridings of the Shire of Berwick. It had been incorporated as the Berwick Road District on 24 October 1862 and became a shire on 12 May 1868. On 1 October 1973, the area surrounding Berwick and Narre Warren, which was undergoing rapid population growth and urbanisation, split from the shire and was proclaimed a city.<ref name=vmd>{{cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=311–312, 805–806}} Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.</ref>
On 15 December 1994, the City of Berwick was abolished, and along with parts of the City of Cranbourne, was merged into the newly created City of Casey. The Doveton industrial district was transferred to the newly created City of Greater Dandenong.<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|pages=5–6|isbn=0-642-23117-6|access-date=2007-12-16}}</ref>
Council met at the Narre Warren Civic Centre, adjacent to Westfield Fountain Gate, in Narre Warren. The facility continued to remain in use by the City of Casey until its replacement by Bunjil Place in the late 2010s. It was subsequently demolished.
==Wards==
The City of Berwick was divided into four wards, each of which elected three councillors: * Centre Ward * East Ward * North Ward * South Ward
==Suburbs== * Beaconsfield (shared with the Shire of Pakenham) * Berwick * Doveton * Endeavour Hills * Eumemmering * Hallam * Harkaway * '''Narre Warren'''* * Narre Warren North * Narre Warren South
<small>* Council seat.</small>
==Population== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Population |- | 1971 || 20,474 |- | 1976 || 25,616 |- | 1981 || 36,181 |- | 1986 || 48,677 |- | 1991 || 69,144 |- |2016 |47,614 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}4. 2016 Australian census population of Berwick, Victoria{{Melbourne former LGAs}}
==External links== * {{Victorian local government areas pre-1994 vs present map link}} * [https://www.victorianplaces.com.au/berwick-shire-and-city Victorian Places - Berwick Shire and City]
{{Authority control}} {{Coord|-38.041|145.349|format=dms|type:adm2nd_region:AU-VIC|display=title}}
Berwick Category:1973 establishments in Australia Category:1994 disestablishments in Australia Category:City of Greater Dandenong Category:City of Casey