SHIRE OF MORNINGTON PENINSULA


Sign marking entrance to the Shire, near Baxter.

The 'Shire of Mornington Peninsula' is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It is located to the south of the city Melbourne on the Mornington Peninsula. It has an area of 723 square kilometres. In 2001 it had a population of 124,891, which increases by up to 30% in summer.
The Shire of Mornington Peninsula came into existence on 15 December 1994 when the Kennett Liberal government amalgamated the previous Shires of Flinders, Hastings, Flinders and Kangerong, and Mornington.

Contents
Wards
Towns and suburbs
See also
External links

Wards


Each ward has one councillor.

★ Mount Eliza

★ Mornington

★ Balcombe

★ Kangerong

★ Rosebud

★ Truemans

★ Rye

★ Point Nepean

★ Watsons

★ Cerberus

★ Red Hill

Towns and suburbs



Arthurs Seat

Balnarring

Balnarring Beach

Baxter

Bittern

Blairgowrie

Boneo

Cape Schanck

Crib Point

Dromana

Flinders

Hastings

HMAS Cerberus

McCrae

Main Ridge

Merricks

Merricks Beach

Merricks North

Moorooduc

Mornington

Mount Eliza

Mount Martha

Point Nepean

Point Leo

Portsea

Red Hill

Red Hill South

Rosebud

Rosebud West

Rye

Safety Beach

Shoreham

Somers

Somerville

Sorrento

Tootgarook

Tyabb

See also



List of localities (Victoria) for other Melbourne suburbs and municipalities.''

External links



Mornington Peninsula Shire web site

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