Ballarat East

Councillors of Ballarat East, Federation University Historical Collection (Cat. No. 8284)

History

Ballarat East

Before amalgamation Ballarat East was a municipality that adjoined the eastern portion of the City of Ballarat. Initial Research from

Ballarat East Municipality

The Ballarat East Municipality was proclaimed on 5 May 1857. Its firs council was elected 1 June 1857.

1872 - Proclaimed a town.

In 1882 Ballarat East had a population of 14,722 and 1705 ratepayers o the roll.

Governance

MR. THEO. WILLIAMS. MAYOR OF BALLARAT EAST (TOWN) (FROM A PHOTO BY FRASER, BALLARAT EAST), 1894.
State Library of Victoria (IAN01/10/94/17).

Ballarat East Mayors

Initial Research from

Frederick Young - According to his Ballaarat Old Cemetery headstone he was the first Mayor of Ballarat East.

Ballarat East Mayors (1863–1921)

#	Mayor	Term
	John Fussell	1863–1864
	George Clendinning	1864–1866
	Emanuel Steinfeld	1866–1869
	Edward Eastwood	1869–1871
	James Ivey	1871–1872
	John Kirkland Baird	1872–1873
	Henry Josephs	1873–1874
	James Russell	1874–1875
	James Long	1875–1877
	David Turpie	1877–1878
	James Long	1878–1879
	William Scott	1879–1880
	William Robertson	1880–1881
	Theophilus Williams	1881–1882
	John Ferguson	1882–1884
	Thomas Walker	1884–1885
	William Scott	1885–1886
	James Russell	1886–1887
	Theophilus Williams	1887–1888
	John Robert Elsworth	1888–1889
	Edward Murphy	1889–1890
	William Gale	1890–1891
	John Nankiville Dunn	1891–1892
	Isaiah Pearce	1892–1893
	John Larter	1893–1894
	Theophilus Williams	1894–1895
	John Roberts Elsworth	1895–1896
	William Denholm McKee	1897-1897
	Joseph Peady	1897–1898
	Edward Murphy	1898–1899
	John Nakerville Dunn	1899–1900
	Isaiah Pearce	1900–1901
	Charles Johnston	1901–1902
	John M. Kline	1902–1903
	William Denholm McKee	1903–1904
	John Roberts Elsworth	1904–1905
	John Ritchie	1905–1906
	John Nankerville Dunn	1906–1907
	Isaiah Pearce	1907–1908
	Abraham Levy	1908–1909
	James McNeil	1909–1910
	Alexander MacKenzie	1910–1911
	Francis Penhalluriack	1911–1912
	John Nankiville Dunn	1912–1913
	Alfred James Pittard	1913–1914
	Isaiah Pearce	1914–1915
	William James Hoare	1915–1916
	Abraham Levy	1916–1917
	Henry Brown George	1917–1918
	Alexander MacKenzie	1918–1919
	William Richards	1919–1920
	Alfred James Pittard	1920–1921

Jonathan Campbell, town clerk (1857>)

George Clendinning, elected to first council 1 June 1857 and was chairman in 1860

William Bickham Rodier was the first Chairman of the Ballarat East Council from 1 June 1857.

William Scott was elected Chairman of the Ballarat East Council in 1859, 1861, 1879 and 1885.

Industry

R. Llewellyn & Son, tailors (<1887>)

Ballarat Shire Council

Oswald H. Coulson

See also

Ballarat East Avenue of Honour

Ballarat East Loco Men

Gold Ore Mining

Eureka Bakery

Red Hill Mining Co.

Victoria United Gold Mine

External links

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--Beth Kicinski 09:11, 29 August 2013 (EST)