Greater Geelong City

Greater Geelong city, an area of 1250 sq km, was formed on 18 May 1993 from Bellarine rural city, Geelong, Geelong West, Newtown and South Barwon cities, Corio shire and parts of Barrabool and Bannockburn shires. It was the first of the Victoria-wide local government amalgamations in the early 1990s and had been an obvious candidate for many years. The extent of the amalgamation probably went further than earlier proponents would have thought.

The constituent councils were: