The Shire of Mornington Peninsula is a Local Government Area in Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....

, Australia. It is located to the south of the city of Melbourne on the Mornington Peninsula

Mornington Peninsula

The Mornington Peninsula is a peninsula located south-east of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. It is surrounded by Port Phillip to the west, Western Port to the east and Bass Strait to the south, and is connected to the mainland in the north. Geographically, the peninsula begins its protrusion...

. It has an area of 723 square kilometres. It has a estimated population of 148,394 people, which increases by up to 30% in summer.

The Shire of Mornington Peninsula came into existence on 15 December 1994 when the Kennett

Jeff Kennett

Jeffrey Gibb Kennett AC , a former Australian politician, was the Premier of Victoria between 1992 and 1999. He is currently the President of Hawthorn Football Club. He is the founding Chairman of beyondblue, a national depression initiative.- Early life :Kennett was born in Melbourne on 2 March...

 Liberal

Liberal Party of Australia

The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...

 government amalgamated the previous Shires of Flinders, Hastings

Shire of Hastings

The Shire of Hastings was a Local Government Area located on the eastern Mornington Peninsula about south-southeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1960 until 1994.-History:...

 and Mornington.

Wards

Each ward has one councillor.

• Mount Eliza
• Mornington
• Balcombe
• Kangerong
• Rosebud
• Truemans
• Rye
• Point Nepean
• Watsons
• Cerberus
• Red Hill

Localities, towns and suburbs

• Arthurs Seat
  Arthurs Seat, Victoria
  Arthurs Seat is a hill and locality on the Mornington Peninsula, within the Shire of Mornington Peninsula, about 75 km south east of Melbourne, Australia....
  
  
• Balnarring
  Balnarring, Victoria
  Balnarring is a town in Victoria, Australia, located in the southeastern Mornington Peninsula about halfway between Hastings and Flinders. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula.-History:...
  
  
• Balnarring Beach
  Balnarring Beach, Victoria
  Balnarring Beach is a town in Victoria, Australia, 2 km south of Balnarring. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula and in 2006 it was rated by the Keep Australia Beautiful Council as 'Australia's Cleanest Beach', out of 317 beaches in five states.It was previously...
  
  
• Baxter
  Baxter, Victoria
  Baxter is a township and rural locality in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, beyond the urban area. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula...
  
  
• Bittern
  Bittern, Victoria
  Bittern is a rural town in Victoria, Australia, 49 km southeast from Melbourne's central business district, as a part of the urban enclave on Westernport comprising Bittern, Hastings, Crib Point, Somerville, and Tyabb. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula...
  
  
• Blairgowrie
  Blairgowrie, Victoria
  Blairgowrie is a seaside village approximately 87 km from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula.-History:...
  
  
• Boneo
  Boneo, Victoria
  Boneo is a rural locality south of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located south of and inland from Rosebud on the Mornington Peninsula. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula.-History:...
  
  
• Cape Schanck
  Cape Schanck, Victoria
  Cape Schanck is a locality in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is the southernmost tip of the Mornington Peninsula and separates the wild ocean waters of Bass Strait from the slightly calmer waters of Western Port....
  
  
• Crib Point
  Crib Point, Victoria
  Crib Point is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, as a part of the urban enclave on Western Port comprising Bittern, Crib Point, Hastings, Tyabb, and Somerville...
  
  
• Dromana
  Dromana, Victoria
  Dromana is a suburb south of Melbourne, the capital city of Victoria, Australia, and is located on the Mornington Peninsula. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula.-Geography:...
  
  
• Fingal
  Fingal, Victoria
  Fingal is a rural locality of the Mornington Peninsula abutting Bass Strait along Gunnamatta Beach and lying between the suburbs of Rye and Cape Schanck. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula.-References:...
  
  
• Flinders
  Flinders, Victoria
  Flinders is a historic town south of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located on the Mornington Peninsula at the point where Western Port meets Bass Strait. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula...
  
  
• Hastings
  Hastings, Victoria
  Hastings is a suburb on the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia, as a part of the urban enclave on Westernport comprising Hastings, Bittern, Crib Point, Tyabb, and Somerville. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula...
  
  
• HMAS Cerberus the area of the naval base is a bounded locality
• McCrae
  McCrae, Victoria
  McCrae is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula. McCrae is known for the McCrae Lighthouse...
  
  
• Main Ridge
  Main Ridge, Victoria
  Main Ridge is a rural locality south of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located south of and inland from Rosebud on the Mornington Peninsula, and was originally known as Main Creek. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula. At the 2006 census, Main Ridge had a population of...
  
  
• Merricks
  Merricks, Victoria
  Merricks is a small town in Victoria, Australia, located in the southeastern Mornington Peninsula between Hastings and Flinders. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula.-History:...
  
  
• Merricks Beach
  Merricks Beach, Victoria
  Merricks Beach is a small seaside village on the Mornington Peninsula Victoria, Australia. It is located on the eastern side of the peninsula on the Western Port Bay. It is one of the few coastal places within a 100 km radius of Melbourne that has been basically untouched by development...
  
  
• Merricks North
  Merricks North, Victoria
  Merricks North is a rural locality in the south side of Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula.-External links:...
  
  
• Moorooduc
  Moorooduc, Victoria
  Moorooduc is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula.The Moorooduc Highway runs through the locality, being the main route between Melbourne and the Peninsula....
  
  
• Mornington
• Mount Eliza
  Mount Eliza, Victoria
  Mount Eliza is an outer suburb south-east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is in the Local Government Area of the Shire of Mornington Peninsula...
  
  
• Mount Martha
  Mount Martha, Victoria
  Mount Martha is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located 60 km south-east of Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula. It is located on the south-eastern shores of Port Phillip and offers a bathing beach...
  
  
• Point Nepean
  Point Nepean, Victoria
  Point Nepean marks the southern point of The Rip and the most westerly point of the Mornington Peninsula, in Victoria, Australia. It was named after the British politician and colonial administrator, Sir Evan Nepean. It is within the suburb of Portsea...
  
  
• Point Leo
  Point Leo, Victoria
  Point Leo is a town in the Shire of Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia. Point Leo Foreshore Reserve provides excellent waves for surfing and is one of the closest surf beaches to Melbourne. At the 2006 census, Point Leo had a population of 328....
  
  
• Portsea
  Portsea, Victoria
  Portsea is a resort town located across Port Phillip from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula....
  
  
• Red Hill
  Red Hill, Victoria
  Red Hill is a small rural community, located in the hinterland of the Mornington Peninsula, about an hour's drive south of Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia. The Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula...
  
  
• Red Hill South
  Red Hill South, Victoria
  Red Hill South is a rural locality and town in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is in the Shire of Mornington Peninsula. At the 2006 census, Red Hill South had a population of 664....
  
  
• Rosebud
  Rosebud, Victoria
  Rosebud is a sea side town on the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia located approximately 75 km southeast of the Melbourne City Centre. It is wedged between the lower slopes of Arthurs Seat, the shores of Port Phillip Bay and the plains of Boneo. Its Local Government Area is the...
  
  
• Rosebud West
  Rosebud West, Victoria
  Rosebud West is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula.Rosebud West Post Office opened on 12 January 1938 and closed around 1996. -External links:...
  
  
• Rye
  Rye, Victoria
  Rye is a seaside resort town, approximately 83 km south of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, on the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia. Its bay beach is popular with swimmers, fishermen, yachtsmen and kitesurfers. Its ocean beach is also popular with surfers...
  
  
• Safety Beach
  Safety Beach, Victoria
  Safety Beach is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula.Safety Beach occupies slightly less than half the area of land between the foothills of Mount Martha and Arthurs Seat and borders Port Philip Bay to its west.There is a large...
  
  
• Shoreham
  Shoreham, Victoria
  Shoreham is a town south of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the southern Mornington Peninsula region on the Western Port. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula. It is a coastal recreation resort notable for its pine-covered cliffs and foreshore reserve...
  
  
• Somers
  Somers, Victoria
  Somers is a small town approximately 72 km south east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the south eastern corner of the Mornington Peninsula on Western Port. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula.-History:...
  
  
• Somerville
  Somerville, Victoria
  Somerville is a suburb in Victoria, Australia, 49 km southeast from Melbourne's central business district, as a part of the urban enclave on Westernport comprising Somerville, Hastings, Bittern, Crib Point, and Tyabb. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula...
  
  
• Sorrento
  Sorrento, Victoria
  Sorrento is a township in Victoria, Australia, located on the shores of Port Phillip on the Mornington Peninsula, about one and a half hours south of Melbourne...
  
  
• St Andrews Beach
  St Andrews Beach, Victoria
  St Andrews Beach is located on the Bass Strait side of the southern Mornington Peninsula and it is south of Rye. It was first subdivided in the 1950s and the subdivision was originally marketed as "Capri by the Sea". In the 1960s a golf course was constructed and the subdivision was remarketed as...
  
  
• Tootgarook
  Tootgarook, Victoria
  Tootgarook is located approximately 81 km from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula.-History:...
  
  
• Tuerong
  Tuerong, Victoria
  Tuerong is a rural locality of the Mornington Peninsula on Western Port, lying inland between the coastal suburbs of Mount Martha, Hastings and Moorooduc South...
  
  
• Tyabb
  Tyabb, Victoria
  Tyabb is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, as a part of the urban enclave on Westernport comprising Tyabb, Hastings, Bittern, Crib Point, and Somerville. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula...
  
  

External links

• Mornington Peninsula Shire web site
• Metlink local public transport map
• Link to Land Victoria interactive maps