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The City of Melton is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, on Melbourne's western rural–urban fringe. It covers , and at the 2011 Census had population of 109,259.〔 It is governed by the Melton City Council. The seat of local government and administrative offices are located at Council headquarters in Melton, the settlement after which the city takes its name which lies at the western end of the LGA and is currently its largest urban area with a population of approximately 35,490. City of Melton has a rapid population growth rate, ranked 3rd fastest among LGAs in Victoria in 2010.〔http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Latestproducts/3218.0Main%20Features52010-11?opendocument&tabname=Summary&prodno=3218.0&issue=2010-11&num=&view=〕 It was granted city status in 2012. ==History== Melton was first incorporated as a district on 16 September 1862, and became a shire on 24 May 1871. Parts of the north and south ridings of the Shire of Braybrook (later City of Sunshine) were annexed to Melton as the Rockbank Riding on 24 May 1916, and this was added to in 1951. Other minor boundary adjustments with Bulla and Keilor occurred in May 1959. The Shire had a total area of .〔 Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.〕 In 1994, following large-scale statewide local government reform, Melton acquired the Exford district from the City of Werribee, growing to its present size. Since the early 1970s the Shire has undergone tremendous population growth and , Melton was one of Victoria's fastest growing local government areas along with neighbouring Wyndham. After several years of community consultation to defer applying for city status until it had reached 150,000,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.melton.vic.gov.au/Home/News/Welcome_to_our_city )〕 the council nevertheless reversed the decision and city status was granted in September, 2012.〔Humpage, Ami; Mcaleer, Liam (Status change confirmed, Melton now a City ) Melton Leader. 6 Sep 12〕 The first elected Mayor under the 'City" status was Kathy Majdlik. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「City of Melton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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