City of South Barwon

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The City of South Barwon was a local government area in Victoria, Australia. It covered Geelong suburbs south of the Barwon River and stretched down to Torquay in the south and Barwon Heads to the east. It covered about 165.4 square kilometres and had around 43,800 residents in 1992.

History
- It began as a road district separated from the City of Geelong in 1857, became a borough in 1863, and a town in 1874 after joining with the Connewarre Road District. It was declared a city in 1974.
- The first council offices were on Mount Pleasant Road in Belmont (opened 1884). A new Civic Centre on the corner of the Princes Highway and Reynolds Road, Belmont, opened in 1978.
- After reforms, the Civic Centre was used by the City of Greater Geelong and later sold to Barwon Health.

Abolition and amalgamation
- In 1993–1994, significant parts of its land were annexed to the City of Greater Geelong. On 9 March 1994, the City of South Barwon was abolished and merged with parts of the Shire of Barrabool and the Shire of Winchelsea to form Surf Coast Shire, with its administrative centre in Torquay. Barrabool Shire had already moved toward creating a coastal shire that would include Torquay and Anglesea.

Governance
- From 1978, the city was divided into four wards, each electing three councillors.