History
Bass was first incorporated as the Phillip Island Road District on 8 September 1871, and became the Shire of Phillip Island and Woolamai on 24 December 1874. When the Phillip Island Riding was severed on 19 September 1928, its name changed to the Shire of Woolamai, and finally Bass on 8 January 1929. It was reduced and redefined in 1977, including the loss of North Wonthaggi to the Borough of Wonthaggi.
The shire area covered the majority of the mainland of the currently existing Bass Coast Shire except for the areas of Wonthaggi, Inverloch, some of the areas south of Korumburra and some of the coastline southwest of The Gurdies. The shire area spanned from the tiny township of The Gurdies (located approximately 90 kilometres (56 mi) south of Melbourne on the Bass Highway) to Dalyston while the northern parts spanned to around Kernot, Almurta, Glen Forbes and other areas northwest of Inverloch.
On 2 December 1994, the Shire was abolished, and merged with Shire of Phillip Island, Borough of Wonthaggi and parts of Cranbourne, Korumburra and Woorayl into the Bass Coast Shire.
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