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Shire of Heywood
Local government area in Victoria, Australia
The Shire of Heywood was a local government area about 360 kilometres (224 mi) west-southwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 3,764 square kilometres (1,453.3 sq mi), and existed from 1856 until 1994.
It was, for most of its life, known as the Shire of Portland.