Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Article, Severance of Phillip Island from Woolamai -case for unity. 1928, 1st July 1928
... Phillip Island Unity Committee... Committee Phillip Island and Woolamai. The case for shire unity ...
This district became the Shire of Phillip Island and Woolamai on 24 December 1874. A severance movement was successful in creating a separate Shire of Phillip Island on 18 September 1928, with the remainder ultimately becoming the Shire of Bass.HistoricalCream paper typed booklet outlining the case for shire unity and 6 objections to splitting the Shire, written by William McFee and D. Robb Phillip Island and Woolamai. The case for shire unity.severance of phillip island, local government, william mcfee, d. h. robb, phillip island unity committee
