The City of Bayside is a Local Government Area in Victoria. It is located in the southern suburbs of Melbourne. It has an area of 36 square kilometres. At the 2006 census, it had a population of 87,936.
On 14 December 1994 a new municipality was created to form Bayside City Council which comprises the former City of Brighton, the former City of Sandringham and part of the former City of Mordialloc west of Charman Road and part of the City of Moorabbin between the railway and Charman Road.
Excerpt from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_bayside#History
