Shire of Moorabool







Local government area in Victoria, Australia



















































Shire of Moorabool
Victoria

Australia Victoria Moorabool Shire.svg
Location in Victoria

Population 31,818 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density
15.079615.08/km2 (39.056039.06/sq mi)
Established 1994
Gazetted 6 May 1994[2]
Area 2,110 km2 (814.7 sq mi)
Mayor Cr Paul Tatchell
Council seat Bacchus Marsh
Region Western Victoria
State electorate(s)

  • Buninyong

  • Macedon

  • Melton
Federal Division(s) Ballarat
Moorabool.gif
Website Shire of Moorabool


















LGAs around Shire of Moorabool:
Hepburn Hepburn Macedon Ranges
Ballarat Shire of Moorabool Melton
Golden Plains Greater Geelong Wyndham


The Shire of Moorabool is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the western part of the state. It covers an area of 2,110 square kilometres (810 sq mi) and, at the 2016 Census, had a population of 31,818.[1] It includes the towns of Ballan, Bacchus Marsh, Balliang, Mount Wallace, Myrniong, Blackwood, Greendale, Gordon, Korweinguboora and Mount Egerton, Bungaree, Elaine and Wallace. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Bacchus Marsh, Shire of Ballan and parts of the Shire of Bungaree and City of Werribee.[2][3]


The Shire is governed and administered by the Moorabool Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Ballan, it also has service centres located in Bacchus Marsh and Darley. The Shire is named after the Moorabool River, a major geographical feature that meanders through the LGA.




Contents






  • 1 Council


    • 1.1 Current composition


    • 1.2 Administration and governance




  • 2 Localities


  • 3 References


  • 4 External links





Council



Current composition


The council is composed of four wards and seven councillors, with four councillors elected to represent the East Moorabool Ward and one councillor per remaining ward elected to represent each of the other wards.[4]















































Ward Councillor Notes
Central Moorabool
   Paul Tatchell Mayor
East Moorabool
   David Edwards
  Tonia Dudzik
  Jarrod Bingham
  John Keogh Deputy Mayor
West Moorabool
   Tom Sullivan
Woodlands
   Pat Toohey

[5]



Administration and governance


The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Ballan Municipal Offices, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at both its administrative centre in Ballan, and its service centre in Bacchus Marsh.



Localities


Localities which encompass the Shire of Moorabool include:




  • Bacchus Marsh

  • Ballan


  • Balliang
    (shared with Greater Geelong)

  • Balliang East

  • Barkstead

  • Barrys Reef

  • Beremboke

  • Blackwood

  • Blakeville

  • Bolwarrah


  • Bullarook
    (shared with Hepburn)


  • Bullarto South
    (shared with Hepburn)

  • Bunding

  • Bungal

  • Bungaree


  • Buninyong
    (shared with Ballarat)

  • Cargerie

  • Clarendon

  • Claretown

  • Clarkes Hill

  • Coimadai

  • Colbrook

  • Dales Creek

  • Darley

  • Dunnstown


  • Durham Lead
    (shared with Ballarat and
    Golden Plains)

  • Elaine

  • Fiskville


  • Glen Park
    (shared with Ballarat)

  • Glenmore

  • Gordon

  • Greendale


  • Grenville
    (shared with Golden Plains)

  • Hopetoun Park

  • Ingliston

  • Korobeit


  • Korweinguboora
    (shared with Hepburn)

  • Lal Lal

  • Leigh Creek

  • Lerderderg

  • Long Forest

  • Maddingley


  • Meredith
    (shared with Golden Plains)

  • Merrimu

  • Millbrook


  • Mollongghip
    (shared with Hepburn)


  • Morrisons
    (shared with Golden Plains)

  • Mount Doran

  • Mount Egerton

  • Mount Wallace

  • Myrniong

  • Navigators


  • Parwan
    (shared with Melton)

  • Pentland Hills

  • Pootilla

  • Rowsley


  • Scotsburn
    (shared with Ballarat)

  • Spargo Creek

  • Springbank


  • Trentham
    (shared with Hepburn)

  • Wallace


  • Warrenheip
    (shared with Ballarat)


  • Wattle Flat
    (shared with Ballarat and Hepburn)

  • Yendon




References





  1. ^ ab Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Moorabool (S)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 15 November 2017..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
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  2. ^ ab Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "S23 of 1994: Order estg (Part 4) the Shire of Moorabool". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 9 May 1994). p. 1. Retrieved 10 January 2014.


  3. ^ Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "S97 of 1994: Order altg (Part 22) the Shire of Moorabool". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 15 December 1994). p. 10. Retrieved 10 January 2014.


  4. ^ Local Government in Victoria. "Moorabool Shire Council". Councillors. Moorabool Shire Council. Retrieved 8 May 2016.


  5. ^ https://www.moorabool.vic.gov.au/my-council/about-council/councillors/meet-your-councillors





The Shire



External links



  • Moorabool Shire Council official website

  • Metlink local public transport map

  • Link to Land Victoria interactive maps




Coordinates: 37°36′00″S 144°15′00″E / 37.60000°S 144.25000°E / -37.60000; 144.25000







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