Shire of Moorabool
Shire of Moorabool Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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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) |
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Federal Division(s) | Ballarat | ||||||||||||||
Website | Shire of Moorabool | ||||||||||||||
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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 | |
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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
^ 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}
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ Local Government in Victoria. "Moorabool Shire Council". Councillors. Moorabool Shire Council. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
^ https://www.moorabool.vic.gov.au/my-council/about-council/councillors/meet-your-councillors
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