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Shire of Moorabool

Shire of Moorabool
FieldValue
typelga
nameShire of Moorabool
statevic
imageAustralia Victoria Moorabool Shire.svg
captionLocation in Victoria
pop34158
pop_year2018
pop_footnotes
est1994
gazetted6 May 1994
area2111
area_footnotes
mayorCr Tom Sullivan
seatBallan
regionGrampians
stategovEureka
stategov2Macedon
stategov3Melton
fedgovBallarat
fedgov2Hawke
logoMoorabool Shire Council logo.svg
urlhttp://www.moorabool.vic.gov.au/
near-nHepburn
near-neMacedon Ranges
near-eMelton
near-seWyndham
near-sGreater Geelong
near-swGolden Plains
near-wBallarat
near-nwHepburn

| near-n = Hepburn | near-ne = Macedon Ranges | near-e = Melton | near-se = Wyndham | near-s = Greater Geelong | near-sw = Golden Plains | near-w = Ballarat | near-nw = Hepburn 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 2111 km2 and, in June 2018, had a population of 34,158. It includes the towns of Ballan, Bacchus Marsh, Balliang, Mount Wallace, Myrniong, Blackwood, Greendale, Gordon, Korweinguboora and Mount Egerton, Bungaree, Elaine and Wallace.

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 area, which is named after the Wathawurrung word moo-roo-bul referring to a Bunyip-like creature that lives in the river.

History

The Shire of Moorabool was formed in May 1994 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Ballan and parts of the Shire of Bungaree and Shire of Buninyong. In December 1994, the Shire was expanded to include the Shire of Bacchus Marsh and the Balliang East area of the City of Werribee.

A map of Moorabool Shire showing the predecessor LGAs that overlapped the area before the 1994 local government amalgamations

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. Council Composition as of September 2022:

WardCouncillorNotes
Central MooraboolPaul Tatchell
East MooraboolRod Ward
Tonia DudzikDeputy Mayor
Moira Berry
David Edwards
West MooraboolTom Sullivan
WoodlandsAlly Munari

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.

Townships and localities

In the 2021 census, the shire's population was 37,632, compared to 31,818 in the 2016 census.

PopulationLocality20162021
6,3947,808
2,9853,392
^290254
147199
4241
3639
149165
295387
2943
2548
^9977
^3348
5561
4332
269302
^3,7143,797
PopulationLocality20162021
3538
145163
2435
6775
416409
2941
398403
8,3729,190
244259
^392408
228232
1918
^103110
6375
1,1511,393
602623
PopulationLocality20162021
^99113
798914
5096
7775
^168196
476621
6365
00
361343
3,4535,491
^788821
374397
156180
^89105
^128118
130118
PopulationLocality20162021
582706
113117
404387
253276
^170188
185158
7579
192231
^258244
3642
111117
^1,1801,382
187227
^669721
^97104
307320

^ - Territory divided with another LGA

References

The Shire

References

  1. (27 March 2019). "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018". [[Australian Bureau of Statistics]].
  2. Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive. (1837–1997). "S23 of 1994: Order estg (Part 4) the Shire of Moorabool". State Government of Victoria.
  3. (1968). "Bunjil's Cave". Lansdowne Press.
  4. Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive. (1837–1997). "S97 of 1994: Order altg (Part 22) the Shire of Moorabool". State Government of Victoria.
  5. Local Government in Victoria. "Victorian Electoral Commission". Victorian Electoral Commission.
  6. "Meet your Councillors".
  7. (11 January 2023). "Census {{!}} Australian Bureau of Statistics".
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